Catrin H-D
@catrinh-d.bsky.social
Methodist minister, tutor at The Queen's Foundation, & biblical scholar of sorts.
All views mine; retweeting isn't synonymous with agreeing. She/her
All views mine; retweeting isn't synonymous with agreeing. She/her
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Two key points from reading press coverage of yesterday's disaster. 1) It is not a 'shouting match' when one side does all the shouting and interrupting, while the other side (speaking in a language not his own) remains firm but polite.
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Two key points from reading press coverage of yesterday's disaster. 1) It is not a 'shouting match' when one side does all the shouting and interrupting, while the other side (speaking in a language not his own) remains firm but polite.
RIP Carrots. You were beloved and will be much missed.
"You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now," (The Black Rabbit to Hazel, at the close of Watership Down, by Richard Adams)
"You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now," (The Black Rabbit to Hazel, at the close of Watership Down, by Richard Adams)
February 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
RIP Carrots. You were beloved and will be much missed.
"You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now," (The Black Rabbit to Hazel, at the close of Watership Down, by Richard Adams)
"You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now," (The Black Rabbit to Hazel, at the close of Watership Down, by Richard Adams)
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I rarely agree with Dan, to put it mildly, but this is an absolute bullseye.
There's no grey area, not even an atom's worth.
There's no grey area, not even an atom's worth.
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I rarely agree with Dan, to put it mildly, but this is an absolute bullseye.
There's no grey area, not even an atom's worth.
There's no grey area, not even an atom's worth.
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This is the Playwrights’ Center, which first brought me out from NY to Minneapolis on a writing fellowship. It was where I taught, learned, developed work and had a great time for years.
I’m so proud of them for holding the line on DEI, despite the risk. Donating some $$ right now!
I’m so proud of them for holding the line on DEI, despite the risk. Donating some $$ right now!
Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is the Playwrights’ Center, which first brought me out from NY to Minneapolis on a writing fellowship. It was where I taught, learned, developed work and had a great time for years.
I’m so proud of them for holding the line on DEI, despite the risk. Donating some $$ right now!
I’m so proud of them for holding the line on DEI, despite the risk. Donating some $$ right now!
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Carrots the lions head has just got home from hospital, where he had an eye removed. Probably not chalked up as the best day of his life. The (comparatively) good news is that it turns out he had an abscess, not a tumour, so his chances of recovery are good, we're told.
February 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carrots the lions head has just got home from hospital, where he had an eye removed. Probably not chalked up as the best day of his life. The (comparatively) good news is that it turns out he had an abscess, not a tumour, so his chances of recovery are good, we're told.
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We would like to congratulate Michaela Barker and Rachel Read (posing together at their recent graduation) on being awarded the 2024 BA and MA dissertation prizes.
You can read more about the prizes here:
www.queens.ac.uk/dissertation...
You can read more about the prizes here:
www.queens.ac.uk/dissertation...
January 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We would like to congratulate Michaela Barker and Rachel Read (posing together at their recent graduation) on being awarded the 2024 BA and MA dissertation prizes.
You can read more about the prizes here:
www.queens.ac.uk/dissertation...
You can read more about the prizes here:
www.queens.ac.uk/dissertation...
Yay! Just found Queen's, where I'm privileged to work, is on Bluesky.
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February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yay! Just found Queen's, where I'm privileged to work, is on Bluesky.
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Just noticed - Forbidden Fruit and Figleaves is on sale - bag yourself a bargain. @scmpress.bsky.social scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Forbidden Fruit and Fig Leaves Reading the Bible with the Shamed by Judith Rossall - Paperback / softback - 9780334059202
Buy Forbidden Fruit and Fig Leaves Reading the Bible with the Shamed by Judith Rossall Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334059202
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January 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just noticed - Forbidden Fruit and Figleaves is on sale - bag yourself a bargain. @scmpress.bsky.social scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
She was preaching pretty mainstream Christianity. I don't underestimate her courage or integrity, but it _shouldn't_ have been especially controversial. If his ego is this fragile, the next 4 years are going to be hell for him. I mean, much worse for many, but still, it's something to hold onto.
Early this morning, President Trump posted a Truth post failing against Bishop Mariann Budde who preached to him yesterday, calling her a “so-called bishop” and insisting she and the Washington National Cathedral apologize.
January 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
She was preaching pretty mainstream Christianity. I don't underestimate her courage or integrity, but it _shouldn't_ have been especially controversial. If his ego is this fragile, the next 4 years are going to be hell for him. I mean, much worse for many, but still, it's something to hold onto.
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Personally if there was a discussion on whether I'd just performed a Nazi salute I'd probably avoid saying that it's a bad thing that academics were writing about antisemitism in the 1940s.
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Personally if there was a discussion on whether I'd just performed a Nazi salute I'd probably avoid saying that it's a bad thing that academics were writing about antisemitism in the 1940s.
Oh, so very much this!
I wonder how often people think about ‘average height’ privilege? Train seats that curve in the right places, shelves you can reach unassisted in shops, seating where you don’t need a foot rest. And of course, seating with enough leg room, clothes with long enough sleeves etc for taller folks.
January 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Oh, so very much this!
Was it Abraham Lincoln who said that 70% of what you read on the internet is rubbish...?
In other news, I think humanity may be safe from an AI takeover for the time being.
In other news, I think humanity may be safe from an AI takeover for the time being.
January 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Was it Abraham Lincoln who said that 70% of what you read on the internet is rubbish...?
In other news, I think humanity may be safe from an AI takeover for the time being.
In other news, I think humanity may be safe from an AI takeover for the time being.
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ICYMI:
This week in Theology Everywhere, Sheryl Anderson reflects on the Advent Antiphon traditionally sung on the shortest day of the year: 'O Oriens', or 'O Morning Star', and ponders the journey of life and faith. 'Dayspring from on high, be near!'
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This week in Theology Everywhere, Sheryl Anderson reflects on the Advent Antiphon traditionally sung on the shortest day of the year: 'O Oriens', or 'O Morning Star', and ponders the journey of life and faith. 'Dayspring from on high, be near!'
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Dayspring from on high be near [1]
by Sheryl Anderson. The Times newspaper currently runs a series called News in Pictures. On Wednesday 27th November 2024 it included a wonderful photograph[2] of the sunrise through the limestone a…
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December 17, 2024 at 9:18 AM
ICYMI:
This week in Theology Everywhere, Sheryl Anderson reflects on the Advent Antiphon traditionally sung on the shortest day of the year: 'O Oriens', or 'O Morning Star', and ponders the journey of life and faith. 'Dayspring from on high, be near!'
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/16/d...
This week in Theology Everywhere, Sheryl Anderson reflects on the Advent Antiphon traditionally sung on the shortest day of the year: 'O Oriens', or 'O Morning Star', and ponders the journey of life and faith. 'Dayspring from on high, be near!'
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/16/d...
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Dave Markay celebrates his new status as a dual citizen, but finds that it prompts him to ask questions about belonging and identity.
“You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God”
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Dave Markay celebrates his new status as a dual citizen, but finds that it prompts him to ask questions about belonging and identity.
“You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God”
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“…no longer Jew or Greek…”
by Dave Markay. I am now a dual citizen. It’s a new status, as fresh as the crisp, unbent and as-of-yet unstamped British passports my wife and I now hold. After a few weeks of statelessness, durin…
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December 12, 2024 at 9:02 AM
ICYMI:
Dave Markay celebrates his new status as a dual citizen, but finds that it prompts him to ask questions about belonging and identity.
“You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God”
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/09/n...
Dave Markay celebrates his new status as a dual citizen, but finds that it prompts him to ask questions about belonging and identity.
“You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God”
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/09/n...
Greatly saddened this morning to see this news. In my few encounters with Cheryl, I found her enlivening, thoughtful, challenging and encouraging. Truly one of the greats.
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In Memoriam, J. Cheryl Exum
We are saddened by the news of Prof. Cheryl Exum’s recent passing.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Greatly saddened this morning to see this news. In my few encounters with Cheryl, I found her enlivening, thoughtful, challenging and encouraging. Truly one of the greats.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our-a...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our-a...
I began today foreswunk, and am now utterly forswunk, and it's only 9:45. 🥴
Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
December 12, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I began today foreswunk, and am now utterly forswunk, and it's only 9:45. 🥴
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Applications are now open for Queen's Postgraduate Taster Course in Black Theology, starting in January 2025! This is a chance to deepen your understanding and advance your theological knowledge about liberation, justice and black identity through our black theology pathway. Apply today!
December 11, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Applications are now open for Queen's Postgraduate Taster Course in Black Theology, starting in January 2025! This is a chance to deepen your understanding and advance your theological knowledge about liberation, justice and black identity through our black theology pathway. Apply today!
Just made my first plasma donation, having previously been a blood donor. My main concern about making the switch (will there still be orange club bars available) is satisfactorily answered
December 6, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Just made my first plasma donation, having previously been a blood donor. My main concern about making the switch (will there still be orange club bars available) is satisfactorily answered
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How easy is it to love your neighbour? What if your neighbour is a Liverpool* supporter, and you're an Everton* fan? How do we love, when loving is hard?
Tom Wilson asks what it would be like, if love were easy.
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*Insert rivalry of choice...
Tom Wilson asks what it would be like, if love were easy.
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*Insert rivalry of choice...
If love was easy
by Tom Wilson. If love was easy, would it be so much fun?I think we were born to try.It’s the scary and the hard things that are worth fighting forI think we were born to try. I quoted these lyrics…
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December 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
How easy is it to love your neighbour? What if your neighbour is a Liverpool* supporter, and you're an Everton* fan? How do we love, when loving is hard?
Tom Wilson asks what it would be like, if love were easy.
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/02/i...
*Insert rivalry of choice...
Tom Wilson asks what it would be like, if love were easy.
theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/02/i...
*Insert rivalry of choice...
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Racial justice scholarships on offer at Queen's. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
New Racial Justice Scholarships on offer at Queen’s Foundation
THE Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, is offering new Racial Justice Scholarships to “empower” UK mino...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Racial justice scholarships on offer at Queen's. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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Our Centre for Black Theology at the Queen's Foundation does such great work. Interested in being a part of it? There is an online open day on Nov 30th. Taster session, lecture by Robert Beckford and introduction to studying with CBT. www.queens.ac.uk/events/cbt-o...
CBT Open Day - The Queen's Foundation
The Centre for Black Theology hosts an online Open Day event to raise awareness about our postgraduate pathways in Black and Womanist theological studies. This event includes a taster session that add...
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November 23, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Our Centre for Black Theology at the Queen's Foundation does such great work. Interested in being a part of it? There is an online open day on Nov 30th. Taster session, lecture by Robert Beckford and introduction to studying with CBT. www.queens.ac.uk/events/cbt-o...
I have a new job! (From September next year, and still based at Queen's).
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New Director of Methodist Formation and Methodist Oversight Tutor appointed - The Queen's Foundation
We are delighted to share the news of two new appointments for the Queen's Foundation. The Rev'd Dr Catrin Harland-Davies is being appointed to the role of Director of Methodist Formation subject to c...
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November 22, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I have a new job! (From September next year, and still based at Queen's).
www.queens.ac.uk/about-us/art...
www.queens.ac.uk/about-us/art...