Derren Brown – Master of Manipulation
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 […]
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Time to pray for the USA
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, […]
Praying for you… but am I really?
What do we mean when we tell people that we’re ‘praying for them’? Truthfully, what does that phrase describe? Do we mean that we’re devoting ourselves to interceding for them […]
The perils of an event north of Watford
I’ve got a challenge ahead. The Youthwork Summit, the event that I help to lead with my friends Chris Curtis and Matt Summerfield, is not being held in London this […]
My top ten tweeters
How to make yourself very unpopular… Ok, before I do this, a rationale and a caveat. The rationale is this: I’ve seen loads of ‘five/ten/17 best Christian tweeters’ posts on […]
What is #LoveMonday?
About this time last year, I had a little idea, half of which I stole from Haley Joel Osment (where is he now?). I noticed how Twitter was often being […]
Altogether now?
Starting today, I’m going to be posting a series of reworked editorials from my 8 years at the helm of Youthwork magazine. These have never been online before – I’m […]
Church of the digital age
As a child of the 1980s, I can still remember a time when simple video games would catalyse a sense of wonder in adults and children alike. As a four-year-old, […]
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