There are websites and even print papers that only report good news. Mainstream media is so depressing, these publishers reason, that there’s a market for majoring on positive stories to lift people’s spirits. As I write this evening, UK-based Positive News led with a bubble-generating tube developed in the Netherlands that channels ocean waste to […]
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Lent 2023: Week 1
Here we are in lent. The season of having multiple considerations when you are buying the PCC biscuits. In my experience someone will undoubtably be fasting chocolate in preparation of the celebration of Easter and the chocolate egg, so chocolate free options are helpful. What about drinks? Consumption of fizzy drinks and caffeine takes a […]
Lent 2023: Ash Wednesday
The Christian practice of ashing as a sign of repentance goes back to Tertullian (c.155-220), the great north African theologian and apologist and founder of western theology. In his treatise On Repentance, he called Christians to take God’s grace seriously by taking sin seriously: recognising sin’s poisonous, destructive power in our lives and the life […]
Advent 2022: Virgin Mary
Matthew, unlike Luke, does not recount the annunciation to Mary. Matthew sees through Joseph’s eyes. When the angel comes in a dream to Joseph and explains it all to him, then Mary is safe. Matthew does not record her encounter with an angel or her feelings, so readers can only conjecture. What is obvious is […]
Advent 2022: John the Baptist
Companies pay big money to get their product endorsed by a famous face. We see these ‘celebrity endorsements’ all the time in the media, especially in the run up to Christmas – from Gary Lineker eating Walkers Crisps, to George Clooney drinking Nescafe coffee, to Natalie Portman promoting Christian Dior perfume, the list goes on! […]
Advent 2022: Isaiah
What kind of Christmas tree do you have? If you have ever bought a real Christmas tree, you might have wondered what happens to the stump when the tree is cut down. …But then perhaps talk of Christmas decorations seems superficial when faced with all that is in the news at the moment. In fact, […]
