Include a writing retreat in your 2026 plans patthomson.net/2026/02/07/w...

I got Hong Kong Baptist University to purchase a copy! library.hkbu.edu.hk/record/?ID=a...

It was a late night, but very pleased to present at paper at the Digital Marginality & Plural Subjectivities conference hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social. My paper, titled “Climate justice and the performing of prayer in digital spaces across transnational margins,” explored visual eco-praxis.

I have never seen that many people turn up this far out from election day and this is now my fifth political campaign. So let this be the sign to get out there and get active. Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer

2012. University of Auckland lecturer seeking funding from Epstein to write Lolita. 2012! 4 years after Epstein convicted for underage prostitution.

Grateful for the opportunity to work with Oxford University Press and write a chapter on innovation and practical theology for Oxford University Practical Theology Handbook. Great opportunity to bring my church facing research with AngelWings Ltd into conversation with qualitative practical theology

'Outside the Box' quilt by US textile artist Jenny Voss #Womensart ##FridayFeeling

Seymour encourages kiwis to eat less to fund the coalition handouts to landlords and tobacco companies

“This is a really good book. …Well researched with some refreshingly different perspectives … draws on a wider range of stories and people. I commend it warmly” Andrew Roberts, part of the original UK Fresh Expressions team. Buy scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Slashing all Marsden grants to social science and humanities another Judith Collins legacy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I'm delighted to be presenting “Climate justice and the performing of prayer in digital spaces across transational margins” at the (hybrid) Digital Marginality & Plural Subjectivities conference at Edinburgh Uni, 2-4 Feb. Grateful to organisers & technology for allowing me to present from afar.

As we grieve lives lost and huddle against another round of wind and storm, we will also not forget the financial priorities of the current Coalition government.

I have seen the future, and it’s boringly bland! AI “outputs quickly converged onto a narrow set of generic, familiar visual themes: atmospheric cityscapes, grandiose buildings and pastoral landscapes.” AI training in AI becomes elevator AI. theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...

I appreciate the interplay between creative localism as embodied care and the hope in “world building” which invites connections with and between contexts.

This is outrageous from our Foreign minister. This is not diplomacy or commonsense. The Prime minister must demand a retraction or find another Foreign Minister

In February 2026 @senatehouselib.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a Printer in Residence. This is to be an important part of the public engagement programme for the upcoming exhibition ‘The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond’, and to provide a contemporary response to it in print. 1/3

life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready

Luxon is laser focused on his own self-preservation

And, for anyone like me who is a New Zealander living overseas, if you have been back to NZ at any point in the last 3 years, you are eligible to enrol and vote in this election (the extension of this provision to 6 years was for the 2023 election *only*)

If the government is 35% of the economy and Willis forces a 5% contraction on the sector, then that's 1.75% knocked off GDP – which in turn means the private sector has to expand by 2.69% just to prevent us slipping back into recession. This seems fanciful #nzpol

I’ve been commissioned to write a chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Practical Theology. I’ve been asked to write about innovation as a source for practical theology. As I do, I’m returning to earlier writing, including my longitudinal study of organisational innovation in First Expressions with SCM

Well Anchor Me, the Don McGlashan documentary is a great watch. Full of humour and care for the craft of song making. Thanks Shirley Horrocks for the directing and all those who gave to make it possible.

Ngai tahu speaks - “Given the current political climate, we believe it is vital that iwi stand together to ensure our collective voice remains strong.”

I’m stoked to have a journal article published in mission as making, using empirical research of Christians who knit in Australia. #angels #scarves The article is open access, so free - > "Making a Christian Witness in Australia Today" Colloquium, 55, 2, 2025, pp. 30-45. doi.org/10.2478/coll...

Night sailing. A sail boat under power slipping away from the Otākou Heads as dusk enfolds Aramoana beach.

This is a poor government - a cabinet driven by haste, a coalition rushed by ideology.

Evans-Pritchard Lectureship at All Souls College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD060/e...

The Churches Together in England MA Prize in Mission and Evangelism 2026 is open! Have you or one of your students completed an MA around #mission, #evangelism or #churchplanting in the last 12 months? cte.org.uk/ma-prize-in-... Closes 30 April #MissionShaped #Research #EcclesialFutures

Looking forward to being part of this class on Religion and Social Movements and providing input on craftivism as everyday social change

The Sock Knitter, 1915 by Australian painter Grace Cossington Smith #WomensArt

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…” soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense

It's incredibly sad how many (most?) conservative Christians have reduced "Christianity" to mean "patriarchal gender roles." That reduction is the subtext for almost every claim now about how "the culture" needs to be resisted or restored.

May God, the original Maker, be mending, making, crafting in us this new year. May fake making be exposed, evil unravelled. May wounds be mended, in ways that make grace visible. In our tangles, may we experience care of others. Through our craft, may new projects bear witness to faith, hope, love.

Bellbird koromiko enjoying the flax flowering at the front of the house

As coeditor of @EcclesialF, I am thrilled to announce another issue - our 12th. 7 articles (blind peer review). 5 book reviews. Diamond open access -> free to read and free to publish. Click here for great reflections on the mission of God in the world. ecclesialfutures.org/issue/view/1895

Slop evader pauses knowledge making before AI. A timely move

Stained glass roof, The Peace Portal, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia by glass artist Ulla Darni #WomensArt

The garden grown peonies this year have been a delight. I picked the last today before the rain crept in.

Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak designed this stained gjass window at John Bell Chapel of Appleby College in Oakville (Ontario) near Toronto (Canada) #Womensart

Last week I received reviewer feedback on a Registered Report I submitted to an academic journal. Registered reports are great for progressing open science. But getting feedback isn’t easy. Here’s a tool I use to help me process the feedback and see patterns. emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/an-e...

Vegetarian wolves for the win this Christmas

Operation Noah is pleased to announce that the Diocese of Chichester has divested from BP & Shell & no longer holds any investments in fossil fuel companies. Chichester was the final Church of England diocese to divest: all 42 CofE dioceses are now fossil free. www.operationnoah.org/diocese-of-c...

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

If you're unsure how to start a conversation with a humanities academic, ask them which intersection they are working at.

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

Evening views of work on Lake Kivu, Rwanda.