Luke Devlin
@lukedevlin.bsky.social
Human ecologist, interfaith restorative justice, theology and more. Based in Glasgow, Scotland
'Idea for a program: WWIII simulation with Sturgeon and Gove. Must not, repeat NOT be accidentally linked to real nuclear weapon codes via touchscreen'
Still time to sign up to our free online course on #GospelNonviolence in Action! Explore NV spirituality, Catholic social thought, restorative justice, strategies and methods, NV communication & more - all from amazing range of practitioners and academics paxchristi.net/free-online-...
Free Online Course: Gospel Nonviolence in Action - PAX Christi International
Online course organised by the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative on practices and perspectives for a peaceful world.
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My Thought for the Day, tomorrow BBC Radio Scotland, 7.20am and online on restorative justice in our time of increased religiously-motivated violence, creating space for accountability and understanding that punishment alone rarely provides.
Open House special ed #peacemaking #nonviolence @lukedevlin.bsky.social emphasises importance of community building and #interfaith solidarity www.openhousescotland.co.uk/issue334/rel...
Religious suspicion and public prayer – OPEN HOUSE
LUKE DEVLIN examines a rise in opposition to public acts of worship.
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So excited to share the latest edition of #OpenHouse which I had the privilege of editing. The special issue focuses on #peacemaking #nonviolence ft wonderful range of amazing contributors. We also remember legacies of #BrianQuail & #FergusKerr OP www.openhousescotland.co.uk/issue334/home/
Home – OPEN HOUSE
Issue 334 - March 2026
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My Thought for the Day, BBC Radio Scotland, tomorrow at 7.20am will be a tribute to Brian Quail. Photo from one of our retreats at Pluscarden Abbey.
You thumbed grit into my furrowed brow, marking me with the sign of mortality, the dust of last year's palms. The cross you traced seared, smudged skin and I recalled other ashes etched into my heart by those who loved too little or not at all. Elizabeth-Anne Vanek
None may pass though this world without experiencing loss of some kind. As an ancient hymn has it: "what earthly sweetness remains unmixed with grief?" My Thought for the Day, live from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, tomorrow BBC Radio Scotland, 7.20am and online on BBC Sounds.
Beautiful candlelit Missa Cantata midnight Mass at St Vincent de Paul in Thornliebank. I hope wherever you are you have a peaceful and relaxing Christmas day
Two Scottish gamekeepers on trial today in relation to alleged killing of Red Kites in Cairngorms National Park. NB: Comments are turned off as legal proceedings are live ⚖️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/09/t...
Two Scottish gamekeepers on trial today in relation to alleged killing of Red Kites in Cairngorms National Park
A trial is underway today at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where two gamekeepers are accused of alleged offences in relation to the illegal killing of Red Kites in the Cairngorms National Park earlier thi…
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Released today! The audiobook of “Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination”. Available on all usual audiobook platforms. @tantoraudio #WilliamBlake #imagination #audiobooks
My RSS reader has reached the max level of subscriptions (I use this now-neglected technology to keep up to date with writers, musicians & others, especially now social media has become much more fragmented and less useful. I've been unsubscribing from sites that have not been updated for 10 years.
I had a great time on BBCRadioScot Sunday Morning Faith Forum with fellow contributors Rupa Mooker & Zara Mohammed & the skilled convening of the great Tony Kearney. Hear us here about 1hr in on celebrating Scotland, the meanings of sanctuary & asylum—& demons! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Scotland - Sunday Morning, with Tony Kearney
Two hours of music and stimulating conversation from a faith and ethical perspective.
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A brilliant website for learning the names of mountains that you can see in a given panorama, once you put in your location on the map and what direction you're looking. This is what I see from my local Honeybog Hill looking north. @alastairmci.bsky.social www.udeuschle.de/panoramas/ma...
On “the co-opting of the cross” by the political right. But wait until they find that central to Christian theology is “the quartet of the vulnerable”: the widow (or bereaved), the orphan (or bereft), the “alien in your midst” (or refugee), and the poor. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
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On July 3, 2025, the Vatican made a historic announcement: the introduction of a new Mass “For the Care of Creation” (Missa pro custodia creationis) New Mass for Our Common Home buff.ly/Dtn9uiw
A New Mass for Our Common Home
Mass for the Care of Creation” marks a historic moment in the Church.
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