Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt

Evening views of work on Lake Kivu, Rwanda.

Work views from Lake Kivu, Rwanda.

Presidential infallibility. A new White House doctrine

Stay in one’s lane. It’s a lost art in a world of reckons

COP30 Pavilion of pacific Island states. It did rain really hard here in Belém…

The social impact of lectio divina during Covid. Artist Rob Larsen joined an online lectio divina group during Covid to discover a new rhythm. His insights on words + images are in Image journal imagejournal.org. They echo my research into spiritual practices. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/the-...

The work of Sue Welfare, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmaker

Three strategies to link paragraphs and improve the flow of your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...

I’m delighted to be editing a special issue for Ecclesial Futures journal on Digital faith-based grassroots activism. Timelines are tight, but there is some flexibility. So if you are interested drop me a line. Details of the call are here -> emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/digi...

A 12 months on research project update. Listing the 16 outputs from my Social Impact of selected Spiritual Practices. A highly productive season. Thanks @X_Training_UoB, @templeton_fdn for support. Excited the research box remains open. Roll on 2026. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/box-...

Parihaka. Good to gather with folk in Ōtepoti this morning to remember and recommit. Lest we forget. “Though the lions rage still I am for peace... Though I be killed I yet shall live; though dead, I shall live in peace which will be the accomplishment of my aim.” -- Te Whiti o Rongomai, 1881

12 months on. Is the box half-empty or half-full? Summarising 16 outputs from my social impact of religious practices research project with Cross Training at Birmingham Uni. And I describe some half open next steps to build on the research and find collaborators. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/box-...

Yarn-bombing is thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and a group known as Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces as a form of street art #Womensart

The Listening training table lists 6 practices that can build listening skills in religious contexts and identifies how these spiritual practices develop communities. The public resource is an output from my novel research on the social impact of religious practices -> osf.io/u468g

I've uploaded Listening training in religious contexts: theoretical and empirical research resources. The resource lists 6 practices for listening training in religious communities. Each practice is described. Relevant literature is referenced. New research opportunities made evident. osf.io/u468g

“that feeling of being in a deep fog continues with every new research project you will do” - 9 really practical steps to keep perspective amid big projects. I’d add 10 - use task blocks. Identify key tasks (write, read, admin, plan, gather data). Move between each task over a day/week.

The phrase "Western Civilisation" is just white supremacy in a poorly-fitting tuxedo. It presents the absurd idea of a grand unifying tradition which encompasses the Vikings, the Romans, the Ancient Greeks and a bunch of Enlightenment dudes in wigs, but is also somehow completely heterosexual

Womensart blog: Extraordinary Painter Betty Acquah womensartblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/e...

The work of hand knitting fiber artist Kendal Ross #WomensArt

Embroidered leaves by US artist Hillary Waters Fayle #WomensArt

“I see just a massive opportunity on the horizon, and not just in Europe but all over the world, to start building a new, good internet outside the U.S. One that’s multilateral, one that’s pluralistic, one that is enshittification-resistant from the start. It’s going to be accelerated by Trump.”

So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through. Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!

Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand #Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ paullecomtephoto.nz (available on my site)

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Coalitions’ “Local Water Done Well" is working well

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

AI recommended some journal articles that were impossible to locate. I asked for more details and received a response that said, "Not all of the articles are real." (DIRECT QUOTE.) Yall, the chatbot lied, became aware of its own lie, and then came right out and told me that it lied. What a world.

Careys Bay calm on a warm spring afternoon

I’m looking forward to presenting at the Theology Seminar, University of Otago tomorrow. I’ll be talking about my action research on the social impact of shared spiritual practices, using the frame of science-engaged practical theology. Otago awarded me my PhD so it’s a sort of homecoming.

Ok i need y’all in Ōtepotī to realise that we have one of the best gelato places I’ve been to in the whole country. Gelato Junky; up on the octy has a vegan lemon meringue that I swear to god is TRANSPORTIVE.

An anticipatory moment in my AngelWings Ltd day job. Pausing before an online interview. Waiting to listen. Serving an organisation wanting to grow. Beside me is an interview schedule and 2 visual prompts for creative data gathering. Out of site on the desk is a research journal, pen, highlighter

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

And last but by no means least, @docbrush.bsky.social presents her model of faith development, one of continuing discipleship, along with outlines and analysis of existing models in The Way Through The Trees: An Introduction to Faith Development. Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Gender pay gap S Korea 31% Israel 25% Japan 21% Canada 17% US 17% Mexico 17% UK 15% Germany 14% Turkey 10% France 9% Spain 7% Italy 3% Belgium 1%

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Wonders of technology allowed me to share my @X_Training_UoB research on the social impact of spiritual practices with students at Cuddesdon College, England this weekend. 2 sessions on listening in ministry + mission, with interactive exercises + case studies. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/list...

Lovely afternoon for a walk in Karitane. Then home to mow the lawn, spray the apples to prevent black spot, water some lettuce seedlings and get some spring weeding done

Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt

Copy editing page proofs for a journal article for Colloquium. “Making a Christian Witness in Australia today.” The article researchers knitting activism, interviews with climate scarf knitters and Christmas angel makers. Accepted a year ago. Due out soon emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/maki...

"Relational labour and faith-based digital activism" book chapter acceptance. Hooray. Bloomsbury. Frida Mannerfelt and Florian Hoehne editors. 2nd academic output from my Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Research Fellowship, Edinburgh Uni. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/rela...

interesting bit in a Lancet article re: Australia's teen social media ban: surprisingly the amount of socialising in person hasn't dropped significantly in the past 25 years, and certainly not by the average amount of social media use.

#nzpol Big turnout for the Women’s Day of Action for pay equity. Billions of dollars have been stolen from low-paid female dominated workforces. This government can find huge tax cuts for tobacco companies, landlords, and big businesses - but not fair pay. That must change.

Delighted this week to open a new research diary on a new research project. An impact evaluation of coaching for church planters + congregations. The branding on the research journal caught my eye. "Future useful." Funder wants learnings that will serve the wider sector :). Future useful indeed!

My piece on how this moment calls for a broad-based movement for Māori liberation, based on solidarity with other indigenous peoples, oppressed minorities, and the working class.

Work to do, my fellow dudes.

Post on LinkedIn from the CE of BSA about Māori language week. Absolutely nailed the proactive comms! One reply from an idiot and a mike drop response that’s just beautiful to see #TeWikiOTeReoMaori

My "Heck, is this project even going to work????" nerves are starting to subside a little! I reckon we've sewn at least 2/3rds of the streets in the town, and I've got 29 memories/favourite places marked on the map and recorded in my little folder too. It's not quite a couple of metres square