Jonathan Tallon
@jonathan-tallon.bsky.social
New Testament lecturer at Luther King Theological College. Late antiquity research. He/him. Husband, father, coffee drinker. I take photos and write books. Based in Manchester UK. I always say yes to biscuits.
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The Magdalene Secret
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The Magdalene Secret is out today in ebook, paperback and large print.
‘A delightfully cute cozy mystery.’
‘I actually laughed out loud in a couple of places… the twist turns at the end were fantastic.’
‘It has suspense and an intriguing flow.’
‘Five stars.’
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‘A delightfully cute cozy mystery.’
‘I actually laughed out loud in a couple of places… the twist turns at the end were fantastic.’
‘It has suspense and an intriguing flow.’
‘Five stars.’
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW91C2BZ
Today’s total for #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember is 578 words. Happy with that, and I’m maintaining my (Mondays to Fridays) streak. Hope your month, if you’re taking part, is going well. #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today’s total for #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember is 578 words. Happy with that, and I’m maintaining my (Mondays to Fridays) streak. Hope your month, if you’re taking part, is going well. #WritingCommunity
I’ve made it - Monday to Friday writing each day. Today’s total was 775 words, meaning over 2,000 over the week. It’s well short of the ‘official’ target (11,670 words) but I‘ve written as much as I had in the previous 6 months. How’s #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember working for you?
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’ve made it - Monday to Friday writing each day. Today’s total was 775 words, meaning over 2,000 over the week. It’s well short of the ‘official’ target (11,670 words) but I‘ve written as much as I had in the previous 6 months. How’s #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember working for you?
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
And today’s total is a measly 315 words. But with for days in a row, I have a mini streak and the little amounts add up to something larger. My thriller is getting a little longer. #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And today’s total is a measly 315 words. But with for days in a row, I have a mini streak and the little amounts add up to something larger. My thriller is getting a little longer. #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember #WritingCommunity
Thinking of Baptist ministry in the UK? We have a free online event on 24.11.25 8pm where you can explore what this might look like, with plenty of time for questions and conversations.
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Explore your call
Is God calling you into Ministry? Explore what that means for you. Find ways to overcome barriers and respond positively to God's call.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thinking of Baptist ministry in the UK? We have a free online event on 24.11.25 8pm where you can explore what this might look like, with plenty of time for questions and conversations.
www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-yo...
www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-yo...
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Really good thread about how city rural divide and symbolism. But the Biblical picture is a bit more complex than presented… 1/4
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Really good thread about how city rural divide and symbolism. But the Biblical picture is a bit more complex than presented… 1/4
Today I have written 396 words for #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember - bringing my total to 680 for the month. Not many, but also not none. And I now have a writing streak (2 days - woohoo).
I’m working on a Manchester-based thriller provisionally titled No Baggage.
I’m working on a Manchester-based thriller provisionally titled No Baggage.
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today I have written 396 words for #NaNoWriMo #NovelNovember - bringing my total to 680 for the month. Not many, but also not none. And I now have a writing streak (2 days - woohoo).
I’m working on a Manchester-based thriller provisionally titled No Baggage.
I’m working on a Manchester-based thriller provisionally titled No Baggage.
Started #Nanowrimo #NovelNovember (I don’t do weekends). 284 words down. Which, on the one hand, is 1,383 words below target. But on the other hand, it’s 284 more words than I had yesterday. #SmallWins
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Started #Nanowrimo #NovelNovember (I don’t do weekends). 284 words down. Which, on the one hand, is 1,383 words below target. But on the other hand, it’s 284 more words than I had yesterday. #SmallWins
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If you want to hear me talking about affirming both the Bible and people who are LGBTQI+, you can catch me on the Theology for the Curious podcast.
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
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#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
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Ep.144 - Contrast and Comparisons: Queer or Christian w/ Jonathan Tallon
Podcast Episode · Theology for the Curious · 21/10/2025 · 1h 7m
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October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you want to hear me talking about affirming both the Bible and people who are LGBTQI+, you can catch me on the Theology for the Curious podcast.
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
If you want to hear me talking about affirming both the Bible and people who are LGBTQI+, you can catch me on the Theology for the Curious podcast.
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Ep.144 - Contrast and Comparisons: Queer or Christian w/ Jonathan Tallon
Podcast Episode · Theology for the Curious · 21/10/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you want to hear me talking about affirming both the Bible and people who are LGBTQI+, you can catch me on the Theology for the Curious podcast.
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#Bible #LGBT #LGBTQI+
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spooky. The Conservative Party Conference starts locally, and look who’s reading my stuff. 👀
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Spooky. The Conservative Party Conference starts locally, and look who’s reading my stuff. 👀
You say: ‘the new Robin Hood film is full of historical inaccuracies including clothing, room decor and buildings.’
I hear: ‘there’s a new Robin Hood film!’
I hear: ‘there’s a new Robin Hood film!’
Oh dear, the trailer for the new Robin Hood is out, let's take a look, shall we?
Are we taking bets on how many times we get to shout Bingo if we got the medieval myths & tropes bingo card out?
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Are we taking bets on how many times we get to shout Bingo if we got the medieval myths & tropes bingo card out?
youtu.be/SDfWMSNQEJc?...
Robin Hood (MGM+ 2025 Series) Official Trailer
YouTube video by MGM+
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September 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You say: ‘the new Robin Hood film is full of historical inaccuracies including clothing, room decor and buildings.’
I hear: ‘there’s a new Robin Hood film!’
I hear: ‘there’s a new Robin Hood film!’
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Listening to the Quiet Revival. A few thoughts and a few questions.
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Listening to the Quiet Revival
The so-called Quiet Revival has been underway (quietly) for quite a while. Here's a few reflections on it and some questions about it.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Listening to the Quiet Revival. A few thoughts and a few questions.
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We're very excited to be hosting this year's Women's Voices 2025 Conference: Women's Bodies.
Join some of the leading Feminist Theologians in the UK for important & empowering discussion around Women's Bodies.
We're particularly looking forward to this event as Maggi Creese and Rachel Roberts, 🧵
Join some of the leading Feminist Theologians in the UK for important & empowering discussion around Women's Bodies.
We're particularly looking forward to this event as Maggi Creese and Rachel Roberts, 🧵
Buy tickets – Women's Voices 2025: Women's Bodies – Luther King Theological College
Women's Voices 2025: Women's Bodies – Luther King Theological College, Sat 18 Oct 2025 - Join leading Feminist Theology Academics at Luther King Theological College for important & empowering…
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September 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're very excited to be hosting this year's Women's Voices 2025 Conference: Women's Bodies.
Join some of the leading Feminist Theologians in the UK for important & empowering discussion around Women's Bodies.
We're particularly looking forward to this event as Maggi Creese and Rachel Roberts, 🧵
Join some of the leading Feminist Theologians in the UK for important & empowering discussion around Women's Bodies.
We're particularly looking forward to this event as Maggi Creese and Rachel Roberts, 🧵
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The administrators of Spurgeon’s College are selling the assets including a statue and paintings of its founder, Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, and a collection of 60,000 books - 'a unique opportunity to be part of the history of Spurgeon’s College'. www.hilcovs.co.uk/sale-list/sp...
September 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The administrators of Spurgeon’s College are selling the assets including a statue and paintings of its founder, Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, and a collection of 60,000 books - 'a unique opportunity to be part of the history of Spurgeon’s College'. www.hilcovs.co.uk/sale-list/sp...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Union flags have gone up illegally around Manchester city centre. Worth pointing out that the racists trying to co-opt the flag have managed to hang a lot of them upside down.
‘When I suggest there is a possible contradiction between his anti-immigration activism and the fact he attempted to smuggle a group of immigrants into the UK in a van for financial gain, she says: “I don’t know about that so I can’t comment”’.
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Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him
Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van
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August 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Union flags have gone up illegally around Manchester city centre. Worth pointing out that the racists trying to co-opt the flag have managed to hang a lot of them upside down.
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Since we've recently rebranded as Luther King Theological College, we wanted to reintroduce ourselves.
Rooted in the legacy of Luther King, Baptist and United Reformed churches, we are a theological college in Manchester who are committed to (1/2)
Rooted in the legacy of Luther King, Baptist and United Reformed churches, we are a theological college in Manchester who are committed to (1/2)
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Since we've recently rebranded as Luther King Theological College, we wanted to reintroduce ourselves.
Rooted in the legacy of Luther King, Baptist and United Reformed churches, we are a theological college in Manchester who are committed to (1/2)
Rooted in the legacy of Luther King, Baptist and United Reformed churches, we are a theological college in Manchester who are committed to (1/2)
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Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/
Upgrade a band:
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They’re Definitely Giants
They’re Definitely Giants
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The Extra-Ordinary Boys
The Extra-Ordinary Boys
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Oases
Oases
Lionesses now upgraded to goddesses.
July 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lionesses now upgraded to goddesses.
Inner city Manchester
#It’sGrimUpNorth
#It’sGrimUpNorth
July 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Inner city Manchester
#It’sGrimUpNorth
#It’sGrimUpNorth
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Currently thoroughly engrossed by the audio version of Roberta mazza's *Stolen Fragments * ... and amazing bit of scholarship
July 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Currently thoroughly engrossed by the audio version of Roberta mazza's *Stolen Fragments * ... and amazing bit of scholarship
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"Issues" is no more! Why what the Church of England did today in binning an offensive document about sexuality really matters.
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"Issues" is no more - What is in Kelvin's Head?
Earlier today, the General Synod of the Church of England took a hugely significant step. It removed a document called “Issues in Human Sexuality” from the discernment process for people being assesse...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Issues" is no more! Why what the Church of England did today in binning an offensive document about sexuality really matters.
thurible.net/2025/07/15/i...
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