Liz Slade
@lzsl.bsky.social
Cultural infrastructure for human thriving / wondering how we make the churches that are needed for these times.
Chief Officer UK Unitarians.
Chilterns & London
https://www.elizabethslade.uk
Chief Officer UK Unitarians.
Chilterns & London
https://www.elizabethslade.uk
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Tonight Rowena Loverance explores with Friends the often complex & conflicted attitude of our #Quaker #faith towards #creeds. What are such statements good for? Do Friends need one? Do we perhaps already have one? There's still time to sign up.
Quakers and Creeds: Being a Non-Credal Church - Woodbrooke
In this session, we’ll explore key questions such as: • Why are Quakers non-credal? • What is a creed? • Are creeds useful? • What are the strengths and
www.woodbrooke.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer, and non-violent action are expressions of our worship. When this is criminalised, our religious freedom is under attack.
@quaker.org.uk
@quaker.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer, and non-violent action are expressions of our worship. When this is criminalised, our religious freedom is under attack.
@quaker.org.uk
@quaker.org.uk
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Join our free Digital Labs webinar, for a introduction to Canva’s key features and tips for creating engaging content, with tips on customising our 2025 Advent and Christmas resources.
Register now at cofe.io/IntroToCanva. and join us today at 12pm. A recording will be sent to all who sign up.
Register now at cofe.io/IntroToCanva. and join us today at 12pm. A recording will be sent to all who sign up.
September 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Join our free Digital Labs webinar, for a introduction to Canva’s key features and tips for creating engaging content, with tips on customising our 2025 Advent and Christmas resources.
Register now at cofe.io/IntroToCanva. and join us today at 12pm. A recording will be sent to all who sign up.
Register now at cofe.io/IntroToCanva. and join us today at 12pm. A recording will be sent to all who sign up.
Nuanced messages about nationhood are on display from the people of Tamworth, with Aethelflaed, Queen of Murcia in the 900s, flying a Union Jack
September 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Nuanced messages about nationhood are on display from the people of Tamworth, with Aethelflaed, Queen of Murcia in the 900s, flying a Union Jack
New books arrived and a) I am happy with the accurate picture they give of my nerdy interests, and b) thanks to whoever here I picked up the recommendations from
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New books arrived and a) I am happy with the accurate picture they give of my nerdy interests, and b) thanks to whoever here I picked up the recommendations from
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How do we Outgrow the death cult of #Modernity – opening the doors to a future we’d be proud to leave to the generations yet unborn?
accidentalgods.life/co-evolving-
#Accidentalgods #Podcast with Tim Logan
#OutgrowingModernity - Vanessa Andreotti's new #book
OUT NOW!
#BooksofBlueSky #Thrutopia
accidentalgods.life/co-evolving-
#Accidentalgods #Podcast with Tim Logan
#OutgrowingModernity - Vanessa Andreotti's new #book
OUT NOW!
#BooksofBlueSky #Thrutopia
Co-Evolving Humanity: Outgrowing Modernity with Vanessa and Giovanna Andreotti – and Tim Logan
How do we Outgrow the death cult of Modernity - opening the doors to a future we’d be proud to leave to the generations yet unborn?
accidentalgods.life
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
How do we Outgrow the death cult of #Modernity – opening the doors to a future we’d be proud to leave to the generations yet unborn?
accidentalgods.life/co-evolving-
#Accidentalgods #Podcast with Tim Logan
#OutgrowingModernity - Vanessa Andreotti's new #book
OUT NOW!
#BooksofBlueSky #Thrutopia
accidentalgods.life/co-evolving-
#Accidentalgods #Podcast with Tim Logan
#OutgrowingModernity - Vanessa Andreotti's new #book
OUT NOW!
#BooksofBlueSky #Thrutopia
An amazing weekend in Doncaster with ArtBomb festival at the Unitarian churching hosting the debut of Hey! Festival for poetry in the market square and all sorts of unexpected delights
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
An amazing weekend in Doncaster with ArtBomb festival at the Unitarian churching hosting the debut of Hey! Festival for poetry in the market square and all sorts of unexpected delights
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Trae Stephens “was an early employee at [Peter] Thiel’s software company Palantir & is currently a partner at his venture capital fund.” His wife, Michelle Stephens, is the “cofounder & executive director of ACTS 17,” which stands for “Acknowledging Christ in Technology & Society.” 8/11/25… 1/
‘Wouldn’t It Be Funny if We Tricked a Bunch of People into Going to Church?’ - Christianity Today
Michelle Stephens of Silicon Valley evangelism organization ACTS 17 talks caviar bumps, Peter Thiel, and Christianity.
www.christianitytoday.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trae Stephens “was an early employee at [Peter] Thiel’s software company Palantir & is currently a partner at his venture capital fund.” His wife, Michelle Stephens, is the “cofounder & executive director of ACTS 17,” which stands for “Acknowledging Christ in Technology & Society.” 8/11/25… 1/
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Together For Palestine, OVO Arena, Wembley, September 17, 2025
Executive Producer of this evening is Brian Eno with Khaled Ziada, Khalid Abdalla and Tracey Seaward
Pre-sale: togetherforpalestine.org
Executive Producer of this evening is Brian Eno with Khaled Ziada, Khalid Abdalla and Tracey Seaward
Pre-sale: togetherforpalestine.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Together For Palestine, OVO Arena, Wembley, September 17, 2025
Executive Producer of this evening is Brian Eno with Khaled Ziada, Khalid Abdalla and Tracey Seaward
Pre-sale: togetherforpalestine.org
Executive Producer of this evening is Brian Eno with Khaled Ziada, Khalid Abdalla and Tracey Seaward
Pre-sale: togetherforpalestine.org
Final sign-ups: looking forward to being in conversation about ‘the God shaped hole’ tomorrow and being asked some good questions to reflect on my decade or so of leadership in spiritual community
And the nice folk at The Raft are using this essay as a jumping off point to host me in an online session on 31 July exploring my decade or so of church-ish explorations - come along :) www.tickettailor.com/events/risin...
Select tickets – The God Shaped Hole – Zoom
“The need for the spiritual – or whatever words you want to give it – is a human universal which does not wait until more ‘basi...
www.tickettailor.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Final sign-ups: looking forward to being in conversation about ‘the God shaped hole’ tomorrow and being asked some good questions to reflect on my decade or so of leadership in spiritual community
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And the nice folk at The Raft are using this essay as a jumping off point to host me in an online session on 31 July exploring my decade or so of church-ish explorations - come along :) www.tickettailor.com/events/risin...
Select tickets – The God Shaped Hole – Zoom
“The need for the spiritual – or whatever words you want to give it – is a human universal which does not wait until more ‘basi...
www.tickettailor.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And the nice folk at The Raft are using this essay as a jumping off point to host me in an online session on 31 July exploring my decade or so of church-ish explorations - come along :) www.tickettailor.com/events/risin...
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Escaping the Trap of ‘Impact’ Measurement
guerrillafoundation.org/escaping-the...
in complex systems it is impossible to rigorously identify “your” impact
Using data for performance corrupts it
Campbells law
guerrillafoundation.org/escaping-the...
in complex systems it is impossible to rigorously identify “your” impact
Using data for performance corrupts it
Campbells law
Escaping the Trap of ‘Impact’ Measurement – Guerrilla Foundation
Act. Affect. Change.
guerrillafoundation.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Escaping the Trap of ‘Impact’ Measurement
guerrillafoundation.org/escaping-the...
in complex systems it is impossible to rigorously identify “your” impact
Using data for performance corrupts it
Campbells law
guerrillafoundation.org/escaping-the...
in complex systems it is impossible to rigorously identify “your” impact
Using data for performance corrupts it
Campbells law
Important message from former diplomat @carneross.bsky.social on the ways in which the UK and other governments’ contravention of the Genocide Convention
Is our government complicit in genocide? The Genocide Convention is very, very clear. youtu.be/rLN7SrfTeZ4?...
Is our government complicit in genocide?
YouTube video by Carne Ross
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Important message from former diplomat @carneross.bsky.social on the ways in which the UK and other governments’ contravention of the Genocide Convention
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Our partners at Faith for the Climate are looking for a new trustee to support their work empowering diverse faith communities to take action and protect our planet.
Find out more and apply here: faithfortheclimate.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Find out more and apply here: faithfortheclimate.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Join us as a Trustee - Faith For The Climate
Could you be a Trustee for Faith for the Climate? We are seeking new trustees to join our Board and help our charity achieve its goals and aspirations. Faith for the Climate exists to encourage, inspi...
faithfortheclimate.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Our partners at Faith for the Climate are looking for a new trustee to support their work empowering diverse faith communities to take action and protect our planet.
Find out more and apply here: faithfortheclimate.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Find out more and apply here: faithfortheclimate.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Glad to have my 2017 essay on ‘The God-shaped hole’ featured as Dark Mountain’s long read this week - and in a timely way it describes taking part in a workshop based on the work of Joanna Macy, who left us yesterday
substack.com/@darkmountai...
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The Dark Mountain Project (@darkmountainproject)
This week’s archive post is a long read from Dark Mountain’s 12th issue, SANCTUM that revolves around the theme of ‘the sacred’. Elizabeth Slade investigates the space left by the collapse of institu...
substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Glad to have my 2017 essay on ‘The God-shaped hole’ featured as Dark Mountain’s long read this week - and in a timely way it describes taking part in a workshop based on the work of Joanna Macy, who left us yesterday
substack.com/@darkmountai...
substack.com/@darkmountai...
Such slow progress - it really shows how far there is to go… the offensive ‘Issues’ publication has been replaced by one that says clergy should only have sex inside a marriage, when the Church of England won’t marry same sex couples.
(For reference, Unitarians affirmed LGBTQ ministers in 1977)
(For reference, Unitarians affirmed LGBTQ ministers in 1977)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND governing body #GeneralSynod has voted almost unanimously to withdraw a key teaching document on #sexuality which has caused harm to people exploring a vocation, particularly LGBTQ+ people: bit.ly/IHSvote0725
July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Such slow progress - it really shows how far there is to go… the offensive ‘Issues’ publication has been replaced by one that says clergy should only have sex inside a marriage, when the Church of England won’t marry same sex couples.
(For reference, Unitarians affirmed LGBTQ ministers in 1977)
(For reference, Unitarians affirmed LGBTQ ministers in 1977)
I recently took my EV on holiday to the rural south west of Ireland and was never more than about a half hour drive from a charging station
New blog post: Petrol Stations 🆚 Car Charging Locations
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/petrol-stations-%F0%9F%86%9A-car-charging-locations/
Journalists love context-free numbers - things that sound large and scary, but without any helpful information to allow you to judge their significance. …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/petrol-stations-%F0%9F%86%9A-car-charging-locations/
Journalists love context-free numbers - things that sound large and scary, but without any helpful information to allow you to judge their significance. …
Petrol Stations 🆚 Car Charging Locations
Journalists love context-free numbers - things that sound large and scary, but without any helpful information to allow you to judge their significance. Here's a good example from a BBC article about Electric Vehicle subsidies: There are around 1.3 million electric cars on Britain's roads but currently only around 82,000 public charging points. Bloody hell! That's rubbish! Bring down the…
shkspr.mobi
July 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I recently took my EV on holiday to the rural south west of Ireland and was never more than about a half hour drive from a charging station
Punched in the gut by the news of Andrea Gibson’s death.
I saw them perform in London twice and both were extraordinary and transcendent experiences.
Huge gratitude for their words and their being
I saw them perform in London twice and both were extraordinary and transcendent experiences.
Huge gratitude for their words and their being
Andrea Gibson. Poet. Powerhouse. Beacon of hope. Lover of life and the world. You will be missed forever 13/8/1975-14/7/2025
July 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Punched in the gut by the news of Andrea Gibson’s death.
I saw them perform in London twice and both were extraordinary and transcendent experiences.
Huge gratitude for their words and their being
I saw them perform in London twice and both were extraordinary and transcendent experiences.
Huge gratitude for their words and their being
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Beloved elder & teacher, & dear friend of Roshi Joan, Joanna Macy is currently in hospice care at home. She is surrounded by her family, resting, & held in great love.
We invite you to visit this page to view four powerful teachings she has shared with our community.
www.upaya.org/person/joann...
We invite you to visit this page to view four powerful teachings she has shared with our community.
www.upaya.org/person/joann...
Joanna Macy, PhD
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship…
www.upaya.org
July 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Beloved elder & teacher, & dear friend of Roshi Joan, Joanna Macy is currently in hospice care at home. She is surrounded by her family, resting, & held in great love.
We invite you to visit this page to view four powerful teachings she has shared with our community.
www.upaya.org/person/joann...
We invite you to visit this page to view four powerful teachings she has shared with our community.
www.upaya.org/person/joann...
“Freedom isn’t the absence of restraint, it is the presence of love…. We must be both a rallying cry and a refuge” Rev Dr Nicole Kirk in the closing service at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Baltimore
June 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Freedom isn’t the absence of restraint, it is the presence of love…. We must be both a rallying cry and a refuge” Rev Dr Nicole Kirk in the closing service at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Baltimore
Yesterday was a day of beautiful encounters with Quaker friends in the wild - first with the @quaker.org.uk team at Christian Aid’s 80th anniversary at Westminster Abbey, and then @alastairmci.bsky.social “preaching” at Kairos - perhaps the only bar in town last night to hear the Lord’s Prayer
June 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yesterday was a day of beautiful encounters with Quaker friends in the wild - first with the @quaker.org.uk team at Christian Aid’s 80th anniversary at Westminster Abbey, and then @alastairmci.bsky.social “preaching” at Kairos - perhaps the only bar in town last night to hear the Lord’s Prayer
“Hope is not something you leave in the altar - it’s something you do every day” Diana Kichengo at the Christian Aid 80th anniversary event
June 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Hope is not something you leave in the altar - it’s something you do every day” Diana Kichengo at the Christian Aid 80th anniversary event
Today I’ll be at the 80th Anniversary celebration of Christian Aid at Westminster Abbey - and I wonder if I’m the only person listening Rage Against the Machine on their way there
June 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today I’ll be at the 80th Anniversary celebration of Christian Aid at Westminster Abbey - and I wonder if I’m the only person listening Rage Against the Machine on their way there
I learnt about this judicial review in the parish newsletter of my rather conservative Chilterns village - it seems people of all stripes are appalled at the overriding of the Planning Inspectorate to expand an airport in the name of “growth”
Do you think Luton Airport should be allowed to expand?
LADACAN is bringing a Judicial Review of the government's recent decision to allow massive expansion of Luton Airport.
If you would like to support this campaign, you can donate or share 👇👇
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-lu...
LADACAN is bringing a Judicial Review of the government's recent decision to allow massive expansion of Luton Airport.
If you would like to support this campaign, you can donate or share 👇👇
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-lu...
Judicial Review of Luton Airport Expansion Decision
LADACAN campaigns against unsustainable airport expansion, working alongside the West Herts Environmental Foundation charity which seeks to protect the local environment.
www.crowdjustice.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I learnt about this judicial review in the parish newsletter of my rather conservative Chilterns village - it seems people of all stripes are appalled at the overriding of the Planning Inspectorate to expand an airport in the name of “growth”
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My new course starts tonight. Last minute sign ups welcome. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/the-...
The Inner Worlds of George Fox and William Blake - Woodbrooke
The first session of the course reflects on Fox and Blake’s understanding of the imagination. By delving into early Quaker and Blakean symbolism, learners
www.woodbrooke.org.uk
June 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My new course starts tonight. Last minute sign ups welcome. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/the-...