‘The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.’ #HannahArendt

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you; because by your cross you have redeemed the world. #HolyCrossDay

3 weeks today to race day! Good long run this morning. Cardiff Half is on Sunday 5 October. I’m fundraising for #CancerResearch at Cardiff Uni. To give, go to my JustGiving page. Every little helps Diolch! Thanks! #running #training #halfmarathon #fundraising www.justgiving.com/page/running...

Five weeks to go until @CardiffHalf. Raising money for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni. Every little helps. You can donate via my JustGiving page. #running #training #fundraising #cardiffhalf Diolch yn fawr! www.justgiving.com/page/running...

(Why) are young people flocking to religion? #TheosThinkTank It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...

“It was Meta and Mark Zuckerberg many, many years ago who used the very clichéd slogan, ‘move fast and break things.’ And that is very much something that many of these people embody.”

A beautiful sky and a gloriously quiet Radcliffe Square. Taken early in the morning before the summer tourist rush. Even after a couple of years I still have to pinch myself occasionally that this where I work.

In 6 weeks I’m running my sixth #CardiffHalf. To support donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni.bsky.social Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!

Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and chose her to be the mother of your only Son: grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ… #BVM #Dormition #Assumption

I'm running my sixth #CardiffHalf in 8 weeks time. I'm raising money for Cancer Research at #CardiffUniversity If you would like to support this then please donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks! www.justgiving.com/page/running...

84 years ago, 14 August 1941, #MaximilianKolbe died in Auschwitz. The deputy camp commander picked 10 men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the men cried out ‘My wife! My children!’ Kolbe volunteered to take his place.

‘Give us this day our daily bread’ - A starving human being needs food today, not tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Always great espresso at Hardlines, Canton, Cardiff.

Very much looking forward to the next few days attending this conference at Pusey House,Oxford. #restoringtheimage

Jeremy Taylor on Saint Peter and episcopacy: "Not S. Peter alone, but every Apostle, and therefore every one who succeeds them in their ordinary power, may and must remember the words of S. Paul; We are Embassadors or Legates for Christ: Christ's Vicars ... they are Pastors 1/2

P D James, The Children of Men, was a work of fiction and a warning not a blueprint. Welcome to Death-Cult Britain!

I hesitated to write this. But after 12 years in the Church in Wales, I’ve seen patterns we can’t afford to ignore. This isn’t about blame—it’s about honesty, care, and the hope of renewal. A hard post, written with love. open.substack.com/pub/markclav...

An energy filled Oxford Pride March 2025 which even the rain could not dampen. Good to walk with friends & colleagues. The route was in reverse this year, ending rather conveniently in front of Brasenose. #OxfordPride2025 🏳️‍🌈 #BrasenoseCollege #UniversityOfOxford

Didn’t realize this was a prophecy.

From untold LGBTQ+ histories to powerful biographies of musical icons who changed culture - discover 10 essential reads for #PrideMonth, curated by Oxford University Press ⬇️

#EidMubarak to all our Muslim communities celebrating Eid al-Adha.   I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration marking the end of the Hajj. #EidAlAdha

Ascension Day eccentricities in Oxford at Brasenose & Lincoln colleges. Beating the bounds, Ivy Ale, and Madrigals. The main college site is half in the parish of the University Church of SMV & half in the parish of SMNG. We crowned the day with a Choral Mass with the joint choirs of both chapels.

Happy Oak Apple Day to those who celebrate. As my late father specialised in Restoration literature, I take off my hat in his honour this morning. Oh, and Happy Feast of the Ascension to Latin and Orthodox churches! ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.

Ascension Day - if you are in Oxford this evening please do come along at 6.00pm for our Choral Eucharist. A joint service with Lincoln College.

We’re probably not far off young people thinking that ‘landlines’ were some woo 60s thing hippies believed in

Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.

Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms. Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability. Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.

8 May 1660: William Ryley, herald, proclaims Charles II through #Westminster #otd (Rijksmuseum)

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Rest eternal!

Pope Francis’s Easter message addressed conflicts around the world and called for peace on April 20, the day before his death. He offered a silent blessing and a short greeting on the Loggia of Blessings overlooking St. Peter’s Square. wapo.st/42TZ6M7

#Easter Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere! Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd! Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Icon of the Resurrection by the Ukrainian artist & iconographer Khrystyna Kvyk.

#HolySaturday …we may be buried with him; and that, through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection. (An excerpt from the collect for Easter Even) Image: The Lamentation of Christ, c.1480, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

Empire always leads to this. Good Friday Now open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

#GoodFriday Ecce lignum crucis, in quo salus mundi pependit: Venite adoremus. Image: El Greco, Christ Carrying the Cross, ca.1577-87, The Met.

🚫 Easter is NOT a pagan festival 🚫 "We have a responsibility to distinguish our actual heritage from Victorian–era myth, particularly when influential cultural institutions such as English Heritage have the power to crystalise these simplified, obscuring narratives, & give them public credibility.”

“There will be no serious study of theology in Wales if Cardiff University goes ahead with its plans. Theology will have come to an end here. This is a watershed moment” Gethin Rhys, Cytûn’s policy officer. #CardiffUniversity #Cuts #Theology #Wales religionmediacentre.org.uk/news/wales-i...

Some light reading and hopefully some writing. #research #oxford #dphil #phd #chapter #writing #historyofchristianity #americanhistory #nineteenthcentury #intellectualhistory #ecclesiasticalhistory

The Holy Week collect in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer offers a cruciform ethic for all: it emphasizes the divine empathy behind the incarnation, God's "tender love towards mankind," and it presents the passion of Jesus Christ as an example of "great humility" for all people.

Today is Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. #PalmSunday #HolyWeek2025

It’s Megan’s 16th birthday today (112 in human years)! Quite an achievement and she is still enjoying life albeit much more slowly & unsteadily. Penblwydd hapus i ti 🎉🎂🙌 Photos: Today at 16 years enjoying the warmth of the sun ☀️ in our garden in Oxford and at 3 months in Penarth.

‘The history of Anglo-Russian relations is interesting not just in itself but because, when tensions have arisen, they have usually been prompted less by British or Russian behaviour than by extraneous factors.’ Jonathan Parry on Russia and England in the 19th century: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

More Than a Bouncy Castle - Reclaiming the Church as a Moral Community by @markclavier-author.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/markclav...

Clergy burnout isn’t just personal — it’s structural. Priests are stretched thin, juggling multiple parishes, endless admin, & the quiet heartbreak of long-term decline. The Church talks a lot about resilience, but at what cost? #ClergyBurnout #ChurchLife markclavier.substack.com/p/clergy-bur...

Long run day on a glorious sunny Sunday. A 90min base run along the Oxford Canal. It’s five weeks today until the Bidwell’s Oxford Town & Gown 10k race. Hoping for a good number Brasenose College runners. #running #training #longrun #spring #SunnySunday #Oxford #OxfordCanal

A bright & sunny start to the day. Radcliffe Square still and quiet before the tourists arrive. Some photos taken on my way to early morning Communion at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. #Oxford #RadcliffeSquare #Spring #EarlySundayMorning

What happens if the courts can't stop the Trump Administration? “Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way,” Anthony Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., tells David Remnick. “We've got to shut down this country.”

Remember, no matter how bad you are at your job, you didn't text classified war plans to a journalist using insecure comms. You got this! It's gonna be a great day!