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Author of Beard Theology. Be kind, I’m only little. Interested in people, culture, faith and history. Blog at www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk. Beard stuff at www.beardtheology.com.

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So it is a war then

07.03.2026 22:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s the one!

03.03.2026 21:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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OK, hands up who thought Starmer was the new Churchill?

03.03.2026 21:31 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 1

I used to be quite anti-emoji, but recently I’ve learned that a 👍 can act as an effective conversation full stop for a text exchange. It is really quite helpful.

03.03.2026 17:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 1

Mouse’s history lesson for all political leaders: bombing countries always, always hardens the population against those doing the bombing.

28.02.2026 12:00 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

My guess is that the bombing will achieve nothing then Trump will seek a face saving “deal” with the regime, which will be worse than the 2015 deal.

28.02.2026 11:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

All this when we had a nuclear deal already in 2015, which Trump threw out just to try to make it look like Obama was soft on Iran.

28.02.2026 11:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That is pretty much my read at this point too. So much for “help is on its way”. The poor people of Iran will suffer further.

28.02.2026 11:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And what regime is it hoped this one will be replaced with?

28.02.2026 11:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can anyone help me understand 1. the legal basis for attacking Iran and 2. the military objective(s)?

28.02.2026 10:46 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

Honestly I tried everything. It wouldn’t even let me copy and paste it!

27.02.2026 09:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe I should switch it off and on again?

27.02.2026 09:04 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Something wrong with this book. The URL link doesn’t seem to be working!

26.02.2026 22:23 👍 36 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 2

Trump really should (but probably won’t) get panned for his handling of Iran. He killed the nuclear deal we had, pushed Iran away from diplomatic and economic relations, bombed them (falsely claiming success) and is now scrambling to put the original deal back in place. Would you trust him now?

26.02.2026 09:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What is particularly galling is the opportunistic responses from organisations trying to make cash off this report - “Come to our seminar and buy our book on how to prepare your church for the Quiet Revival”.

22.02.2026 16:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading Despite the widely recognized decline of Christianity in the U.K., there have been persistent rumblings of a Christian resurgence.

The Pew Research Centre has published a quiet demolition of the Quiet Revival www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

22.02.2026 15:18 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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a man in a tuxedo is sitting in an auditorium ALT: a man in a tuxedo is sitting in an auditorium
18.02.2026 21:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The baptism was difficult, but the preparation classes were the really tricky part.

18.02.2026 21:34 👍 46 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 1

Every year we hear false predictions from Tesla about electric trucks, robo taxis and the like, but he seems to get a pass on what any other CEO would be punished for when making forward predictions to stock markets.

10.02.2026 13:43 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This needs to be looked at. Soliciting investment on the basis of patently fantastical claims is in any other context called fraud.

10.02.2026 13:41 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Getting angry about poor food in a restaurant then saying it is very nice when the waiting staff ask if everything is OK.

07.02.2026 09:49 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Premier league!

06.02.2026 22:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s a no from me

06.02.2026 21:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Let me know if I’ve missed any!

06.02.2026 21:20 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I was skeptical about the quiet revival, but I think I have stumbled on it

06.02.2026 21:19 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

My guess is approx 9 people

06.02.2026 20:58 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Afraid I have no idea.

06.02.2026 20:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Any idea if this account is genuinely the Archbishop? Looks convincing.

06.02.2026 20:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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He lasted 9 days in his last denomination, so …

06.02.2026 20:36 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It seems Calvin Robinson has been accepted into his sixth denomination in four years. The English Catholic Church of North America. Ever heard of it?

06.02.2026 20:28 👍 38 🔁 12 💬 17 📌 9