I have seen a lot recently about how toxic social media is. The irony is this: They were all posted on social media. I am sure that the intention of Mark Zuckerberg's intention when starting Facebook was not to facilitate hate, and people have been removed from that network for hate crimes as they have …
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A tree is known by its fruit Matthew 12:33–37 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 21 33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak …
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The UK is no longer measles free. That was the news earlier this week. After we were declared measles free in 2016 by the World Health Organisation—no measles cases originated in the UK—measles has been on the rise since last year. It seems that children have been missing their second MMR jab (Measels, mumps and …
40 blogs of Lent - Day 33 Church is like Facebook What is church - Day 2 Social media. If you read some of the local papers you would think it consisted of all the evils in the world. All it is is a communications medium, and it reflects the personalities of the people who …
Two stories from the news this week concerning the Christian church undergoing persecution. The first concerns Fr Tom Uzhunnalil who was kidnapped from an old people's home on 4 March 2016 in a raid that killed 4 nuns and 20 others. The religious organisation that Fr Tom belonged to, the Missionaries of Charity, and the diocese of …
Last week I read a blog. Nothing unusual about that, it was a blog urging churches to use the media more. I found it via a Facebook or Twitter link, or it could have been via the blogging site WordPress, I can't remember where I linked from or who it was by and I can't …
Making an ass of myself 