Duncan Hollands
@duncanhollands.bsky.social
Vicar of Chandler's Ford
Only 3 days to go.
December 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Only 3 days to go.
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Wendell Berry is one of the authors who has influenced my own writing the most - but there is a cost to reading him. And a significant one at that.
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The Cost Of Reading Wendell Berry
"Is it good?" is the question Wendell Berry constantly asks us. It's a question which demands a response.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Wendell Berry is one of the authors who has influenced my own writing the most - but there is a cost to reading him. And a significant one at that.
overthefield.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
overthefield.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
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Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
December 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 12
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 12, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 12
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin
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I challenge you to find a better reflection on Advent.
Spoiler: you won't.
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Spoiler: you won't.
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Why we need Advent: Christmas Commercialism
“What’s going on with Black Friday this year?”, my wife asked me in Sainsbury’s the other week. We were walking past an advertising hoarding for some brand’s Black Friday deal. But it wasn’t Black …
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December 6, 2024 at 1:04 PM
I challenge you to find a better reflection on Advent.
Spoiler: you won't.
christandcalendar.com/2024/12/06/w...
Spoiler: you won't.
christandcalendar.com/2024/12/06/w...
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Happy Feast of St Nicholas!
December 6, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Happy Feast of St Nicholas!
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“Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left.”
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964)
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964)
November 26, 2024 at 3:21 AM
“Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left.”
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964)
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964)
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much love for the 'don't know' crew who must be wondering what that tree is doing in their living room
It's 25 November, and 11% of Britons say they have put up their Christmas decorations already - including 23% of 18-24 year olds
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yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...
November 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
much love for the 'don't know' crew who must be wondering what that tree is doing in their living room
Tim Suffield with an excellent reflection on what the work of a pastor really is, via 𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑠 .
It strikes me that in the C of E it's the theology bit where we most come unstuck.
It strikes me that in the C of E it's the theology bit where we most come unstuck.
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Tim Suffield with an excellent reflection on what the work of a pastor really is, via 𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑠 .
It strikes me that in the C of E it's the theology bit where we most come unstuck.
It strikes me that in the C of E it's the theology bit where we most come unstuck.
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What a difference twelve months makes!
... Twelve months, plus enormous grant, loads of donations (thank you), and a ferocious amount of work.
The scaffold came down at St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire recently, and we could hardly believe our eyes.
1/4
... Twelve months, plus enormous grant, loads of donations (thank you), and a ferocious amount of work.
The scaffold came down at St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire recently, and we could hardly believe our eyes.
1/4
November 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM
What a difference twelve months makes!
... Twelve months, plus enormous grant, loads of donations (thank you), and a ferocious amount of work.
The scaffold came down at St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire recently, and we could hardly believe our eyes.
1/4
... Twelve months, plus enormous grant, loads of donations (thank you), and a ferocious amount of work.
The scaffold came down at St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire recently, and we could hardly believe our eyes.
1/4
"Part of what we do here every week is to reject the modern conceit that true freedom is freedom from having to bother too much with other people."
What a line. And the sermon only gets better from there!
What a line. And the sermon only gets better from there!
There have been times recently when it feels like the anchors of our society and culture have come loose, and we are hopelessly adrift...
The Birth Pangs of Something New?—A Sermon
We probably aren't living near the end of the world; but we might well be living through the end of an era.
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November 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
"Part of what we do here every week is to reject the modern conceit that true freedom is freedom from having to bother too much with other people."
What a line. And the sermon only gets better from there!
What a line. And the sermon only gets better from there!
Wow. Way too close for comfort.
If a bot could proven to be evangelistically effective, how many evangelicals would be unsure whether that was a bad idea?
If a bot could proven to be evangelistically effective, how many evangelicals would be unsure whether that was a bad idea?
November 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Wow. Way too close for comfort.
If a bot could proven to be evangelistically effective, how many evangelicals would be unsure whether that was a bad idea?
If a bot could proven to be evangelistically effective, how many evangelicals would be unsure whether that was a bad idea?
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A bookmark feature with sortable folders would really set this place apart.
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
A bookmark feature with sortable folders would really set this place apart.
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Wisdom from Ben Crosby:
"if we accept that the bread in the Supper analogizes or represents the nourishment that Christ’s body offers, then the bread used should be physically nourishing and sustaining".
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"if we accept that the bread in the Supper analogizes or represents the nourishment that Christ’s body offers, then the bread used should be physically nourishing and sustaining".
bencrosby.substack.com/p/against-co...
Against Communion wafers
(and against bad-tasting Communion wine, too!)
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November 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Wisdom from Ben Crosby:
"if we accept that the bread in the Supper analogizes or represents the nourishment that Christ’s body offers, then the bread used should be physically nourishing and sustaining".
bencrosby.substack.com/p/against-co...
"if we accept that the bread in the Supper analogizes or represents the nourishment that Christ’s body offers, then the bread used should be physically nourishing and sustaining".
bencrosby.substack.com/p/against-co...
Somewhere a teacher is trying to convey the wonder of the forms to her Plato class and she says "Lewis! Lewis! It's all in Lewis! Haven't you read the end of The Last Battle?! What do they teach them in these schools these days?"
November 20, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Somewhere a teacher is trying to convey the wonder of the forms to her Plato class and she says "Lewis! Lewis! It's all in Lewis! Haven't you read the end of The Last Battle?! What do they teach them in these schools these days?"
So much fun. Might need one of those signs for my garden. So much sadness too.
"He professed not to like people, but could scarcely bear to be alone.”
Read this to the end. Anybody out there willing to write a play about this man?
Read this to the end. Anybody out there willing to write a play about this man?
you have to be really quite determined to get the Church Times - for which he used to write very funny TV reviews - to write an obituary like this. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
November 19, 2024 at 5:51 PM
So much fun. Might need one of those signs for my garden. So much sadness too.
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Augustine: "Christ as God is the home country we are going to; Christ as man is the way we are going by. It's to him we are going, by him we are going"
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Augustine: "Christ as God is the home country we are going to; Christ as man is the way we are going by. It's to him we are going, by him we are going"
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For me, the appeal of Bluesky is that
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
For me, the appeal of Bluesky is that
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
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"When a mother can turn on the phonograph with the same ease that she applies to the electric light, will she croon her baby to slumber with sweet lullabies, or will the infant be put to sleep by machinery?" ~ John Philip Sousa, 'The Menace of Mechanical Music'
November 19, 2024 at 8:24 AM
"When a mother can turn on the phonograph with the same ease that she applies to the electric light, will she croon her baby to slumber with sweet lullabies, or will the infant be put to sleep by machinery?" ~ John Philip Sousa, 'The Menace of Mechanical Music'
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Tyndale Bulletin is a peer-reviewed journal for biblical studies and related disciplines produced by Tyndale House, Cambridge; here are some reasons to consider publishing with us 👇
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Tyndale Bulletin is a peer-reviewed journal for biblical studies and related disciplines produced by Tyndale House, Cambridge; here are some reasons to consider publishing with us 👇