Kester Brewin

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  • Insert Coin | Is Church a Game?

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    The ever-brilliant Believer Magazine took ‘Games’ as its theme for the September issue. It’s left me with some thoughts I want to share, probably over the course of a few posts. One of the main articles, by Paul La Farge, was an exploration of Dungeons and Dragons, which, in typical Believer style, meant a gorgeous…

  • One Day in History | “A Day of No Particular Significance”

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    History Matters, along with the National Trust and a bunch of other UK organizations have put together ‘One Day in History’. The idea is simple: on October 17th you log on to the History Matters Website and upload your ‘blog’ diary of that day. These mass entries will then be collated and kept as a…

  • Cross’ Bridge | Health and Safety | Middle Class Obedience

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    Some photos of Michael Cross’ installation at Dilston Grove – a disused shell of a church on the edge of Southwark Park. The main body of the church has been filled with a tank of water. As you step out over it, steps appear from the water. They are meant to disappear behind you, leaving…

  • Life-jacket | Strait-jacket

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    Ben has some good thoughts here about the search for a ‘just society’ being debased by ‘human rights’. He makes the point that “the ideology of a tolerant society has become a straight jacket that prevents human freedom”. I was reminded by the metaphor a colleague once used about our National Curriculum, and to recycle…

  • Creation>Preservation>Destruction | Genesis in Reverse?

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    Part of my timetable this year is teaching some RE. It’s been a fascinating change. One of the things I’ve been covering is the Genesis story with a group of 11 year olds. Reading through the story and analysing the day-by-day creation, one student commented on the environmental obligation that the text suggested. In the…

  • Three-view Tele | Now That’s Community

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    No doubt about it, Sharp are clever people. They’ve developed an LCD screen that shows 3 different images, depending on your viewpoint. As Far East Gizmos put it, “these displays have allowed Sharp to once again create new demand and contribute to the creation of new lifestyles.” Call me a grouch, but is part of…