Author: KB
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Welcome to the World…
Iris Frankie Brewin, born 27th Feb. 7lb 8oz. At home. All well. Could be quiet around this blog. It sure isn’t at home 😉
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Middle Class, White Reactionaries | Theatre and the Emerging Church
There was a superb interview with Edward Albee tonight on the radio which is well worth a download (for this week at least). Superb not for fluid questioning and erudite follow ups, but for genuine engagement. A couple of weeks ago I gave a school assembly on ‘how to write a book’ (small pond, education,…
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Long Live The Queen
I’ll add my congratulations to Helen Mirren for her Oscar win last night. I thought the film was fantastic, primarily because it exhibited ‘the miracle of restraint’. It would have been too easy to go for money shots of Princes William and Harry grieving their mother’s death. As it was, you never even saw their…
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Finally Teleportation is Possible ¦ So That’s How Philip Did it
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I’ve always gawped in wonder at the bit in Acts 8 where "the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus". The only teleportation reference in the Bible? Anyway, seems like they’ve finally worked out how…
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The Truth Isn’t Sexy | Act Now
There’s been a lot of talk around the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, and rightly so. But, right now, there are more people caught up in the international trafficking of sex slaves than were ever involved in that slave trade. It’s happening right now. Young girls duped into thinking they’re getting a…
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A Humanist Jesus?
Interesting post here, via Steven Johnson. “Paul was wrong. Our faith is not foolish if Jesus is not literally and physically risen from the dead. We know our faith is true, because we know that death has not defeated him. As a humanist, I do not discard the rich legacy and richness of the Christian…