Billie Eilish: “I think porn is a disgrace. I used to watch a lot of porn. I started watching porn when I was 11. I think it really destroyed my brain. I would watch abusive BDSM. It got to the point where I couldn’t watch anything unless it was violent. The first few times I

Being pro-family means putting our money where our mouth is. We advocate for paid family leave, universal healthcare, affordable housing, child benefits, family friendly public spaces, and much more.

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The inability to distinguish between a fact and an opinion is the cause of a lot, if not most, problems in today’s world.

Started reading Harry Potter with my kids. Just realised ‘Diagon Alley’ is a pun.

[David Rowe has been marked SAFE from “watching the debate”.]

11 Sept 1777: British marksman Captain Patrick Ferguson refuses to shoot American General George Washington near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania as he would have had to have shot Washington in the back, something he saw as dishonorably. #AmericanRevolution #ad amzn.to/3txUJTF

Countries That Lost Citizens On 9/11 brilliantmaps.com/9-11-victims/

‘Everyone here is sure of who they are, and who they are-not-yet.’ An interesting thing I just overheard. Wondering what to do with it – being sure of who we are-not-yet.

So much of our church has become Smaug, sitting on huge piles of wealth not even “in case of a rainy day” anymore, but simply because having money is the point now (though I would not be surprised if someone involved with EDS keeps talking about rainy days *in the future*)

A weird fact about 9/11 is that not only was it the worst terrorist attack in American history, but also in British history. More British nationals (67 victims) lost their lives on 9/11 than any single terrorist attack during the troubles, Lockerbie bombing or 7/7.

If you'd like to honour the life and work of James Earl Jones, just listen to him read the Bible. I bet he'd like that. youtube.com/watch?v=z1T2tg…

Glad to see our local library celebrating the Red Letter Days appropriately.

They’ve called him ‘Thorin’. Man, I wish archaeologists would get their lore right…

'The road must be trod, but it will be very hard... This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.'

A little encouragement from our Upper School Chaplain. He's been running early morning Bible Studies for two years, sometimes with just 4-5 attendees – it's hard to get teenagers to come to school early! This morning THIRTY students came! And 4 teachers! So encouraging :)