John, Ringo, Paul, George

I have not yet written my talk for Greenbelt. I really, really, really must write my talk for Greenbelt

Soul Survivor festivals were highlights of the summer for many church youth groups. In this personal memoir, Lucy Sixsmith raises disturbing questions about the events. www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/soul... @canterburypress.bsky.social #CofEpeeps

Possibly the first ever ascent of the St John's College chapel tower by a colander

to improve sound quality for a podcast, I diligently closed windows, closed curtains, closed internal doors and put up a Do Not Disturb sign in the corridor. Mid-recording, the fire alarm went off

I'm grateful to see When the Music Fades thoughtfully reviewed for Premier Christianity www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/soul...

Soul Survivor offered teenagers freedom, faith and fun. But was it really a safe space?

In her memoir, When the Music Fades, Lucy Sixsmith revisits the popular Christian festival, Soul Survivor. Her writing raises important questions about power and safeguarding, says our reviewer

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While looking for cheap C19 books on ebay I discovered a subgenre of teeny tiny BCPs, for people who have very good eyesight, or who know all the prayers by heart already

All this time in Cambridge, and I've only just discovered how charmingly the Grantchester Meadows benches are named

I do like rainclouds

Today in accidentally terrible Christian metaphors, Facebook reminds me of a summer festival called Wildfires

weirdly, I'm doing a talk at Greenbelt. If you are there please do come along on the Friday evening with your most unthreatening facial expressions www.greenbelt.org.uk/2026-lineup/

Greenbelt 2026 Lineup

Dig in to the Greenbelt 2026 lineup. Explore artists, speakers, and performers who'll bring the festival to life.

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"a dinosaur model display, that's sweet... oh. oh no"

Today in rural church snooping, I suppose there probably IS a hymn number 666, if the book is big enough

Feel the fear, etc. [do Halls Fell Ridge and Sharp Edge on the same day]

Sometimes in hot weather I look up houses further north on Rightmove by way of pointless fantasising and I really think this one could not be sold better

data centre

This week in unexpected but flattering plot twists, here's a whole podcast episode reviewing my book, from another Lucy on The Naked Unashamed Life open.spotify.com/episode/6m18...

#44: Still Deconstructing: A Review of When the Music Fades by Lucy Sixsmith, Soul Survivor, Mike Pilavachi, and British Evangelicalism

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I was glad to talk about When the Music Fades on the Beyond the Happy Clappy podcast @resourcingrenewal.bsky.social . Interesting to listen back and hear the book discussed in a thoughtful, unapologetically charismatic context: open.spotify.com/episode/0kG7...

Series 3: Ep 5 featuring Lucy Sixsmith

Beyond the Happy Clappy · Episode

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Shout out to train staff @gwr.com who are handing out bottles of water, explaining delays clearly and calmly over the tannoy, and even making sure one passenger didn't forget her hat 👒 exemplary work much appreciated

A new career for my copy of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa (holding the window blinds still so they don't knock over the pelargonium)

Walking through torrential rain under grumbling clouds looking out for lightning on a hot day it seems easy to understand how our ancestors came up with the general idea of a god of thunder

this time ten years ago, there was for some reason an entire train on the Moscow metro devoted to Shakespeare and low-resolution emojis

I've made a rule for myself that I'm not allowed to look at the Amazon reviews, BUT if anyone did want to leave a positive one, thereby bumping up the average rating slightly, it would be a generous deed (thank you to those who have!)

I'm looking forward to reading @lucysixsmith.bsky.social's #WhenTheMusicFades! Our church makes a guest appearance toward the end! Thank you, Lucy!

everywhere else: graveyard also everywhere else: ... or cemetery. That would be fine too. Just a bit harder to spell but fine Glasgow: NECROPOLIS

comedy skit in which a charismatic Christian attempts to activate the water sensor in an onboard train toilet by the power of faith

Friends sometimes refer to this book as WTMF which was something I didn't think through

I'm working on a project about interleaved bibles -- that is, with a blank page added between the printed pages, from Jonathan Edwards's Blank Bible to this NKJV being advertised on Amazon. Have you ever used a bible like this? If so, how? Can you tell me any stories?

"Sixsmith gives eloquent voice to the spiritual hesitancy still felt by many young adults whose dreams once took flight in the summer marquees of Soul Survivor." Mike Starkey reviews Whe the Music Fades by Lucy Sixsmith

Book review: When the Music Fades: Power, surrender and the Soul Survivor generation by Lucy Sixsmith

EACH summer, when my older children were teenagers, they went to Soul Survivor with the youth group from a neighbouring church. Sometimes, I acted as chauffeur. At its peak, the event hosted more than 32,000 young people under canvas, with its hea...

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And another thought provoking review from my brother Ben open.substack.com/pub/bensixsm...

Evangelicalism and Exploitation

I remember bringing a schoolfriend of mine to our charismatic evangelical church.

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