So excited that this is now published www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bluegrass...

The programme for Ecclesiology and Ethnography Durham Conference has just been published - looks like fun www.ecclesiologyandethnography.net/event/durham...

This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST? No half-arsed agreement with the EU will restore the amazing advantages that we enjoyed - and celebrated - with free movement. Let’s stop pissing about and rejoin the SM & CU and get free movement back. Only Starmer is stopping this.

The call for papers for Ecclesiology and Ethnography Durham Conference is now live www.ecclesiologyandethnography.net/event/durham...

My department in Exeter is advertising a two year post to cover teaching in early Christianity, broadly conceived. Closing date 19th March 2025. Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA839/l...

Clarkson is right. Brexit has made travelling to the EU with any kind of professional equipment, nightmarish. Carnets for cameras etc is a bureaucratic, expensive waste of time. But it applies to loads of industries, esp musicians/performing artists etc. www.thetimes.com/article/5356...

Gosh life feels better when we win #englandfrance

Up to 60% of Scottish voters said they don't want to trade with Donald Trump - we want to trade with friendly countries in the EU, with high standards that ban toxic pesticides and promote higher animal welfare

More coverage of ABY and David Tudor on Radio 4 this morning, which raises questions about the integrity of his claims that the situation was intolerable and he did everything he could. See Today at 7.17am onwards.

Things are hotting up with enquiries for our Durham Doctorate in Theology and Ministry. If you are looking to do some theological research that is academic, exciting, and linked to the practice of faith check us out www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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Great old time gig with Errant Moose last night in Newcastle

“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Resigned......but not from the House of Lords. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are just Germany in the 1930s instead of blaming Jews we are blaming migrants. But they aren't responsible for Austerity, Brexit or the profiteering crisis.

Revd Angela Sheard & I recently discovered we had a shared passion: for a space to be opened within the Church of England for an honest, questioning, and theologically rooted conversation about the dominant language of 'growth'… 1/2 thisestate.blogspot.com/2024/12/why-...

🔔#jobalert Full Professor of Religious Education and Teaching Protestant Religious Education at University of Erlangen www.academics.com/jobs/full-pr... #theology #theologie #ichbinhanna #religiousstudies #religiouseducation #didaktik

Hello from the Church of England as we join Bluesky. We're a church for all, online and in every community, and we'd love for you to join us here - or at AChurchNearYou.com. [📸: @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social]

Another unintended casualty of Brexit: art imports.

Unless the government is willing to recognize & address the structural handicap Brexit is inflicting on the country how can it possibly achieve “better growth & prosperity” through our trading relationship with our closest & biggest partner?

Moody advent tree

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

So my new banjo is taking shape with Ballard Banjos

🔴The Elephant in the Room is that Brexit Has Made Britain a Much Poorer Place The unspoken truth of Rachel Reeves’ Budget is that leaving the EU has left Britain permanently worse off bylinetimes.com/2024/10/30/b...

Well this is exciting! Me and @aare.bsky.social have a little chapter in here sharing why we think Community Organising is a rich resource for church planting.

This poll about another EU referendum isn't going quite the way the Daily Express thought at the moment.

My husband is a children's hospital chaplain and had a short stole made for bedside rituals! #PaediatricChaplain

Rising visa costs, restrictive policies, and the delay in rejoining key research programmes like Horizon after Brexit have inflicted considerable harm on our institutions. Read our full breakdown 👇

Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh

Remember this place doesn’t work like the Other place. You need to repost stuff to get it in people’s feeds rather than liking it. #blueskiesways

"The Archbishop of Canterbury was there, literally a day after he resigned, with a drink in his hand, acting as if nothing happened at all." Ian Hislop breaks down the "confrontation" he had with Justin Welby over his inaction on sexual abuse in the church. @privateeyenews.bsky.social

After some reading, some reflection, I’ve written this on the church abuse scandal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new book out with @scmpress.bsky.social co-edited with my friends Victoria Turner, Peniel Rajkumar and Harvey Kwiynai. Book launch at Southwark Cathedral on 2nd December. scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Wonderful two days at The VU in Amsterdam

Great walk to work this week