Kester Brewin

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  • Winning a Parable Competition…

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    My good friend Pete has posted on his blog today that I’ve won the parable competition that he and Paraclete Publishing ran over the past couple of months. It’s a real honour to have been chosen among so many great entries. As Pete and I are friends, I did just want to point out that…

  • Back from Greenbelt | Pirates and other Strangeness

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    Just got back from Greenbelt yesterday, and rather shocked to have to go into work today after 7 or so weeks summer holiday. It was a fantastic festival, with an excellent mix of talks from all angles and eclectic music too. Good hang out a bit with Rob Bell, Roman Krznaric as well as old…

  • The End of the Long Form | Radiohead | Albums are a Drag

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    In an interview with The Believer magazine, which has yet to pop through my door annoyingly, Thom York has commented that Radiohead will probably not release another album. His reason? Making albums has ‘just become a real drag,’ and ‘none of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again.’ As…

  • Jesus Appears as a Cheesy Snack. Again. | Seeking His Face

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    Once again, Our Lord has been sighted. This time in a cheesy flavour starch snack. Having appeared to his disciples and prepared fish for them on a beach in Galilee, it seems he now prefers to turn up to encourage the faithful in vegetables and snack foods. Come again? This isn’t a uniquely Christian phenomenon…

  • Chelsea, Fletcher & a Sermon on Romans

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    The events of the two Champions League semi finals this week seem to be perhaps the best sermon on Romans I’ve heard for a long time. For those who didn’t see or simply don’t care, Darren Fletcher was sent off for a challenge that turned out on the replays to be perfectly legal. In the…

  • Pray for Tavener ¦ Closeness to God and writing music

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    John Tavener has been ill for a while following two major heart attacks. In an interview in The Times he reflects on his faith, and finds that he doesn’t sense things that he used to. “Closeness to God has always been connected with writing music. At the moment there’s no music.” Pray for him.