Category: News
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Back from Greenbelt | Pirates and other Strangeness
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…
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The End of the Long Form | Radiohead | Albums are a Drag
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…
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Jesus Appears as a Cheesy Snack. Again. | Seeking His Face
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…
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Pray for Tavener ¦ Closeness to God and writing music
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.
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Back Up
It’s been a good sojourn away from blogging, but having been busy writing a new book for a while, I’ve decided it’s time to get back online. Welcome back if you’ve followed either of my old blogs – pretty much everything has been archived here. If you did link here, it’d be great if you…