Kester Brewin

During a Skype with Jon: Would you be able to write something on the ‘communal knowing idea’ that knowing is not simply contained within individuals, but has an important interpersonal dimension and also on the different natures of knowing “muscial, linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily, kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal” I think it needs expanding. And articulating, but I [...]

I’m thinking aloud here, rather than criticizing a particular event. We’re all guilty, and all need to change. But following a link on another blog to this EC conference and its 3 white male key speakers made me wonder: is it about time we tried positive discrimination? For those unfamiliar with the idea, it’s something [...]

For those who asked, I’ve just received the final (hardback) product from Lulu, and the quality is excellent. If I was being finnickity I’d prefer matt to gloss finish on the cover, but apart from that, no hesitation at all in recommending them. How much do I prefer page to screen? Technorati Tags: Blook, Blooks, [...]

As you may have seen, Graham was blogging through the book recently, and, having done so, posted some questions, which I’m going to try to answer here. I’ll start with an easy one: Have you ever tried to get a plumber in a hurry? No. But my dad has. When I asked him to repair [...]

Links: Neophilia [1]  |  Neophilia [2]  |  Neophilia [3]  |  Neophilia [4] Anyone been finding blogging more difficult than it used to be? Lost the novelty a bit, and now what seemed so easy and freeing is more of a chore at times? Lots of people I’ve read seem to have done recently… Welcome to [...]

This short sermon clip from Dick Lucas, vicar of St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, just has to be listened to to be believed; had me in stitches and disbelief in equal measure. As Ian said, if he’d made this cock-up, he’d have to leave the job! (For those aware of the high standing of this most respected [...]

Will has posted a link to an excellent editorial from the NY Times reflecting on the pre-war sermons from leading evangelicals in the run-up to the Iraq war, and on the increasing political power that they enjoy. Unfortunately, they don’t appear to be ‘enjoying responsibly’. "What will it take for evangelicals in the United States [...]

Links to some good discussion around plogging / writing blooks: Jason Clark has some stuff here, and also a link to the original blook here. Jonny has some wider ideas about how Lulu could be used to get materials out there, and Maggi has some great thoughts, with interesting discussion going on, about the wider [...]

One of the things I dislike about blogging is the volatility of posts: you write your heart out, and in a couple of days it’s disappeared into the aether, too far down for scrolling, rarely to be seen again. Perhaps this is why Doug Pagitt has decided that blogs are not a good way to [...]

As the government releases its proposals about clamping down on prostitution, there’s a timely release of Protest4′s website and presence. Si Johnston has had a passion for justice in this area – people trafficking, sexual slavery and abuse – for a long time, and I’m confident that the viral strategy he’s set up is a [...]