Author: KB
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Abstinent? Want to be Filmed About it? | Channel 4 Doc
A researcher from Channel 4 (in the UK) has contacted me (I know not why!) wondering if I could ‘pass on any names of Christians in their 20s and 30s who are eloquent, attractive, hip, modern and can present arguments for abstinence in an appealing and convincing way.’ If only I knew people like that!…
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Eno Interview | ‘Evangelical Atheism and Secular Spiritual Places’
Excellent interview with Brian Eno on Front Row today. Well worth a podcast or download. For one week only. In reply to a question about his music being ‘spiritual’ he admits to be being an ‘evangelical atheist’ but that he is ‘jealous of the spiritual experiences the religious have access to.’ His recent work seeks…
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Barack Obama: Is the US ready for a (Emergent) Black President?
The ever-interesting Prospect Magazine has a very good portrait of Barak Hussein Obama – the democrat whose political capital is ever-rising, and who is widely tipped to give Clinton a run for her money in the democratic nomination race. What is interesting is how Obama appears to be a figure who would resonate with much…
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Snow Time! Sort of…
Hardly what Jordon has had to cope with in Canada, but hey, this is London, Elias is almost 3, and it’s pretty much the first he’s seen! Technorati: London | Snow
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Prophet and Loss | Emerging Islam?
I read a story today of this guy living in the Middle East in this really corrupt community; full of drunkards, cheating businesses, aggression, anti-social behaviour. He’d had a rough childhood himself – orphaned by 6, sent to live with his grandfather, who then died. He’d ended up with his uncle, followed him into his…
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On Form(ats) vs Content | The Medium is not (quite) the Message | Analogue and Digital Faith
I had a snoop around the sale items in a department store the other day. A guy in an ill-fitting suit bee-lined me and was desperate to show me the new hard-drive recorders they had in. Tempting, but the prices are crashing and the capacities are inflating, so we’ll hold for a while yet. One…