Leumas Writes

Christian | Vicar in Hubberston, Marloes & St Brides | Bit of a geek | Former Curate at the Church on Ruby Road

[Leumas Writes @LeumasWrites]

Tomorrow is Bible Sunday, and the temptation to simply read out the homily on ‘The reading of Holy Scripture’ from the First Book of Homilies (modern translation of course) as the sermon is very real

[Malcolm Guite @malcolmguite]

You sought to start a simple school of prayer,
A modest, gentle, moderate attempt,
With nothing made too harsh or hard to bear,
No treating or retreating with contempt,
A sonnet for St. Benedict https://t.co/R9am2su89k

[Fr. Brandon ⚓️ @barukalas]

“The word ‘love’ has suffered even more heavily. The famous saying ‘God is love,’ it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, and not that our meaning of love ought to have something of the ‘otherness’ and terror of God.”

—Charles Williams

[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

Encouraging others is like CPR -- better to do it clumsily than be so hesitant that we avoid it altogether. People are dying around us and need words of life.

[1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition @1662IE]

Did you know that Jane Austen wrote one of the prayers included in the appendix of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition?

[Dr Krish Kandiah OBE @krishk]

When governments listen, change course, and put right a wrong decision, we shouldn’t rush to call it a “U-turn” like it’s a failure.

Admitting a mistake and correcting it is a mark of leadership—not weakness.

Framing every change of direction as a political embarrassment only makes it harder for leaders to do the right thing.

I’m glad to see the government is now making sure more pensioners will receive the Winter Fuel Payment. It’s the right call—and credit where it’s due.

What do you think?

[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

C.S. Lewis on his last thought if he saw a bomb dropping on him: "pooh! You're only a bomb. I'm an immortal soul."

[1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition @1662IE]

From the appendix of additional prayers:

[Andy Kind @andykindcomedy]

Sorry I missed the meeting, I was deleting all the photos from my camera roll where I tried to lock the phone and just snapped a screenshot.

[Speak Life @SpeakLifeUK]

Is Euthanasia a Slippery Slope?

[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

Following Jesus is hard. Following Jesus is worth it.

[Leumas Writes @LeumasWrites]

Really good to see the Bishop’s speaking out in this

[The Church in Wales | Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru @ChurchinWales]

Vulnerable people will be put at risk if assisted dying is legalised, warn the bishops of the Church in Wales.
https://t.co/u9EQK5h04i

[Leumas Writes @LeumasWrites]

Whilst the Transhumanists grasp for what seems tantalisingly close, Christians have received all of this as a gift. What’s needed isn’t a holding tighter to this life, but a letting go to fall into the hands of God. /end

[Leumas Writes @LeumasWrites]

Just finished listening to the recent @SpeakLifeUK podcast on AI and as someone who studied AI as part of my first degree I have thoughts. A 🧵 1/11
https://t.co/k7qnhXloUX

[Leumas Writes @LeumasWrites]

I could go on but this thread is getting a bit long. All that to say, Transhumanism, and AI with it, is rooted in fundamentally Christian ideas, but without Christ it ends up more Genesis 3 than Rev 21. 🧵 10/11