That Was Not OK

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Have you ever found yourself in a social setting where someone’s inadequate social skills cause consternation to everyone around them? Of course you have. Have you ever wished there was a way to discreetly tell them that their behaviour is not OK? Now you can. That Was Not OK is here to help. Print the … Read more →

An Apocalyptic Fucking Bridge

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Various permutations of the word “fuck”—clusterfuck, fucktarded, unfuckingbelievable, ad infinitum—are completely insufficient to describe the apoplexy that overtook me when I first saw Let’s Build a Fucking Bridge. Because the biggest threat to the church is waiting in your fucking car for too long. Edit: Thom Turner writes the kind of stuff I would have … Read more →

Climate Change: Blog Action Day

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Today is the 3rd annual Blog Action Day, with a focus on the need to take action on Climate Change. Last year’s topic was poverty, which I participated in. A day such as this fills me with an odd combination of excitement and ambivalence. I love the idea of engaging millions on a vital subject … Read more →

The Lure of Imagination

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If you spend a lot of time around the “I used to be evangelical but I’m much better now” church these days, you’ll hear a lot about the need to shape our imagination via liturgy and creativity. The essential point is that we need to allow the story of God expressed in Christ and testified … Read more →