David Booker
@davidbooker.bsky.social
Chaplain to Church Army UK & Ireland.
Not as funny as I think I am.
Views my own.
Not as funny as I think I am.
Views my own.
If you could reshuffle the leadership of any organisation or group who would you choose... and how would you decide who gets given which seat and responsibilities?
September 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
If you could reshuffle the leadership of any organisation or group who would you choose... and how would you decide who gets given which seat and responsibilities?
Did a very long drive today...not quite the length of England but long enough...
...I live in an amazingly beautiful country!
(Was driving so no pictures)
...I live in an amazingly beautiful country!
(Was driving so no pictures)
July 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Did a very long drive today...not quite the length of England but long enough...
...I live in an amazingly beautiful country!
(Was driving so no pictures)
...I live in an amazingly beautiful country!
(Was driving so no pictures)
It's too hot to safely type my current opinions!
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's too hot to safely type my current opinions!
These monsters are somewhat shorter in real life!
....great Dr Who exhibition in Peterborough
....great Dr Who exhibition in Peterborough
June 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
These monsters are somewhat shorter in real life!
....great Dr Who exhibition in Peterborough
....great Dr Who exhibition in Peterborough
Finally read Flowers for Algernon..and oh what a book it is!
So challenging, thought provoking and moving. Now I can see why it's one of the classics!
So challenging, thought provoking and moving. Now I can see why it's one of the classics!
June 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finally read Flowers for Algernon..and oh what a book it is!
So challenging, thought provoking and moving. Now I can see why it's one of the classics!
So challenging, thought provoking and moving. Now I can see why it's one of the classics!
Just finished reading Wicked. I'm not sure quite how you get from it to the film - the tone and focus of the book is very different - but I'm so glad they did.
Unusually for me, I found the film massively more engaging and enjoyable that the book. I'm sure other views are available!
Unusually for me, I found the film massively more engaging and enjoyable that the book. I'm sure other views are available!
a witch 's broom with stars coming out of it on a white background
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May 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just finished reading Wicked. I'm not sure quite how you get from it to the film - the tone and focus of the book is very different - but I'm so glad they did.
Unusually for me, I found the film massively more engaging and enjoyable that the book. I'm sure other views are available!
Unusually for me, I found the film massively more engaging and enjoyable that the book. I'm sure other views are available!
Ah...so single ladies who don't appear to share any of my interests but decide I'm worth following are a thing here now too...must be my amazing personality!
a donkey from shrek is standing in the dirt and says nope on the bottom
ALT: a donkey from shrek is standing in the dirt and says nope on the bottom
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May 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ah...so single ladies who don't appear to share any of my interests but decide I'm worth following are a thing here now too...must be my amazing personality!
Yes I have my finger on the cinematic pulse...ready to watch Monty Python hunting for the Holy Grail tonight!
a man with a beard is wearing a helmet and says ni
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a helmet and says ni
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May 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yes I have my finger on the cinematic pulse...ready to watch Monty Python hunting for the Holy Grail tonight!
Sinners is an excellent film!
It is so much more than a slasher horror movie...sophisticated, thoughtful, challenging...and yes at times gory and scary.
I loved it.
It is so much more than a slasher horror movie...sophisticated, thoughtful, challenging...and yes at times gory and scary.
I loved it.
a man in a suit is standing in front of a wooden wall and says we got us a problem
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a wooden wall and says we got us a problem
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April 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sinners is an excellent film!
It is so much more than a slasher horror movie...sophisticated, thoughtful, challenging...and yes at times gory and scary.
I loved it.
It is so much more than a slasher horror movie...sophisticated, thoughtful, challenging...and yes at times gory and scary.
I loved it.
Yes I've seen Snow White...and you know what?
It's nowhere near as terrible as I'd been led to believe.
Perfect? No.
Enjoyable? Absolutely.
It's nowhere near as terrible as I'd been led to believe.
Perfect? No.
Enjoyable? Absolutely.
a young woman in a green dress is standing in a room and smiling .
ALT: a young woman in a green dress is standing in a room and smiling .
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April 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yes I've seen Snow White...and you know what?
It's nowhere near as terrible as I'd been led to believe.
Perfect? No.
Enjoyable? Absolutely.
It's nowhere near as terrible as I'd been led to believe.
Perfect? No.
Enjoyable? Absolutely.
Can't beat a holiday...thanks Portmerion, you were amazing!
March 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Can't beat a holiday...thanks Portmerion, you were amazing!
Doing a lot of last things at church now. Last baptism today, last services in a fortnights time. Beginning to be surrounded by boxes...
Strange days!
Strange days!
March 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Doing a lot of last things at church now. Last baptism today, last services in a fortnights time. Beginning to be surrounded by boxes...
Strange days!
Strange days!
So how is your Lent going?
March 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So how is your Lent going?
It's easy to call out the failures and weaknesses of others.
Ash Wednesday challenges us to recognise our own sins and mortality. It puts life in our troubled world back in perspective
Ash Wednesday challenges us to recognise our own sins and mortality. It puts life in our troubled world back in perspective
March 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's easy to call out the failures and weaknesses of others.
Ash Wednesday challenges us to recognise our own sins and mortality. It puts life in our troubled world back in perspective
Ash Wednesday challenges us to recognise our own sins and mortality. It puts life in our troubled world back in perspective
I'd like to report a crime...
Wicked was robbed of a whole bunch of small gold statues last night!
Wicked was robbed of a whole bunch of small gold statues last night!
a woman in a pink dress is standing in front of a red chest
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is standing in front of a red chest
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March 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'd like to report a crime...
Wicked was robbed of a whole bunch of small gold statues last night!
Wicked was robbed of a whole bunch of small gold statues last night!
Intercessions could be interesting tomorrow!
March 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Intercessions could be interesting tomorrow!
So you write the copy...the editor says they like it a lot...and the publication gets pulled before the edition is printed.
Frustrated? Me?
You bet 🤣
Frustrated? Me?
You bet 🤣
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So you write the copy...the editor says they like it a lot...and the publication gets pulled before the edition is printed.
Frustrated? Me?
You bet 🤣
Frustrated? Me?
You bet 🤣
Compline as we end the first day of our discernment residential for those exploring their call to evangelism with Church Army
February 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Compline as we end the first day of our discernment residential for those exploring their call to evangelism with Church Army
Looks like I have the cinema to myself for Mufsa...glad it isn't a scary film!
January 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looks like I have the cinema to myself for Mufsa...glad it isn't a scary film!
Anyone else see a report about Davos but their brain says Davros?
...And then hopes there isn't really a link between them but think there could well be?
...maybe just me then!
...And then hopes there isn't really a link between them but think there could well be?
...maybe just me then!
a robot is standing in front of a light and says `` explain ! explain !! ''
Alt: a robot is standing in front of a light and says `` explain ! explain !! ''
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January 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyone else see a report about Davos but their brain says Davros?
...And then hopes there isn't really a link between them but think there could well be?
...maybe just me then!
...And then hopes there isn't really a link between them but think there could well be?
...maybe just me then!
The William Tell film impressed me more than expected. It also unexpectedly borrows so much from Macbeth in language and imagery that it was occasionally distracting (at least to me).
If there is a follow-up I'm in!
(It's much more serious than the Muppets, but I'd love to see their version too!)
If there is a follow-up I'm in!
(It's much more serious than the Muppets, but I'd love to see their version too!)
a muppet playing a violin with a drummer behind him
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January 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The William Tell film impressed me more than expected. It also unexpectedly borrows so much from Macbeth in language and imagery that it was occasionally distracting (at least to me).
If there is a follow-up I'm in!
(It's much more serious than the Muppets, but I'd love to see their version too!)
If there is a follow-up I'm in!
(It's much more serious than the Muppets, but I'd love to see their version too!)
Sometimes you see a film and the story takes you to another world entirely...other times you are somehow seeing aspects of your own story on the screen. This can be a joyful or heartbreaking experience (often both), the challenge is you often have no idea it will have that impact when you walk in.
January 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes you see a film and the story takes you to another world entirely...other times you are somehow seeing aspects of your own story on the screen. This can be a joyful or heartbreaking experience (often both), the challenge is you often have no idea it will have that impact when you walk in.
How many people will note just what massive amount of wine Jesus makes in their sermon tomorrow?
And how the bridegroom doesn't suffer public humiliation?
And how few notice what is happening?
And...and...and...
...shame I'm not preaching in the morning 🤫
And how the bridegroom doesn't suffer public humiliation?
And how few notice what is happening?
And...and...and...
...shame I'm not preaching in the morning 🤫
January 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How many people will note just what massive amount of wine Jesus makes in their sermon tomorrow?
And how the bridegroom doesn't suffer public humiliation?
And how few notice what is happening?
And...and...and...
...shame I'm not preaching in the morning 🤫
And how the bridegroom doesn't suffer public humiliation?
And how few notice what is happening?
And...and...and...
...shame I'm not preaching in the morning 🤫