'People...need a place to go with our grief that is neither hatred, nor despair … nor either the immobilising self-deception of obligatory positivity that the Christian mainstream all too often seems to mean by “hope.”' @carolynwhitnall.bsky.social: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/the-bright-s...

NEW BLOG: @carolynwhitnall.bsky.social examines lament, marketed Christianity, and 'positive thinking' in The Bright Side and the Rise of the Far Right Read here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/the-bright-s...

Regularly told I’m silly, that ‘nobody takes it seriously’, ‘it won’t happen here’ etc etc. because I have real concerns about the rise of the far right here in the UK. Where our treasure is that’s where our heart is.

A sonnet for the Feast of the Presentation, celebrated 40 days after Christmas. #Candlemas

Advent is coming.

Advent is coming.

Get out your absolute TINIEST violin: Nigel Farage is personally upset that advertisers don't want to fund his channel of division, disinformation and far-right conspiracy theories 🥺😢🎻

Wrote a thing about church that made it into The Other Journal. Feels even more so right now. "i am in it to my neck belovèd as the water rises tell me that you notice tell me we are not ok with this" theotherjournal.com/2024/07/eccl...

Urgh, platforms.