Don’t Tumble, be humble
I am rapidly losing faith in Mr Tumble. No, I’m not part of some sort of bizarre religious sect which worships children’s entertainer Justin Fletcher, but I am a former […]
I am rapidly losing faith in Mr Tumble. No, I’m not part of some sort of bizarre religious sect which worships children’s entertainer Justin Fletcher, but I am a former […]
I posted recently about the power of story to unlock discussion with young people, and about the two collections of story-based discussion starters which I’ve written. The resource below is […]
Alain de Botton is very pleased with himself. ‘At last’ (!), proclaims the blurb for his book Religion for Atheists, ‘the boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved […]
This is a piece I wrote for Christianity magazine last year. I’ve re-posted it here because of the buzz of interest generated by Derren’s recent ‘Fear and Faith’ documentaries, in […]
You and I have been given a gift. A gift that can be withdrawn at any moment. It’s the gift of life. What you choose to do with that gift […]
The re-election of President Barack Obama seems to have divided Christians – not so much those in the UK (arguably we’re less informed at a distance), but certainly those in […]
Everyone seems to have a view on the upcoming US elections; those views are expressed with anything from good humour to uninformed bile. This post isn’t a political one, however, […]
The Hunger Games has appeared almost from nowhere to become one of the biggest films in recent history. So what does this horrific vision of a fictional future have to say […]
Last Thursday morning, I got called some names I haven’t been on the receiving end of since I left school. Actually, the expletives weren’t the hurtful thing – it’s that […]
Summer, 2011. A teenager, encased in a hood/mask combo to hide his identity, carries a large HD television above his head. He (we assume it’s a he) has ripped it […]