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Tag Archives: Controversy

A discussion resource for young people on racism

February 6, 2013by Martin 1 Comment

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 extracted from […]

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Faith, Youth Ministry

A discussion resource for young people on pornography

January 29, 2013by Martin 1 Comment

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 […]

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Culture, Faith, Youth Ministry

Religion for Atheists – a masterclass in missing the point

January 15, 2013by Martin 2 Comments

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 […]

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Culture, Faith

Derren Brown – Master of Manipulation

November 27, 2012by Martin 1 Comment

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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Church, Culture, TV

Why life’s too short to watch The X-Factor

November 17, 2012by Martin 5 Comments

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 A gift that can be withdrawn at any moment.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 […]

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Culture, TV

Michel Platini, racist tweets and Poe’s law

June 13, 2012by Martin 3 Comments

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 […]

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Culture, Sport, Technology

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