Gareth Griffith

Follower of Jesus, husband, dad, CofE minister in the North Cotswolds, bibliophile, recovering medievalist, walker and fan of old buildings and snooker.

[WST @WeAreWST]

The Kai Tak Arena falls silent for JV ❤️

[Gareth Griffith @bewmayngriffith]

This.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

[James @adored_1199]

If you think Mark Selby is boring then you’re not a true Snooker fan.

One of the best tacticians and Snooker brains the game has ever seen.

#UKChampionship #snooker #UKChampionshipsnooker

[Living & Dying Well @Live_Die_Well]

“I don't want to see fear in my patients' eyes when I go to see them, fear that I'm going to suggest assisted dying to them.”

Dominic Whitehouse - Palliative Care Consultant

#AssistedDyingBill

[Booktasters @BookTasters]

Books: the only place where emotional damage comes alphabetically.

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

I used to be in favour of assisted dying. But two things are clear from the way in which this bill has been debated:
1. Pro-bill zealots oppose pretty much all safeguards (because it is the principle of the thing which counts).
2. Once passed, within 12 months there will be a concerted push to expand eligibility.

[𝘼𝙨𝙝 𝘾𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙢 @MrAshCunningham]

Christians should not expect to be in a permanent state of refuge, nor for a single church to be the only possible source of refuge (I.e. “No other church will provide you with these protections”)

No faithful church encourages decisions to be made based on fear of the world.

[Gareth Griffith @bewmayngriffith]

@ChrisHowles I'd love to read this when you write it!

[Gareth Griffith @bewmayngriffith]

I mean... No, but also I completely understand.

[stephen altrogge @stephenaltrogge]

If your pastor doesn’t mention Robert Redford on Sunday it’s time to find a new church

[Pundamentalism @Pundamentalism]

Huge missed opportunity not to buy their own boat and call it Buoyancé.

[Better Way @betterwayUK]

Mitchell and Webb’s take on assisted suicide. Comedy is often a forum for making deeply serious points, as this video does.

[Robin Barfield @robinbarfield78]

This is brilliant 👇👏👏👏

[Chris Howles @ChrisHowles]

How some/many Western Christians bury their dead is often one of the biggest culture shocks non-western Christians experience when encountering Euro-American Christianity. Public cemeteries is a genuinely outrageous concept to many Ugandans, for example.

[Danielle (Dani) Treweek @danitreweek]

I’ve (mentally) half composed my own post reflecting on the differences and similarities to 👇🏻 of my own “exile”experience as an evangelical woman in public theological engagement - further complicated for me by my location in Australia, my convicted complementarianism and my vocal pushback against evangelical idolatry of marriage.

But ironically enough I realised I need to shelve it for the moment because public rumination on my experience is likely to have a negative impact on the reception of my book when it is released in a few weeks’ time. And for the sake of the singles in their churches, I *really* want pastors to be willing to give that book a read.

So… shelved it is. For now. But suffice to say, it’s no fun being stuck in no man’s land. It’s also not easy to survive here.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

🧵The Bishop of Liverpool: J.C. Ryle’s Life, Legacy, & Eternal Impact

In an age of compromise, he preached with clarity. His writings still stir hearts today. Here’s the story of one of evangelical Anglicanism’s boldest voices.👇

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for musical satirist of the 50s-60s #TomLehrer

There’s comedy and parody and levity and melody,
Alacrity, sagacity and mockery and repartee,
There’s plenty of absurdists and they come at ten-a-penny.
There may be one as sharp as him but I can’t think of any.

[Gareth Griffith @bewmayngriffith]

@NotThatRBaxter It's the last thing they care about.

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

Despite the treatment (or indeed non-treatment) of some older, ill & disabled people during covid, MPs are still contemplating legalising medically assisted suicide

Here's a secular explanation of why many of us oppose giving Drs & the state this power:

https://t.co/KOoAi5m7Jz

[WME | Talent Management © @WME_Talent]

I was not expected to survive birth, my parents had bought the teddy I was due to be buried with. Very hard, knowing this as well as many other cases I’ve encountered pastorally, not to view today’s vote in the House of Commons as an act of acute moral evil.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Precision
https://t.co/akf8liNnRP

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Medical professionals do not back this Bill. Many are opposed.
Most important, not a single organisation of disabled people backs it, one of the reasons why the Committee did not call them to speak.
https://t.co/pTsUtdTfke