John Cooper
@jhoncooper.bsky.social
Methodist.charity director. All views my own.care about peace, justice, co-ops & climate
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#PavementsForPeople 1902 edition
Motorists have been encroaching on pedestrian space since the early days of motoring. This shot is from The Automobile magazine (USA), 1902.
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#PavementsForPeople 1902 edition
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Journeying Within: The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila - Sarum College
Retreat on Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle to look within, explore our potentiality, and engage deepening relationship with God.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Come to @sarumcollege.bsky.social for an empowering retreat 17-18 Oct with Prof Gillian Ahlgren, recognised authority on the Christian mystical tradition. Discover your potentiality & engage deeply with God & others through #TeresaofAvila's Interior Castle. Book now! www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...
Happy Methodist New Year!
New circuits and districts have launched. Ministers, well travelled and newly minted have landed in their new locations.
But what does this year mean for you? With Covid era fading, and new places launching this should be a year or two of bold confidence. Confidence that
New circuits and districts have launched. Ministers, well travelled and newly minted have landed in their new locations.
But what does this year mean for you? With Covid era fading, and new places launching this should be a year or two of bold confidence. Confidence that
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Methodist New Year!
New circuits and districts have launched. Ministers, well travelled and newly minted have landed in their new locations.
But what does this year mean for you? With Covid era fading, and new places launching this should be a year or two of bold confidence. Confidence that
New circuits and districts have launched. Ministers, well travelled and newly minted have landed in their new locations.
But what does this year mean for you? With Covid era fading, and new places launching this should be a year or two of bold confidence. Confidence that
This morning I do the Sunday sermon in Iona Abbey. Oh my. The words look so feeble....
August 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This morning I do the Sunday sermon in Iona Abbey. Oh my. The words look so feeble....
Here is hoping for a better tomorrow
July 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here is hoping for a better tomorrow
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To address the crisis of displaced people, we need not to 'stop the boats', but to 'stop the wars'. This is our calling. - Inderjit Bhogal #MethodistConf @methodist.org.uk @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social @publicissues.bsky.social @refugeestogether.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To address the crisis of displaced people, we need not to 'stop the boats', but to 'stop the wars'. This is our calling. - Inderjit Bhogal #MethodistConf @methodist.org.uk @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social @publicissues.bsky.social @refugeestogether.bsky.social
appalled by news today. The continued spread of violence and war is like a virus spreading throughout the world. It's time to vaccinate ourselves by investing in nonviolence, international diplomacy & democracy. Nobody wins from the latest escalation of conflict, everyone looses.
June 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
appalled by news today. The continued spread of violence and war is like a virus spreading throughout the world. It's time to vaccinate ourselves by investing in nonviolence, international diplomacy & democracy. Nobody wins from the latest escalation of conflict, everyone looses.
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Job alert at CCS Durham! Three year funded postdoc in Catholic Social Thought and Practice. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #catholicism #skystorians #catholic #academia
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Catholic Social Thought and Practice
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June 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Job alert at CCS Durham! Three year funded postdoc in Catholic Social Thought and Practice. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #catholicism #skystorians #catholic #academia
And so the tail end of another tricky week is passed. The continued militarization of faith and
society is so painful
society is so painful
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And so the tail end of another tricky week is passed. The continued militarization of faith and
society is so painful
society is so painful
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We tried to offer him some money, to at least let up pay for the cabling and switch he installed to make the electronics work right.
He refused. Firmly but kindly. Said he found friends here, and that was payment enough.
He refused. Firmly but kindly. Said he found friends here, and that was payment enough.
March 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We tried to offer him some money, to at least let up pay for the cabling and switch he installed to make the electronics work right.
He refused. Firmly but kindly. Said he found friends here, and that was payment enough.
He refused. Firmly but kindly. Said he found friends here, and that was payment enough.
A challenge and privaledge to address Churches Together in England forum today on “a call to peace”.
Very nerve wracking but seemed to go well as some fascinating conversations afterwards
Very nerve wracking but seemed to go well as some fascinating conversations afterwards
John Cooper, director of @forpeacemaker.bsky.social
"We can all fall into the idea that weapons and guns are the only way to solve problems...For millennia churches have argued and split...and yet somehow we seem to have found enough unity to sit in the same room together."
#CTEForum2025
"We can all fall into the idea that weapons and guns are the only way to solve problems...For millennia churches have argued and split...and yet somehow we seem to have found enough unity to sit in the same room together."
#CTEForum2025
March 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A challenge and privaledge to address Churches Together in England forum today on “a call to peace”.
Very nerve wracking but seemed to go well as some fascinating conversations afterwards
Very nerve wracking but seemed to go well as some fascinating conversations afterwards
Tomorrows sermon is written. Gorbachev. Jesus. Jerusalem and Couch to 5k....
March 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tomorrows sermon is written. Gorbachev. Jesus. Jerusalem and Couch to 5k....
Today i’ve been listening to stories about Eileen Power and Virginia Woolf. Wow!
March 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today i’ve been listening to stories about Eileen Power and Virginia Woolf. Wow!
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February 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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All I'm gonna say is that it's recognised often that St Nick's is incredibly important to the ecosystem of the diocese, both missionally and pastorally, but we've been told unless we increase our parish share to 70k (an amount that's more than double our annual income) we won't get another priest.
Nicki Pennington (Carlisle) - Concerns that churches that have huge missional potential are being closed simply due to a lack of funds #synod #generalsynod
February 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
All I'm gonna say is that it's recognised often that St Nick's is incredibly important to the ecosystem of the diocese, both missionally and pastorally, but we've been told unless we increase our parish share to 70k (an amount that's more than double our annual income) we won't get another priest.
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Hear @jhoncooper.bsky.social Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation @forpeacemaker.bsky.social speaking on Peace in Ukraine? 19.30 GMT Wednesday 28th January
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January 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Hear @jhoncooper.bsky.social Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation @forpeacemaker.bsky.social speaking on Peace in Ukraine? 19.30 GMT Wednesday 28th January
livestream at us02web.zoom.us/j/4101021617...
livestream at us02web.zoom.us/j/4101021617...
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If you live in and around Norwich, UK, check out @jhoncooper.bsky.social speaking about the possibility of peace in Ukraine. Free admission but booking recommended @forpeacemaker.bsky.social @anglicanpacifists.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peaceandjustice.bsky.social @dioceseofnorwich.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you live in and around Norwich, UK, check out @jhoncooper.bsky.social speaking about the possibility of peace in Ukraine. Free admission but booking recommended @forpeacemaker.bsky.social @anglicanpacifists.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peaceandjustice.bsky.social @dioceseofnorwich.bsky.social
I love @canongate.co.uk as they always have such interesting books and their paper is beautiful to touch.
This book from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is exquisitely laid out which adds to joy! Thank you
This book from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is exquisitely laid out which adds to joy! Thank you
January 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I love @canongate.co.uk as they always have such interesting books and their paper is beautiful to touch.
This book from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is exquisitely laid out which adds to joy! Thank you
This book from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is exquisitely laid out which adds to joy! Thank you
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Fuck yes. “Starting Sunday, most drivers will have to pay $9 to enter the busiest part of Manhattan.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday
After twists and turns, a contentious plan meant to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements is scheduled to take effect at midnight Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Fuck yes. “Starting Sunday, most drivers will have to pay $9 to enter the busiest part of Manhattan.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...