I'm thinking a lot about Trinitarian theology and I would welcome any suggestions for good articles, etc. I know this is very broad but my head is all over the place with this at the moment.

Trying to explain to a 5 month old that just because you can gnaw on a board book doesn't mean you can gnaw on every book...

"To be in labor is to be completely beyond yourself, given over wholly to another, and the pain of its outworking." sojo.net/interactive/...

“In becoming man, Jesus took upon himself our fragility.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

“Why should not the Word be given to us as a child? The Child-Word in his powerlessness can be so easily and by a thousand means rejected and got rid of, almost without believers noticing… The Child-Word clings to us and seeks warmth and protection from [our] weak human flesh.” HUvB

"Did the woman say, When she held him for the first time in the dark a stable, After the pain and the bleeding and the crying, 'This is my body, this is my blood. '"

An essay worth reading and rereading... A reminder that now that I am post submission there's so much I want to read!

Our latest @jcfjustice.bsky.social research on migration and faith is featured on RTÉ today. Faith communities must be recognised as essential strands of the common good. Excellent interview with our brilliant research assistant, Sophie Manaeva, on the ground-level impact. www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

Tis the season for me to tell people that this is by Everett Patterson, a Portland, OR artist and excellent guy www.everettpatterson.com?p=1835

Okay I will by the end of the month have to go to the library to access my college's journal data base rather than having online access anywhere so if anyone has any suggestions for stuff that's behind a paywall that's worth reading feel free to send my suggestions.

A new 3-year JRF in Theology and Religion at Oxford, based at Trinity College. Applications due 21 January! www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Sure I could have done my cover page at almost any stage but it is still thrilling to see... A sign this is almost over... except the viva, corrections, and getting it published...

PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Ecotheology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS879/d...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

This artwork is a tribute to my departed father and to anyone who has been treated like a black sheep in the Church, in their family, or anywhere they were made to feel unwanted.

For some reason I hear Weird Al singing the first line...

I was first introduced to the God's Not Dead Franchise by an atheist and I want to believe that this series is just written for atheists to feel good about themselves but years of seeing bad theological takes I have to submit to the truth

My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r... Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r... @uonucu.bsky.social

JCFJ's Sophie Manaeva writes: 'If public services and community leaders are not connected or engaged with each other, a vacuum is created. Within such a vacuum, misinformation and fear fester.' Actively working with FBCs is essential to building stronger, healthier communities!

Later today, the @jcfjustice.bsky.social launch a report that demonstrates Irish society has moved decisively into a post-secular stage and it's past time for us all to leave our 20th century kneejerk nu-atheist tendencies behind

Job in Ireland! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC778/l...

Maybe there will be another Collision op-ed on Ireland really going backwards "prisons essentially function as institutions in which to "manage" people with intellectual disabilities, just as congregated settings and psychiatric institutions did in the past." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

For a long time @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social has been producing remarkable journalism about Dublin but the closing line of this piece is an absolute gut-punch: www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...

Looking forward to finishing my PhD and finally reading O'Connor's novels about Hugh O'Flaherty which have been on my to read pile for a while www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

hosted by @nlsj.bsky.social, myself, Peter McVerry, and Trocaire's Jane Mellett will be navigating the Pope's first teaching, online, for free, next Wednesday at 7pm Dublin time. Join us

Reworking my literature review of my thesis and it's great to see all the growth and work that has been done since I last worked on it which was just before Lisa Powell's The Disabled God Revisited was published

They’ve lost the plot on tradition and therefore what is “traditional,” it’s very frustrating. Read ANY pope discussing THE POOR.

I looked at SST's deadline for last year earlier this week and was relieved it was in January, thinking it would be the same because I am handing my thesis in on the 15th of December. Now I will have to find some headspace before then to develop one of the ideas that I had put aside until 2026

Call for papers for the SST annual conference is out now! Come join us in April to talk about theology and failure (generous bursaries available, especially if you're a grad student): www.theologysociety.org.uk/information/

"In autistic people, as in every member of the human species, God is pleased to dwell." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Nothing in the Irish news is making me think about this....

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Theology in Scotland Call for Contributions (Spring 2026 issue): Theology and Mental Health 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📓 Seeking contributions (articles, theological reflections, creative work) that explore intersections of theology and mental health 👉Full call + details here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...

In medicine, “cause” always predicates the idea of prevention or cure. I think we need to be clear: what “causes” autism is irrelevant, because autism is something which neither needs to be prevented nor cured.

Trump is calling autism “out of control” No… Autism stigma is out of control Ableism is out of control Inaccessibility to basic healthcare and support is out of control

Suffice to say that the "Amish don't have autism" myth was long ago debunked. It's a case of underdiagnosis.

Child's voice: It's not your party... It's *my* party.

reading Romero today:

“[Jürgen] Moltmann says that theological concepts ‘do not limp after reality.... They illuminate reality by displaying its future.’ In our approach, to reflect critically on the praxis of liberation is to ‘limp after’ reality.“ G. Gutierrez

You got to love Tertullian for this line to Marcion "You detest a human being at his birth; then how do you esteem anybody?"

The pain of this book arriving today when I can only hope to flick through it for the next month or so rather than properly start it.

"But when Christianity as meme comes to replace Christianity as truth, we find ourselves in dangerous theological territory. Or, to put another way, if Christianity weren’t true ... ought we to affirm Christianity as a necessary noble lie for a more orderly, or just, or optimistic society?"

"If I am a Christian, I not only can, I *must* see Christ in my fellow man, and must see in Christ's deed the eternal love of God. ... And this is not a lofty pinnacle for the elect; it is the one and only everyday commandment of Christ, which compels us constantly to encounter God." Balthasar

Anyone have any writings on the sin of pride they recommend? I do not mean articles arguing against minority movement's pride movements but real pride that separates one from God and others. I am writing something on ableism and pride in the sinful sense and I feel it needs more something...

One of the things I hate about writing is that one day you have to have a deadline and that after that deadline you will inevitably find a great source or point.

President Trump referred to autism as a “horror show” this week. The language we use to describe disability matters. Speaking in sweeping, negative terms doesn’t help anyone. There are autistic individuals who experience tremendous hardship. Dehumanizing rhetoric doesn’t help them. 1/

Top Catholic academics & clerics discuss making theology relevant for today at @tcddublin.bsky.social In his address Cardinal Jean-Marc #Aveline of Marseille warned “A deficit in #theology is often paid for by an excess of #ideology” bit.ly/421KadX @thetablet.bsky.social @catholicbishops.bsky.social

How to know if you are an academic: You get burnt during the summer but not by the sun, by the caffeinated drink you hoped would help you with your writing and editing.

My argument is the inverse. When religion is not a thing you’re allowed to ask questions about and make sense of, abuse is much easier because nothing needs to make sense. Theology is a very important way a religion can be held responsible. Religions are not simply irrational.