Tim Fox
@teafox335.bsky.social
Biscuits, bicycles, guitars, theology and politics. That sort of thing. Writer of poetry and the Love Joy Peace course. Leftie vicar.
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What. A. Farce. Clowns… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Corbyn clashes with Sultana over membership portal as split emerges in new party
Ex-Labour leader says ‘legal advice being taken’ over issue, while Sultana also claims ‘sexist boys’ club’ is running party
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September 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What. A. Farce. Clowns… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is so sadly true…
January 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is so sadly true…
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High noon. Jan 20th.
January 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
High noon. Jan 20th.
Important reading for Christians - so important to remember that the first followers of Jesus would have very much thought of themselves as Jews… link.myjewishlearning.com/e/evib?_t=1b...
link.myjewishlearning.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Important reading for Christians - so important to remember that the first followers of Jesus would have very much thought of themselves as Jews… link.myjewishlearning.com/e/evib?_t=1b...
This made me snort 😂
Existentialist Firefighter Delays 3 Deaths
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January 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This made me snort 😂
This sums up perfectly the reason why billionaire philanthropy is a scam. The power stays with them. If the rich really want to help, then pay taxes gladly!
December 24, 2024 at 6:43 PM
This sums up perfectly the reason why billionaire philanthropy is a scam. The power stays with them. If the rich really want to help, then pay taxes gladly!
Yes yes yes!
I'm delighted when people embrace Christianity but not as a way to spiritualize conservative politics. Jesus was from an oppressed, people, owned nothing, embraced the marginalized, rejected earthly politics. Don't trivialize him or his message.
December 23, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Yes yes yes!
Love this. I wish we had more wisdom and less knowledge in our political reporting. Who is the monster is indeed a question worth asking!
Reminded of a line that I would say to my A Level students. Not sure who said it originally, ‘Knowledge is knowing Frankenstein is NOT the creature. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein IS the monster’.
December 23, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Love this. I wish we had more wisdom and less knowledge in our political reporting. Who is the monster is indeed a question worth asking!
This made me laugh… of course he should!
you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus
December 23, 2024 at 8:16 AM
This made me laugh… of course he should!
Flippin’ wokies and their council of Nicaea 😂
the nicene creed is woke
December 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Flippin’ wokies and their council of Nicaea 😂
Wonderful skewering of the missionary / evangelistic impulse that is focussed only on ‘eternal destiny’ and doesn’t care about hungry children.
TIL that in 1843 the artist George Catlin accompanied 14 Báxoje (Iowa) on a tour of Britain, and they were so horrified by the poverty they saw everywhere that when some clerics asked to talk to them about sending missionairies among the Báxoje their leader Neumonya really let them have it.
![Neumonya's response to the clergymen:
"My friends - I am willing to talk with you if it can do any good to the hundreds and thousands of poor and hungry people that we see in your streets every day when we ride out. We see hundreds of little children with their naked feet in the snow, and we pity them, for we know they are hungry, and we give them money every time we pass by them. In four days we have given twenty dollars to hungry children - we give our money only to children. We are told that the fathers of these children are in the houses where they sell fire-water, and are drunk, and in their words they every moment abuse and insult the Great Spirit. You talk about sending black-coats [missionaries] among the Indians: now we have no such poor children among us; we have no such drunkards, or people who abuse the Great Spirit. Indians dare not do so. They pray to the Great Spirit , and he is kind to them. Now we think it would be better for your teachers all to stay at home, and go to work right here in your own streets, where all your good work is wanted. This is my advice. I would rather not say any more."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjajzkyswsc32afso7ecrrgk/bafkreihh7krotovx3o6pdpfylocmuufwitni4pi6xuowrrq62akj233yv4@jpeg)
December 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Wonderful skewering of the missionary / evangelistic impulse that is focussed only on ‘eternal destiny’ and doesn’t care about hungry children.
Excellent. 😂
Siri for the win: the ex of Jesus (exegesis).
December 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Excellent. 😂
Love this, as a lifelong fan of the book LOTR (NOT the movies! Booooo!)
December 12, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Love this, as a lifelong fan of the book LOTR (NOT the movies! Booooo!)
The tree is going up, the Christmas tunes are on, and we are all officially out of Whamageddon.
December 7, 2024 at 2:14 PM
The tree is going up, the Christmas tunes are on, and we are all officially out of Whamageddon.
This is so great - and really needed. The hill I will die on is that the church needs to practice offering gift in our communities - and not presuming that the kindest thing we can for anyone else in the world is to make them exactly like us.
Revd Angela Sheard & I recently discovered we had a shared passion: for a space to be opened within the Church of England for an honest, questioning, and theologically rooted conversation about the dominant language of 'growth'…
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Why we need an anti-growth coalition in the Church of England
I'm delighted to host this guest post from Revd Angela Sheard. Angela and I had a conversation a few weeks ago in which we discovered we had...
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December 7, 2024 at 12:47 PM
This is so great - and really needed. The hill I will die on is that the church needs to practice offering gift in our communities - and not presuming that the kindest thing we can for anyone else in the world is to make them exactly like us.
I agree with God. Every billionaire is a failure of the imagination.
Hi, I’m God.
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I agree with God. Every billionaire is a failure of the imagination.
Yes yes yes - brilliant. My particular favourite one to ask people who ‘just do what the bible says’ is… ‘where’s your prayer shawl?’.
There is no text without interpretation. 👍
There is no text without interpretation. 👍
To anti-LGBTQ Christians: do you play on the sabbath, does your uniform mix different fabrics, do you eat pork? Not to mention slavery, genocide, subjugation of women. Old Testament has to be understood through the filter of Gospel love. And Jesus never mentions homosexuality.
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Yes yes yes - brilliant. My particular favourite one to ask people who ‘just do what the bible says’ is… ‘where’s your prayer shawl?’.
There is no text without interpretation. 👍
There is no text without interpretation. 👍
I thought this was excellent from the mouse. In terms of the future of the Church, my tuppence is that the CofE needs to find a way of being known as a generous presence in communities, rather than a self-interested presence. Two ears, one mouth etc etc.
A church on its knees: the Welby legacy | New on The Church Mouse Blog www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk/2024/11/a-ch...
A church on its knees: the Welby legacy
The Church Mouse Blog
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November 19, 2024 at 8:24 AM
I thought this was excellent from the mouse. In terms of the future of the Church, my tuppence is that the CofE needs to find a way of being known as a generous presence in communities, rather than a self-interested presence. Two ears, one mouth etc etc.
Hard relate.
Someone said "30 years ago", and my mind went to the 1970s, but they meant 1994, and now I need to lie down.
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Hard relate.
Oh my. This has the surprising ring in truth to it! Why though? Why!
Posting this here cos it's from the only tweet I ever bookmarked, and I'd like to be able to find it quickly now that's gone. Also because, as a writer, it kind of knocks me out.
November 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Oh my. This has the surprising ring in truth to it! Why though? Why!
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There are calls for the UK government to take a lead in tackling disinformation. As a nation we’ve been greatly affected by it. We need John Le Carre back with us.
Indeed. That’s why we’ve started this petition to try to encourage the UK government to become world leaders on disinformation.
Have a little idea building on this, can I DM or email you about it? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Have a little idea building on this, can I DM or email you about it? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
We believe that lies, fraud, and media toxicity threaten our way of life. We think new mechanisms are needed to preserve confidence. How else can people know what to trust?
petition.parliament.uk
November 17, 2024 at 11:15 AM
There are calls for the UK government to take a lead in tackling disinformation. As a nation we’ve been greatly affected by it. We need John Le Carre back with us.
Save the Semicolon!
Semicolon, you played-out whore.
Signed, The Dash.
Signed, The Dash.
November 16, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Save the Semicolon!
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It’s great to see so many people moving over from the remains of Twitter. Now what about official accounts, e.g. Church of England, diocesan feeds, church feeds, ChurchTimes, and others which are virtually official, like Thinking Anglicans, etc.
November 16, 2024 at 8:16 AM
It’s great to see so many people moving over from the remains of Twitter. Now what about official accounts, e.g. Church of England, diocesan feeds, church feeds, ChurchTimes, and others which are virtually official, like Thinking Anglicans, etc.