The Government have introduced plans to teach boys from age 11 how to relate to girls and women, to counter misoginy violence and abuse. Kemi Badenoch, leader of the opposition has dismissed the proposals. I disagree with Mrs Badenoch. I think she badly misses the point here. To be sure, the law needs to be… Continue reading Why I agree with the Government proposals to teach boys about misoginy
Tag: social media
Picking fights or picking your battles?
One of the challenges about engaging in discussion online, whether through blogs or social media (in fact Twitter/X was originally described as a ‘microblog’ site) is that it can sometimes feel like the conversation has got tense. It can feel like that in a conversation, both as you read what others say to you and… Continue reading Picking fights or picking your battles?
Brothers we are not political pundits … but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have a view!
Kevin De-Young has written recently bemoaning that: “I confess it boggles my mind to see ministry friends and acquaintances—both to the “left” of me and to the “right” of me—who are spending their time, their energy, and their authority by offering hot takes on everything under the sun and by descending into social media food… Continue reading Brothers we are not political pundits … but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have a view!
On the marketing of worship: Why TGC’s review of the Getty’s new Worship song left me uncomfortable
. This post showed up on my Facebook feed recently from the Gettys sharing a link toa post on The Gospel Coalition website reviewing/promoting their new worship song “Christus Victor (Amen)”. It left me feeling, to use the word of one of my friends who commented “queasy”. First it is worth saying that we will… Continue reading On the marketing of worship: Why TGC’s review of the Getty’s new Worship song left me uncomfortable
PSA Taking a (possibly permanent) break from Twitter/X
Just to let those of you who follow me on Twitter/X know, that I decided yesterday to de-activate my account. It may simply be a temporary break but there’s a significant possibility that it may become permanent. A lot of people have been making similar decisions for similar reasons recently. I may talk a bit… Continue reading PSA Taking a (possibly permanent) break from Twitter/X
The Princess of Wales, conspiracy theories and the need for drama
What would you do if someone let you know that they were about to have major surgery and would need a significant amount of time off to recuperate? You see, this is exactly what has happened with the Princess of Wales. There was an announcement that she was going to have planned but serious abdominal… Continue reading The Princess of Wales, conspiracy theories and the need for drama
The pointless dig
Last week, I spent a bit of time unpacking a quote from Sam Allberry’s sermon at Tim Keller’s memorial service. The quote was “Jesus is the true and better Tim Keller.” The reason I wrote about this is that there were a few people having a dig about the quote. Comments included “Wow” (I don’t… Continue reading The pointless dig
Intentional Interruptions
We live in an age of constant, persistent, intrusive interruptions. Smart phones with their apps and notifications rather than being controlled by and used by us seem to master and enslave us instead as we become addicted to them and the affirmation and attention we receive through likes and responses. Jonathan Thomas’ book Intentional Interruptions… Continue reading Intentional Interruptions
If Twitter were to die tonight, would your tweets get into heaven?
Yesterday, the internet was caught up in rumours and gossip suggesting that Twitter, one of the main social media platforms people communicate on could be about to completely collapse. Elon Musk appears to have picked up the Liz Truss playbook at the same time as taking over Twitter leading to complete chaos with many key… Continue reading If Twitter were to die tonight, would your tweets get into heaven?
We shouldn’t be throwing anyone under the social media bus
The other day, I shared this Gospel Coalition article urging people not to throw their pastor under the bus. The article was specifically about how Christians engage on social media. I thought it might be helpful to say a little bit more about the specific subject. By social media we mean internet sites and phone/tablet… Continue reading We shouldn’t be throwing anyone under the social media bus
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