Kester Brewin

Just been listening to a very interesting report on the BBC about The Power Commission’s report into British democracy which has been published today. The parallels with Alan Jamieson’s work on Churchless Faith were astounding and, as I mentioned in my book, the church really does have an amazing opportunity to model a mode of [...]

This is doubtless old news for those Stateside, but Good Night and Good Luck has just been released here, and I have to say, I was very impressed. As my wife and I left the cinema many people were, like us, asking “so what did you make of that then?” A film that has no [...]

So asks Damnflanderz with his usual perception, responding to the post on Grizzly Man. Thoughts? I’d say there’s some truth. But perhaps the need to create is the need to be saved? Do we create to sanctify, or create to be sanctified? Or is sanctification not part of it? “Where there is no gift, there [...]

Been doing a bit of work for Greenbelt, writing invites for speakers etc. One of the people I’ve been in contact with is Alain de Botton, who’s last book Status Anxiety I quoted in the book. He has a new book forthcoming, called The Architecture of Happiness. The blurb: What makes a house beautiful? Is [...]

Contender for worst Christian sign ever. In case you’ve been wondering, it’s DIY week. Or half term – never can remember what it’s really called these days. Certainly not holiday… Will need a relaxing week’s teaching after all this. Carpentry, wallpapering, re-wiring, insulating… The list goes on. And on. I remember hearing one David Pawson [...]

In the right side-bar. A few people have been asking for this… Just a way of searching through the blog archives. PS – can anyone help me get the align correct? The thing needs bumping in a few pixels to line up with the other items, but I can’t work out how. Nothing in the [...]

Reading TSK’s post on the Vizrea mobile-to-blog tool, I wondered if we are in danger of suffering collective Hyperconnectia. [ See Wikipedia entry here ] Do you get Super-highway Rage when you’re connection is dropped, or you can’t find wifi? Does your blood pressure and perspiration rate increase in inverse proportion to the number of [...]

Just been to see Grizzly Man. It’s fantastic. For those who haven’t heard about it, it’s a documentary cut by Werner Herzog, using footage shot by Timothy Treadwell on his summers living among Grizzly Bears in Alaska. It wouldn’t spoil the film for you to know that in his 13th summer there, he and his [...]

The European press are clearly wrong to raise the temperature on things by re-publishing the offending images, but I can’t help thinking that Mohammed would have been more robust than to worry about them. What worries me more is a minority mindset that reacts with cries of bloody violence, demanding hangings, lynchings and beheadings. It [...]

A good little ‘dirt’ story bobbed up yesterday. London Mayor Ken Livingstone – for those unfamiliar, not one to mince his words or ideas – has encouraged Londoners not to flush the loo when they take a pee/wizz/spend a penny etc. The idea is to save water… It may be freezing here at the moment, [...]