Thoughts on America after seven years away: The Price is Right* is and always will be the goat. (*the Bob Barker Years). American exceptionalism at its finest.

An IT friend was experimenting w/ AI prompts & sent me this. Think I’ll just leave this here as a public service announcement.

A hoedown. A hootenanny. A gathering. A happening. An occurrence. A veritable family reunion for CS Lewis nerds from around the globe. An academic symposium, yes. But a shindig of truly epic proportions. Come and be delighted. 13-14 November #CSLewisUU riversidetheatre.org.uk/whats-on/sons-…

Opened the curtains this morning and the room got darker.

Anyone feel like sponsoring/supporting me to present a paper at Bonhoeffer Congress? The cost to make it happen is still £1000 out of reach because it’s in flipping Australia this round. 😂

Hey Spotify UK & Ireland I think you’re pretty great. I even pay for a family premium plan so my family get to enjoy too. You know what is really stupid? That audio book listening is for the plan manager only. If I’m paying for a family, they should get equal access. Fix it.

It would be so so cool if Clarks Shoes still made more than one shoe in a UK 13. Giants want to be fashionable too.

Ever wake up grumpy for no obvious reason? Then a family member says something that rubs you the wrong way? Then another does something that irritates you...irrationally? And you find yourself sliding into a code red crabby mood? If so, then this prayer is for you (ahem, me).

Just FYI I have solved the problem of church division. You too can learn how not to be a schismatic by taking the short multiple-choice quiz at the beginning of my essay in Comment (and then read on to find out how it all falls apart). comment.org/how-not-to-be-…

What we most need as a church is not more efficient management or more exciting programs, but a people who are alive and laughing with an uncontainable, contagious joy at the God who can always bring what seems impossible through those who seem incapable. --Craig Loya

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on this day in 1906 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland).

I’m still processing my trip to Sydney for the XVI Bonhoeffer Congress. The The International Bonhoeffer Society - ELS has posted some reflections from the experience. bonhoeffersociety.org/2024/04/09/ref…

THIS. The possibilities of IPad versus all the things it renders useless. I’ve been using apple for 20 years and they’ve never missed this badly (except that preloaded U2 album!).

Keith Green's music was different from the praise and worship music we were familiar with. His songs about repentance, the costs of discipleship, & the struggle to give everything to Jesus were both heartfelt & hard-hitting. Keith Green died #OTD, 1982 plough.com/en/topics/cult…

Gonna be a cracker!

I’m delighted to say that I’m not just attending this stellar day of talks about ‘C.S. Lewis & Last Things,’ but that I’ll also be one of the talkers. 😂 I’m going to explore Lewis and song as creation and re-creation in his work. Thom Yorke may even get a mention! See you there.

With all of our speakers now confirmed, the full programme for ‘C.S. Lewis and Last Things: How the Writer of Narnia Saw the End of Our Story’ (TBH 4 Nov @ Union Theological College Belfast) will be coming very very soon! 🔥🔥🔥

Ladies and gentlemen, behold!—a draft programme for ‘C.S. Lewis and Last Things’, tbh 4 Nov at Union Theological College, Belfast. Sponsored by The C.S. Lewis Institute Belfast and John Brown University, with support from your pals at The C.S. Lewis Group of NI. 🔥🔥🔥

Hey folks. What a line up we have. It’s gonna be a day full of great craic don’t miss out!

A collection of folks have had enough of Bonhoeffer’s legacy being hijacked by Christian nationalist evangelicals led by Eric Metaxas’ revisionist narrative. The Bonhoeffer Family, Scholars, and Church leaders all reject it and it’s stupid influence. currentpub.com/2024/10/20/bon…