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Jonathan Lewis-Jong
@msgjonhere.bsky.social
social psychologist | Anglican priest
come for the psychology/theology/philosophy, stay for the…quips about parenting?
I’m very pleased to say that this is now available in the UK!
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day in Bruges.
May 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
There was a month or so between Carey and Williams; nearly 3 between Williams and Welby; it looks to be at least a 10-month vacancy this time. I’m gonna try not to extrapolate…
May 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Meta, I know (pun totally intended!), but I’m enjoying @chaykak.bsky.social’s @newyorker.com essay on BlueSky…yes I’m finally catching up on my backlog…
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What I want for Christmas is for politicians to stop scapegoating immigrants for the UK’s inability to build and maintain infrastructure, while also desperately needing foreign labour to prop the same infrastructure up. It is disingenuous and ugly.
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Finished.
April 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Stations and Chrism Mass done; now to prepare for Tenebrae.
April 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A lovely day for a Palm Sunday procession in the South Downs.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Dear @simonmayo.bsky.social, is it possible to overdose on Vocalzone?
February 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m going to put this out on #AnglicanBlueSky or indeed just church-friendly Bluesky: a tree fell in our churchyard, which nearly crushed it. The bill for its removal is a big chunk of our annual budget. So, we’re raising funds to help us defray costs! underthedowns.co.uk/cockingchurc...
St Catherine of Siena Churchyard Appeal 2025 – Under the Downs
underthedowns.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sim Kwangyang died 10 years ago today. He was my 干爹, a sort of secular godfather. Among the things he introduced to me were the word "theist", philosophy as an academic subject, and the Lord of the Rings. I owe him a lot, and am sorry not to be back in Malaysia to pay my respects there.
November 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM
It’s Charles Schultz’s birthday today. He would’ve been 102. My mother learnt to read English by reading Peanuts comics. I’ll forget be grateful for that.
November 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Jonathan Lewis-Jong
"As we approach the vote on assisted dying this week, I’ve been struck by how arguments in favour have held to very white, Western concepts of what it is to be human."

Got a few things off my chest about race and #AssistedDying

@theosthinktank.bsky.social

www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2024...
We need to talk about race and assisted dying
Chine McDonald looks at assisted dying and the underrepresented (and different) perspective of black people. 26/11/2024
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 2:02 PM
A snowy day in beautiful West Sussex.
November 21, 2024 at 5:37 PM
The problem with binge-reading the @newyorker.com.web.brid.gy, say, once a month is that I’m only now reading the early November issues, and bloody hell, it’s depressing on this side of the election.
November 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Does someone have a list of honorary cathedral canons appointed in 2024, and--in particular--how White this year's slate is (or isn't, he says, optimistically)?
November 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
For those among you who have access to the FT, @chinemcdonald.bsky.social wrote a very good piece for yesterday’s edition. For those of you who don’t, DM me…
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I might eventually have to replace this copy, having turned its pages so very often. I don’t ever get tired of reading it to the kids, even repeatedly each night. Now there’s an endorsement.
November 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Somehow when I tell myself that I spend my mornings “dealing with correspondence”, I feel a bit better than when I think of it as “doing emails”.
November 15, 2024 at 10:50 AM
A note to my parishes about the John Smyth report and the resignation of the Archbishop. underthedowns.co.uk/resignation-...
Resignation of the Archbishop – Under the Downs
underthedowns.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A sermon for Remembrance Sunday. underthedowns.co.uk/remembrance-...
Remembrance Sunday 2024 – Under the Downs
underthedowns.co.uk
November 12, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Hi everyone! For context, I started by looking up the philosophy, psychology, and Anglican lists when I signed up.
November 11, 2024 at 5:49 PM