We must stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 This is a war that no longer makes the headlines but we should not ignore the devastating war on International World Peace Day. #PrayForPeace

🎧 Podcast recommendation Heart and Soul from BBC World Service looking at faith on the Russian + Ukraine frontline. Brave voices speaking up. Priests taking up arms to shoot down drones... Ethically ok as no one dies? V good discussion. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

European Christian Internet Conference is about to begin! Three days exploring the role of Churches in countering disinformation. Very very relevant.

Hello from Tallinn! Here for the European Christian Internet Conference. I'm speaking later in the week about disconfirmation and the church! Anyone else here?!

‘Oldest organ in Christendom’ makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence https://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-organ-in-christendom-makes-music-in-jerusalem-after-centuries-of-silence/

"Sudan still receives insufficient high-level diplomatic attention, global action and media coverage – despite enduring the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 14 million people displaced." www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/why-...

In this month’s CTe-News are some really heart-warming stories of #ChristianUnity working in towns and villages And read the thoughts about #TheQuietRevival from my colleagues @jazzgoat.bsky.social @doralh.bsky.social @shermarafh.bsky.social #ChurchesTogether

An interview with the guy who plays Thing in the TV show Wednesday was an odd choice for peak time on BBC R4 Today

S4C are killing it on digital and it looks to get even better! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎧 Heart and Soul documentary from BBC World Service about the religious significance of bread. Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wonderful day at the annual Glastonbury Pilgrimage 2025 work the Bishop of Oswestry. Beautiful weather for a day of Christian witness in Glasto!

St Deiniol's Day in Bangor is going to be awesome!

Estonia flights booked ✅ Looking forward to presenting at the European Christian Internet Conference next month. 👉 Conference theme: Church and disinformation. 👉 My keynote: When official stories mislead: Digital activism and the battle for truth in the Church. www.ecic.mobi

In the medieval period, more than 160 churches across England were dedicated to St Giles — and our most recent acquisition, the church at Tadlow in Cambridgeshire, is one of them. Today, September 1st, is the feast day of St Giles. So, who was this popular medieval saint?

🎗️ May their memory be a blessing Being then home.

🎧 Podcast recommendation Digitally preserving Armenia's Christian heritage from BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🎧 Podcast recommendation International network of spammers are posting AI-generated images of Holocaust victims on Facebook and making £££ from it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Corey Doctorow's forthcoming book Enshitification looks brilliant. "But as the companies become larger and more powerful, often becoming monopolies, each of these obstacles to enshittification has become less and less effective, and company executives have pushed the envelope more and more."

Catching up with friends at Manchester Pride!

In Episode 504, Ryan and Jose catch up after our Hiatus, go over some Hellraiser news and then get to our main topic, the new Shout Factory 4K release of Lord of Illusions. clivebarkercast.com/2025/08/24/5...

Manchester Pride in 24 hours. I can't wait!

A good article on illegal detecting in Wales to start the day... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys in top of a him overlooking Rhondda Valleys. Fr Richard preached. Fr Ben presided. 60+ people there and we all started for the picnic. I love a pilgrimage.

Amazing pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys. I wish Wales made more of the Shrine. It could be a major pilgrimage destination and it's in the beautiful Rhondda Valleys! Come on @senedd.cymru! Faith tourism is huge right now.

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The concept of a 'strawman' is an inherently pre-internet concept. The networked world has demonstrated that no matter how bad or dumb an argument is, there is always _someone_ who will actually be making it in complete sincerity. You just have to learn not to engage with them.

St Pancras should turf out a swathe of commercial tenants to expand the Eurostar waiting room

"When Indigenous pain is invoked to justify terrorism against Israeli civilians, that is not solidarity. That is erasure all over again.” www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...

New South Park is bang on! Cartman is no longer offensive enough for today's culture. Top notch satire.

Highly recommend Picks & Shovels by Cory Doctorow. If you're interested in the enshitification of online platforms and services this is for you.

Amser lyfli yn yr Eisteddfod!

The United Nations has been posting more or less one tweet a day about Gaza. Guess how many they’ve posted about Evyatar David? But sure, they’re totally neutral, right?

Tonight's dinner is Tofu Meatballs. Recipe from @jewishchron.bsky.social

Catch up with #ecumenical perspectives on the Council of #Nicaea from Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social and Archbishop Angaelos on Sunday Worship on BBC Radio 4 at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ChurchesTogether #Nicaea2025

Bloody hell... By election in Cardiff showing Reform UK gaining ground. Got a Grangetown by election coming up soon. Will be interesting to see what happens here...

"At heart, bishops are called to be custodians of the Church’s calling: proclaiming Christ, nurturing communion, teaching the faith, and embodying the mission of God. They hold authority in order to serve; they gather not for control, but for communion." markclavier.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

🏆 Graduation Day! Masters in Digital Theology with Distinction 👏 My dissertation focused on digital culture, new power and the second of Anglican Church authority. PhD + book proposal next...

🎧 Podcast rec Heart and Soul on BBC Sounds Why are so many people in France getting baptised? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today is just one long podcast advert

Fascinating article. Younger people are coming to church through youth groups and outreach. 👇

Glastonbury organisers. Ofcom. BBC. The Prime Minister All are appalled by the death chants. But Karen from Facebook knows better. 😒

Glastonbury’s death cult: When ‘progressive’ Britain turns its back on Jews www.thejc.com/opinion/glas...

Both leading Jewish communal groups and senior politicians demand answers from the BBC over decision to keep screening "appalling" performance

Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!

This is brilliant and needs to be included in every diocesan induction pack!

Israel’s surgical strikes on the despotic Islamic Republic exposes not only Tehran’s vulnerability, but the West’s dangerous habit of appeasement

“The better option is backing the Iranian people to bring about the democratic change they are seeking. "What is needed is regime change to replace the warmongers with the peacemakers.” www.thetimes.com/article/a8e1...

🎧 Interesting episode of Thinking Allowed on BBC Sounds exploding what we mean by solidarity. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

7 October hostages were kidnapped. Greta was not.