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Loves life's awkward questions~Catholic Anglican~Loved by God, as are you~ CofE ordinand Spoonie/AuDHD #faithfullylgbt 🏳️⚧️ affirming she/they Stuff here represents my views, not those of my employer. I admin the #CofEPeeps feed. Say hi or msg to be added!
Still here! All sorts of up and down life and ordination training stuff going on in the background. Nothing life shattering, just the kind that means you have less time for social media etc. Hoping we can arrange a #CofEPeeps #Grewnbelt meet up. Just waiting to find out when I’m volunteering.
What's screwing the Daily Mail and tabloids is it's basically impossible to go through Count Binface's bin for dirt without him noticing.
I realised recently that the main pitfall to me learning languages is I went through the English schools system at a point when they only taught us what nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs were, all when we were about ten. Today I’m taking the Khan academy class and grammar and it’s great!
This looks very cool - and of interest to some folks I know here. ✝️⚓
The Visual Commentary on Scripture@thevcs.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe've introduced Curated Commentaries, a new way of exploring the VCS. We have broken down the Bible into topics familiar and unexpected, each explored through seven artworks and commentaries. Explore the website, and watch the introduction by @benquash.bsky.social: thevcs.org/curated-comm...
Today is your last chance to get 20% off my botanical cards and prints👇. They won't be in my Etsy shop again until the autumn. They make excellent presents that can dial down anxiety...🌿
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 2mo agoThere's a sale in my Etsy shop till Weds on all my cards & prints-enter LEAFY20 for 20% off.I make my photos using recent research so they dial ⬇️ stress & lift mood by looking at them. Each purchase makes a difference as depression's prevented me from working recently: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Despite submitting my train tickets by post only just in the nick of time due to ADHD, the train company has refunded me in full. They’ve not even deducted the admin fee they said they would. £40.50 is. a lot and I am feeling very thankful. #TinyJoys
I took one of Emma’s courses a few years ago. Well worth it and it brought me a lot of joy :)
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn my May 24 silver course you'll learn to cast nature finds in silver & how craft alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Save £45 on my full silver tools & materials kit if you sign up. Option to the spread cost of the course over 4 months: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/silv...
@forwardmovement.org is hiring! Maybe you or someone you know is our new Finance Manager? This is a full-time position (or part-time, if preferred) based in Cincinnati (or maybe remote). If you think this might be where God is calling you to work, apply! ⚓️ forwardmovement.org/wp-content/u...
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I sent out a Patreon newsletter yesterday. There's news of SEVEN signed books you can order that I've not yet added onto my website. AND OTHER STUFF TOO! Click on this link and you will be transported to the magical land of my Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/big-gr...
Big Green Books Newsletter. May 8th. | Simon Key
Big Green Books Newsletter. May 8th. by Simon Key on Patreon. Join Simon Key's community for exclusive content and updates.
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SIGNED BOOK NEWS! Mark Billingham's latest thriller "The Shadow Step" is out in July. The remarkable Detective Miller is back with a riveting new mystery! Mark will be doing SIGNED copies for us, so if you'd like one, you can order it here! www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
My uncle read this and it was great, so if that’s not a sound recommendation to buy one from Simon, I don’t know what is 😀
Big Green Books@biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoBOOK FANS! I have SIGNED copies of "Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old" by Professor Mary Beard @wmarybeard.bsky.social In it Mary points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present & explains why the deep past does really affect us all. Order HERE! tinyurl.com/yu8ymcnb
Little crimes with the homies 🎃 What's a childhood without shenanigans
Pray with us. 🙏 Today's prayer is available in plain text and audio formats at cofe.io/TodaysPrayer. @churchofengland.org
Hey gang! Another #buyastrangerabook day offer! @mrstevious.bsky.social is offering to buy a book for someone. THE CONDITIONS: - it’s got to be a kids book - no wizards. There are still about a billion books you can buy, so if there's one you'd like, just get in touch! UK only.
Steve Crawford @mrstevious.eurosky.social · 3mo agoHello! I would like to #buyastrangerabook today. I have CONDITIONS: - it’s got to be a kids book - no wizards
Really sorry, that’s not the proper link to my shop in the post below, it’s here: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 3mo agoEach of my Victorian ink bottle posy kits to improve mental health contains: ✒️specific antique ink bottle/cream pot 💐tiny posy of dried flowers 📖a booklet explaining the neuroscience of how making a tiny posy improves mental health 🗃️hand-printed giftbox 🌿stationery extras etsy.com/shop/silverpeb…
Calling all SCM members! Join us on 27th April at 7pm on Teams for our AGM! Find out what the movement has been up to over the last year, hear about what's coming up, and vote in the General Council elections. Our members are the heart of SCM, so come and get involved 🎉 Sign up: buff.ly/3s3DpWy
"Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’" gosh I wonder what the outcome of this extremely fair and open-minded review will be, I'm on tenterhooks
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 8mo agoWes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
I don’t suppose anyone has a copy of Dallas Willard’s ‘The Great Omission’? I want to use ‘Grace is opposed to earning not effort’ quote from it in my essay, but need the page number to do so. ✝️
Jewish communities are living in fear amid rising antisemitism, including these appalling arson attacks. We must confront this. At the same time, antisemitism is being weaponised to shut down criticism of the Israeli government. Both are true. Both deeply concerning. Both Antisemitic.
Always sounds like a trap, but it isn’t! Ordinary folks really do buy other ordinary folks books. I even have one to prove it 😄 Accepting an offer via Big Green is a great way for people to support an independent book shop :)
Big Green Books@biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's #buyastrangerabook day. I have put out loads of offers and you are all too polite to ask for free books. Perhaps you're loaded!? If so, why not offer to #buyastrangerabook as well!!
Tomorrow at 8.30pm UK time I'll be listing a small no of my Victorian ink bottle tiny posy kits in my Etsy that I've designed using recent research to improve mental health.They include a 100-150 yr old bottle,dried flower posy & booklet abt how this kind of small project alters the 🧠 for the better
🚨🚨It is not often #EUlaw make the headlines but today's significant seminal ruling by the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social where the Court ruled that #hungarian laws breached the fundamental values of the EU in Art 2 TEU is a major political victory for #LGBTI+ rights. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
EU top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules
Viktor Orbán had banned mentions of homosexuality in media accessible to children and outlawed Pride marches.
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What documents to other UK organisations require you to provide to claim for contactless travel payments like TfL? HMRC says you have to provide receipts for all transactions, but TfL and other transport networks don’t make it easy to get them for contactless ticket.
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
The Onion@theonion.com · 4mo ago
Just another reminder that pharisees are the predecessors of rabbinic judaism of today. Jesus' condemnation of *some* pharisees doesnt mean that blanket all pharisees and Jewish people are bad. In fact, the Apostle Paul still identified as a pharisee during his ministry. The condemnation Jesus
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoHegseth: "Our press are just like these Pharisees. Your politically motivated animus for President Trump nearly completely blinds you from the brilliance of our American warriors."
