The baptism was difficult, but the preparation classes were the really tricky part.

Every year we hear false predictions from Tesla about electric trucks, robo taxis and the like, but he seems to get a pass on what any other CEO would be punished for when making forward predictions to stock markets.

This needs to be looked at. Soliciting investment on the basis of patently fantastical claims is in any other context called fraud.

Getting angry about poor food in a restaurant then saying it is very nice when the waiting staff ask if everything is OK.

I was skeptical about the quiet revival, but I think I have stumbled on it

It seems Calvin Robinson has been accepted into his sixth denomination in four years. The English Catholic Church of North America. Ever heard of it?

It’s funny how many rich and powerful men are saying they had no idea about Epstein’s crimes, but not a single rich and powerful woman appears to have been taken in.

🚨 Breaking: Nigel Farage announces that Peter Mandelson has defected to Reform. 🚨

Suella Braverman’s husband quit Reform six months ago after they attacked her record in government. Farage seems intent on taking the popularity out of populism.

Also, Bear stretches the definition of three words to the very limit: “Describe yourself in three words: Faith-filled, never-give-up man.”

Can we call it an assault ark?

After the chaos of Trump's unhinged brain fart of a speech at Davos, I'm left with a sense of hope. Europe said No and he folded like a wet newspaper.

My post on ICE, a marauding lawless private police force.

Ahh, Thant makes perfect sense. He’s defecting from one party to another in the name of unity 🤔

It is genuinely sickening to see a Nobel Peace Prize winner hand her medal over to Trump to try to convince him to let her country have democratic elections. This man is reprehensible to his core.

Please pray for the guest at our church night shelter who was hit by a car on his way to us tonight. I got to talk to him in the ambulance and could give the paramedics our details, but the system is not great. I pray he is OK and that they get in touch so we can look after him when he is discharged

Who had to pay £5m to settle an HMRC tax investigation?

The solution to regulating social media and AI might not be to ban things but to make the companies behind them legally liable for the consequences.

It isn't just hypocrisy. It is picking whichever argument suits your needs without a care for the consequences.

Someone show this man a map.

When the next US administration comes in the task of de-Trumpification will be a huge challenge, but an essential one.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984

Interesting that Trump thinks he owns the Western Hemisphere. That means his influence runs up to Greenwich but not as far as East London. Presumably the Russians can take it from there.

I'm struggling to see how article 2(4) of the UN Charter leaves any wriggle room. "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State...".

Trump's message to the world: The US doesn't care one bit about international law or the sovereignty of nations. Do whatever you want to your neighbours and we will do nothing as long we we can do business with you. Russia and China must be absolutely delighted.

Half way through my Christmas present. God’s Gohostwriters by @candidamoss.bsky.social. Brilliant so far!

Nothing to worry about.

Once again, Apple's latest iOS update has made the iPhone less usable than it was before. Well done Apple. Please put it back how it was.

That is one hell of a creepy prize

Mouse’s annual marketing campaign:

Ominous new sign in the church kitchen! One for @davewalker.bsky.social ‘s collection.

Really, BBC? “Too all-powerful”? As opposed to just about all-powerful enough?

The last open question from the defunct LLF process was to work out how we actually do doctrine. The attempt to answer that question has fallen rather short of the mark >>

The good old CofE has had a crack at defining what it means by “doctrine”. This Mouse thinks they have made a bit of a hash of it www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk/2025/11/the-...

Writing a new blog post ... first one in a while! The Church of England still can't work out how to do doctrine.

Slightly shocked by the latest report by the Faith and Order Commission on the nature of doctrine in the Church of England. It is an interesting read, but makes no mention whatsoever of any previous work by the Church of England on the matter. It is entirely derived from first principles.

Anyone want a game of That’s My Favourite Spy Ship?

A short thread on international spy ships and why the British have the best one.

Bond is still trying to keep the British end up, it seems with this small but advanced British drone spy ship. We win, I think.

For the Chinese, size clearly matters when it comes to spy ships

The Americans are all function and no aesthetic with their spy ship

I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed by this. Not exactly what I imagined an advanced Russian spy ship would look like. Seems more like a Norwegian deep sea fishing vessel to me.

Using the phrase “prone to error” is surely Pichai’s pitch to be the Gerald Ratner of tech.

The folly of this is almost beyond belief. Even if you believed that Musk is a uniquely talented leader, the idea that the only possible motivation to keep him actively involved with Tesla is to drown him more money that anyone in human history has had is the definition of madness.

If any CNC members are reading this, could you hurry up a bit please.

I see the government have achieved their stated ambition - “one out”. Can we move on from this now?

Are we treating the data behind the “quiet revival” claims the same way we would treat negative data about church attendance? I don’t think so.

🚨New on The Church Mouse Blog | The Quiet Revival under the microscope. 🚨 Mouse takes a closer look at the data behind the claims. www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk/2025/08/the-...

Apologies for the delay - finally got round to my second blog post on the data behind the Quiet Revival research and why I don't trust it. Will be up on Monday.

Hard to think of a worse model for peace than to try to imitate the situation in the West Bank.