Jeremy Heuslein
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I read Dr Selina Stone’s new book, “A Heavy Yoke,” which looks at theology, power and abuse in the church. Hard reading but an excellent work by Dr Stone. My review is below, for those interested in her work and my thoughts on developing a theology of power.
I read Dr Selina Stone’s new book, “A Heavy Yoke,” which looks at theology, power and abuse in the church. Hard reading but an excellent work by Dr Stone. My review is below, for those interested in her work and my thoughts on developing a theology of power.
Power in the Breath
A book review of "A Heavy Yoke: Theology, Power and Abuse in the Church" by Selina Stone
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I read Dr Selina Stone’s new book, “A Heavy Yoke,” which looks at theology, power and abuse in the church. Hard reading but an excellent work by Dr Stone. My review is below, for those interested in her work and my thoughts on developing a theology of power.
I read Dr Selina Stone’s new book, “A Heavy Yoke,” which looks at theology, power and abuse in the church. Hard reading but an excellent work by Dr Stone. My review is below, for those interested in her work and my thoughts on developing a theology of power.
Listening to @podsavetheuk.crooked.com this morning and the fun and serious conversation about ChatGPT and Wikipedia, and I think a good analogy for AI is plutonium: deathly dangerous, but a really useful tool in specific, controlled contexts.
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Listening to @podsavetheuk.crooked.com this morning and the fun and serious conversation about ChatGPT and Wikipedia, and I think a good analogy for AI is plutonium: deathly dangerous, but a really useful tool in specific, controlled contexts.
Just listened to the latest episode of @themagnificast.bsky.social on trash and degrowth and was reminded of the permaculture design principle of “produce no waste,” which in an organic system means that any byproduct becomes integrated into another system and waste becomes part of the energy flow.
July 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just listened to the latest episode of @themagnificast.bsky.social on trash and degrowth and was reminded of the permaculture design principle of “produce no waste,” which in an organic system means that any byproduct becomes integrated into another system and waste becomes part of the energy flow.
Might be a bold position to take, but seems reasonable to me.
As a species, we’ve invented far too many ways to destroy ourselves. Let’s not do it en masse, okay?
As a species, we’ve invented far too many ways to destroy ourselves. Let’s not do it en masse, okay?
a sign that says no nukes are good nukes on a yellow background
ALT: a sign that says no nukes are good nukes on a yellow background
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Might be a bold position to take, but seems reasonable to me.
As a species, we’ve invented far too many ways to destroy ourselves. Let’s not do it en masse, okay?
As a species, we’ve invented far too many ways to destroy ourselves. Let’s not do it en masse, okay?
It’d be funny if someone forgot to open the flue of the chimney.
May 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’d be funny if someone forgot to open the flue of the chimney.
I don’t think it is the end of the American Empire; but we may be witnessing the last days of the American Republic.
If there are parallels to Rome to be made, it is good if we remember it transitioned from Republic to Empire - and not without violence.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...
If there are parallels to Rome to be made, it is good if we remember it transitioned from Republic to Empire - and not without violence.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...
I tried the viral $20 strawberry. It tasted like the end of the American empire
A single strawberry flown in from Japan is selling for $20 in a hip LA grocery store. Does it symbolize the worst of American excess, or is it simply delicious?
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I don’t think it is the end of the American Empire; but we may be witnessing the last days of the American Republic.
If there are parallels to Rome to be made, it is good if we remember it transitioned from Republic to Empire - and not without violence.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...
If there are parallels to Rome to be made, it is good if we remember it transitioned from Republic to Empire - and not without violence.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...
Been thinking about this GIF since Friday.
a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
media.tenor.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Been thinking about this GIF since Friday.
My wife earlier being very herself:
“It’s the end of Brussels’ Sprout season, and we are not saved…I’m sad.”
“It’s the end of Brussels’ Sprout season, and we are not saved…I’m sad.”
February 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My wife earlier being very herself:
“It’s the end of Brussels’ Sprout season, and we are not saved…I’m sad.”
“It’s the end of Brussels’ Sprout season, and we are not saved…I’m sad.”
You may sometimes wonder how long we’ve been living in a COVID world. This long, everybody.
February 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You may sometimes wonder how long we’ve been living in a COVID world. This long, everybody.
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our common life depends upon each other's toil
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
our common life depends upon each other's toil
A book idea dropped into my head last night as I rolled over to turn out the light, so I quickly scribbled down the sections on the only piece of paper to hand, my tax bill.
The book idea is about Christianity, socialism, and economics.
If I get around to writing it, its “beginning” is going in.
The book idea is about Christianity, socialism, and economics.
If I get around to writing it, its “beginning” is going in.
February 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A book idea dropped into my head last night as I rolled over to turn out the light, so I quickly scribbled down the sections on the only piece of paper to hand, my tax bill.
The book idea is about Christianity, socialism, and economics.
If I get around to writing it, its “beginning” is going in.
The book idea is about Christianity, socialism, and economics.
If I get around to writing it, its “beginning” is going in.
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Just putting this out here.
Just putting this out here.
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Just putting this out here.
Just putting this out here.
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Gitmo has been and now will exponentially expand to continue to be a location where people are excluded from the legal protections that normally exist.
This state of exception bolsters a tyrannical sovereignty and will foster acts of torture.
It is the kind of violence that makes a king.
This state of exception bolsters a tyrannical sovereignty and will foster acts of torture.
It is the kind of violence that makes a king.
January 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Gitmo has been and now will exponentially expand to continue to be a location where people are excluded from the legal protections that normally exist.
This state of exception bolsters a tyrannical sovereignty and will foster acts of torture.
It is the kind of violence that makes a king.
This state of exception bolsters a tyrannical sovereignty and will foster acts of torture.
It is the kind of violence that makes a king.
During the next four years, here are some things I hope to do/learn to do:
• have a garden; help with a community garden;
• get to know my neighbours better; organise neighbourhood events, e.g., block parties;
• practice deep empathy;
• and speak Welsh.
Just starting this list. Feel free to add!
• have a garden; help with a community garden;
• get to know my neighbours better; organise neighbourhood events, e.g., block parties;
• practice deep empathy;
• and speak Welsh.
Just starting this list. Feel free to add!
January 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
During the next four years, here are some things I hope to do/learn to do:
• have a garden; help with a community garden;
• get to know my neighbours better; organise neighbourhood events, e.g., block parties;
• practice deep empathy;
• and speak Welsh.
Just starting this list. Feel free to add!
• have a garden; help with a community garden;
• get to know my neighbours better; organise neighbourhood events, e.g., block parties;
• practice deep empathy;
• and speak Welsh.
Just starting this list. Feel free to add!
Found this video game in a video game hall of fame. 5/5 for the title screen alone.
January 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Found this video game in a video game hall of fame. 5/5 for the title screen alone.
Nadolig llawen! Merry Christmas!
A special toast to those who make Christmas services happen - organists, servers, volunteers, clergy families, and everyone else! Here’s to another Christmas in the books.
#ClergyMaltClub
A special toast to those who make Christmas services happen - organists, servers, volunteers, clergy families, and everyone else! Here’s to another Christmas in the books.
#ClergyMaltClub
December 25, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Nadolig llawen! Merry Christmas!
A special toast to those who make Christmas services happen - organists, servers, volunteers, clergy families, and everyone else! Here’s to another Christmas in the books.
#ClergyMaltClub
A special toast to those who make Christmas services happen - organists, servers, volunteers, clergy families, and everyone else! Here’s to another Christmas in the books.
#ClergyMaltClub
Had one of those good heavy days today.
It is leaving me thinking about life and death, community fabric and identity, and ordained ministry and pastoral care; but above all, Christmas and light and love coming into the darkest time of year and into the darkest places.
It is leaving me thinking about life and death, community fabric and identity, and ordained ministry and pastoral care; but above all, Christmas and light and love coming into the darkest time of year and into the darkest places.
December 19, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Had one of those good heavy days today.
It is leaving me thinking about life and death, community fabric and identity, and ordained ministry and pastoral care; but above all, Christmas and light and love coming into the darkest time of year and into the darkest places.
It is leaving me thinking about life and death, community fabric and identity, and ordained ministry and pastoral care; but above all, Christmas and light and love coming into the darkest time of year and into the darkest places.
I’m reading this de-sacralising of space as part of the ongoing project of modernity to view all space, time, and things only in terms of their utility, which ultimately is coded by late-stage capitalism.
The question is: who profits from the banality of churches and other sacred spaces?
The question is: who profits from the banality of churches and other sacred spaces?
December 12, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I’m reading this de-sacralising of space as part of the ongoing project of modernity to view all space, time, and things only in terms of their utility, which ultimately is coded by late-stage capitalism.
The question is: who profits from the banality of churches and other sacred spaces?
The question is: who profits from the banality of churches and other sacred spaces?
Sometimes we can’t help what the storms destroy, but sometimes we can restore what was blown down.
December 11, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Sometimes we can’t help what the storms destroy, but sometimes we can restore what was blown down.
Questions I’m thinking about…
Does anyone know how to set up a citizen energy cooperative in the UK?
Is there a bank in Wales that only invests money back into Wales?
Basically, I’m thinking about how to resist the extraction of value from local communities. Any thoughts out there?
Does anyone know how to set up a citizen energy cooperative in the UK?
Is there a bank in Wales that only invests money back into Wales?
Basically, I’m thinking about how to resist the extraction of value from local communities. Any thoughts out there?
December 11, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Questions I’m thinking about…
Does anyone know how to set up a citizen energy cooperative in the UK?
Is there a bank in Wales that only invests money back into Wales?
Basically, I’m thinking about how to resist the extraction of value from local communities. Any thoughts out there?
Does anyone know how to set up a citizen energy cooperative in the UK?
Is there a bank in Wales that only invests money back into Wales?
Basically, I’m thinking about how to resist the extraction of value from local communities. Any thoughts out there?
Just got Rickrolled by suggestion in the Tesco book section. Is nowhere safe, nowhere sacred? Why can’t I do my late night, apocalyptically empty shop in peace?
December 10, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Just got Rickrolled by suggestion in the Tesco book section. Is nowhere safe, nowhere sacred? Why can’t I do my late night, apocalyptically empty shop in peace?
One of my #Advent reads for this year. Kohei Saito offers an amazing analysis of today’s economic structures and where we need to go from here to save the planet, arguing persuasively for degrowth, a return to public wealth and communally tending the commons, in order to address climate change.
December 7, 2024 at 8:15 PM
One of my #Advent reads for this year. Kohei Saito offers an amazing analysis of today’s economic structures and where we need to go from here to save the planet, arguing persuasively for degrowth, a return to public wealth and communally tending the commons, in order to address climate change.
I'm quite intimidated by owls, especially Machiavellian ones.
December 4, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I'm quite intimidated by owls, especially Machiavellian ones.
I've started a daily #Advent reflection series, "Advent as Hiraeth."
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that is not really translatable, but homesickness might gesture towards it in English. If you'd like to explore this with me, you can find all the posts here:
jeremyheuslein.substack.com/s/advent-dai...
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that is not really translatable, but homesickness might gesture towards it in English. If you'd like to explore this with me, you can find all the posts here:
jeremyheuslein.substack.com/s/advent-dai...
Advent Daily Reflections | Banterings | Jeremy Heuslein | Substack
In this daily series in Advent, I explore the season of Advent through the Welsh concept of "hiraeth," a longing for home or a place you may not be able to return to. Click to read Banterings, by Jere...
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December 4, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I've started a daily #Advent reflection series, "Advent as Hiraeth."
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that is not really translatable, but homesickness might gesture towards it in English. If you'd like to explore this with me, you can find all the posts here:
jeremyheuslein.substack.com/s/advent-dai...
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that is not really translatable, but homesickness might gesture towards it in English. If you'd like to explore this with me, you can find all the posts here:
jeremyheuslein.substack.com/s/advent-dai...