Mark Felstead

Life-long learning, special interest in languages. Philippians 4:8

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@MichaelRosenYes Hard to think of a precise English connection other than the idea of skim reading, perhaps, skimming the pages for a light and ephemeral ‘essence’?

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@giles_fraser Praying

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@giles_fraser ‘Ridiculous and ignorant’ sounds a bit harsh. After all, is that notion so very far from John 5:39? “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.”

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@Bluebirdlouise @Positivteacha I would agree that it can be seen as problematic as a male-default term - albeit initiated by the girls rather than the adults. I personally like how some languages use ‘friends’ as the preferred form of address, but it doesn’t seem to have taken root in UK English.

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@Positivteacha It’s a good sign, but is its real purpose to encourage male staff to support and giive confidence to boys who don’t conform to masculine stereotypes, especially those who don’t love sport?

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@Bluebirdlouise @Positivteacha I worked in a girls’ school and it was the girls who addressed each other as ‘guys’, rather than the teachers. I supposed that ‘hey guys’ was a gender-neutral Americanism - was I wrong?

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@revpaulwhite @OSacrumCorIesu Reminds me of the pre-NHS ‘Lady Almoners’ who worked as medical social workers.

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@OSacrumCorIesu Whatever happened to 3pm Sunday School?

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@lukeappleton It’s a pithy contrast and makes a sound point, but a theological repudiation of human goodness can be overstated. Psalm 1 is a good corrective!

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@BusesOfSomerset I’d like to know if route 54 Yeovil- Taunton stops at either bus stop King Arthur Drive or Wessex Road - ir at either on request? Thx.

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@charliebelllive Yes, an important challenge. We probably need to spend more time meditating on Mark 7:14-23. What is really inside us? What needs to be ousted by the Holy Spirit?

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@vicarswifetobe People really need to think through such a negative reaction to children in church - do they really want to keep them out of God’s House? If so, they need to ask God about that first! The answer of course is in Mt 19:13-14

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@SoVeryBritish ‘Teapot, Brew, Milk in cup, Pour’ is my mantra.

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@MichaelRosenYes At my sixth form college in the 1980s there was a optional weekly gathering for Christian morning worship for any students and staff who wished to attend. Most students were non-religious and it wasn’t a culturally diverse town, but faith still had its place in the system.

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Heartening to see the respect and grace evident across the political parties in the Welsh #Senedd this week, as Mark Drakeford stood down as First Minister. It would be good to see such attitudes more often in the #UKparliament.

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@FrDidymus That raises the interesting question of the legitimacy of criminalising religious opinion as opposed to specific acts. According to the gospels the words of Jesus himself were criminalised by religious and civil authorities.

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@SevaUT @marcbennetts1 But maybe it fits with his sense of history and role models such as Tsar Ivan Grozny. https://t.co/9osm5fUjt1

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As Muscovites lay flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny riot police moved in. A woman shouted: "We have the right to stand here & we will!" Another cried: "This street isn't yours. It belongs to everyone!" Our latest report from Moscow. Thanks @AntonChicherov @BenTavener #Navalny

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@lukeappleton The problem with this assertion is that even a Bible without errors has to be interpreted, so we always come back to the question, whose reading is right? I find this biblical thought useful: “God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” Eccl 5:2

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