Joel Pierce
@joelpierce.bsky.social
Theologian and ethicist in Scotland. Minister's husband. Baker. Librarian.
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Want to catch up on the conversation at the launch of Selina Stone's book A Heavy Yoke?
This is now on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4d...
This is now on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4d...
A Heavy Yoke Full
YouTube video by Hymns Ancient & Modern
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November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Want to catch up on the conversation at the launch of Selina Stone's book A Heavy Yoke?
This is now on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4d...
This is now on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4d...
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Nelson and Gladys’s deportation, followed by made-for-television ICE sweeps in Los Angeles, shook Saddleback. The church’s Spanish-speaking congregation in Whittier saw attendance drop by 80 percent, Will Guzman told me."
This is what the church loses when nationalism is allowed to trump the peaceable kingdom of God.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Nelson and Gladys’s deportation, followed by made-for-television ICE sweeps in Los Angeles, shook Saddleback. The church’s Spanish-speaking congregation in Whittier saw attendance drop by 80 percent, Will Guzman told me."
"If you believe joy is an act of resistance, in ICE detention you will hazard kindness. Hugging was prohibited; Gladys hugged anyway."
This is what the church loses when nationalism is allowed to trump the peaceable kingdom of God.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"If you believe joy is an act of resistance, in ICE detention you will hazard kindness. Hugging was prohibited; Gladys hugged anyway."
This is what the church loses when nationalism is allowed to trump the peaceable kingdom of God.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is what the church loses when nationalism is allowed to trump the peaceable kingdom of God.
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Some of our followers may be interested in this Seen&Unseen article by one of our researchers, Dr Henna Cundill: ‘How to help someone with ADHD to live well’
www.seenandunseen.com/how-help-som...
www.seenandunseen.com/how-help-som...
How to help someone with ADHD to live well | Seen & Unseen
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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Some of our followers may be interested in this Seen&Unseen article by one of our researchers, Dr Henna Cundill: ‘How to help someone with ADHD to live well’
www.seenandunseen.com/how-help-som...
www.seenandunseen.com/how-help-som...
This is something I worry about. And the thing is these companies could make machines designed for school use with controls around AI which schools could tailor. But they don't, because they're all looking to get students hooked on AI and lacking the confidence to work without it.
One result of AI ruining everything is a knee-jerk 'get computers out of classrooms' which really sucks for some disabled kids who have really benefited from access to tech. This is a really frustrating game of whack-a-mole.
His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?
A Chrome browser tool features a movable bubble that provides information without typing a prompt, spurring a rise in AI cheating on tests.
calmatters.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is something I worry about. And the thing is these companies could make machines designed for school use with controls around AI which schools could tailor. But they don't, because they're all looking to get students hooked on AI and lacking the confidence to work without it.
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What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation?
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation?
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Russell Group uni plans to axe a huge 48 courses that aren't 'financially viable' enough
The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas
thetab.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
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Theology and Religion is being eliminated at the University of Nottingham
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Theology and Religion is being eliminated at the University of Nottingham
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
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If the administration would like to help Nigerian Christians, they should reinstitute foreign aid, not attack Nigeria: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If the administration would like to help Nigerian Christians, they should reinstitute foreign aid, not attack Nigeria: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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‘The US military is now carrying out extrajudicial executions on the high seas of people who in the past would have been put on trial and, if found guilty, given a federal prison sentence. Gone is any semblance of due process.’
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham | Murder at Sea
Since President Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971, US policies of mass incarceration at home and interdiction and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
‘The US military is now carrying out extrajudicial executions on the high seas of people who in the past would have been put on trial and, if found guilty, given a federal prison sentence. Gone is any semblance of due process.’
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
"God grant us all the unstoppable self-confidence of a Robert Jenrick, who isn’t going to let the little fact of having been immigration minister when the shift to asylum hotels was under way stop him turning up at protests against these hotels."
This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff
A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering state, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"God grant us all the unstoppable self-confidence of a Robert Jenrick, who isn’t going to let the little fact of having been immigration minister when the shift to asylum hotels was under way stop him turning up at protests against these hotels."
It's hard to explain how disorienting it is to be a Bears fan and to watch your offense bail out awful performances by your defence and special teams. #ChicagoBears #Bears #NFL
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It's hard to explain how disorienting it is to be a Bears fan and to watch your offense bail out awful performances by your defence and special teams. #ChicagoBears #Bears #NFL
My theory is that David is a double secret traitor playing a game for himself that will only be revealed in the final. No one could be this consistently wrong otherwise. #traitorsuk #celebritytraitors
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My theory is that David is a double secret traitor playing a game for himself that will only be revealed in the final. No one could be this consistently wrong otherwise. #traitorsuk #celebritytraitors
Add The Great Gatsby to the list of works the Right has missed the point of. Careless people, every one of them.
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Add The Great Gatsby to the list of works the Right has missed the point of. Careless people, every one of them.
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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Once again the Church showed up.
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
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A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Once again the Church showed up.
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
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“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Religious leaders' request to give Communion to detainees at Broadview facility is denied again
Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass. The request was denied, according to a statement from the vil...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
If you want a good look at the innards of how Republicans are using bureaucracy and arbitrary targets to force states to cut SNAP it's all here. So much modern violence is done with legislators' pens accompanied by pious speeches on cutting waste and improving efficiency.
After the shutdown, SNAP will still be in trouble : Planet Money
This week’s SNAP crisis is just a preview. Tucked inside the giant tax-cut and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump this summer are enormous cuts to SNAP: Who qualifies, how much they get, a...
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you want a good look at the innards of how Republicans are using bureaucracy and arbitrary targets to force states to cut SNAP it's all here. So much modern violence is done with legislators' pens accompanied by pious speeches on cutting waste and improving efficiency.
"Are our modern maestros of AI Dr Frankensteins? Not yet. However, if these companies are really as serious about developing a fully sentient AGI... as much of the buzz around them suggests, then the chief difference between them and Frankenstein is one of ability rather than ambition."
Artificial Intelligence needs these school lessons to avoid a Frankenstein fail | Seen & Unseen
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November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Are our modern maestros of AI Dr Frankensteins? Not yet. However, if these companies are really as serious about developing a fully sentient AGI... as much of the buzz around them suggests, then the chief difference between them and Frankenstein is one of ability rather than ambition."