The news today has been full of the scenes of riot police and bottle-throwing fans at the UEFA Cup final in Manchester between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg, and the news that a Russian fan was stabbed. It seems to have wrecked what was looking to be a great final.
While police have said it was only [...]
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Scot McKnight flag’s up a couple of interesting articles around the web this week:
Firstly, Chris Ridgeway has put Mark Driscoll’s talk about emerging into a full script on pdf -definitely worth a read.
Secondly, he links to an article on Homelessness in Heathrow from the Time. An interesting look at those who make Heathrow airport their home, even [...]
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According to a report in the Sunday Times today the number of teenagers having breast operations has increased by 150% in the last year. Doctors believe this is nearly all down to following celebrities.
The full report is rightly critical of this trend where once again society seems to be emphasising that you must have what [...]
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This is a disturbing news story that had a lot of press this week.
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Phil has posted on the Poverty and Justice Bible, that the Bible Society has published. The gist is that it highlghts more than 2000 verses that speak of God’s attitude to poverty and justice.
My views on this would be similar to Phil’s, I’m not a fan of special Bibles, I think study and life application [...]
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Americans on Sin (Research done by the Ellison Corp. I first saw this on A Place for the God Hungry. Here are a few snippets:
87% believe in the concept of sin. “Sin” was defined in the research as “something that is almost always considered wrong, particularly from a religious or moral perspective.”People who believe there [...]
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Amy has written a great post over at schoolswork.co.uk about self-image and how that is a key topic in our work with teenage girls in schools. She links and mentions some great resources including the Sophia network, and the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. Go check it out.
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The Vatican has brought up to date the traditional seven deadly sins by adding seven modern mortal sins it claims are becoming prevalent in what it calls an era of “unstoppable globalisation”. The new seven sins are:
Environmental pollution
Genetic manipulation
Accumulating excessive wealth
Inflicting poverty
Drug trafficking and consumption
Morally debatable experiments
Violation of fundamental rights of human nature
The original seven [...]
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John Dunford, a speaker at the Association of School and College Leaders annual conference has given what looks to be a great speech on the topic of the school becoming the moral ruler for life. Here are some quotes:
Poor parenting and the erosion of family life are leaving schools as the only moral framework in [...]
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A motion at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers conference discusses the question of whether homework should be abolished. Union leader Mary Bousted said the difficulty of completing homework could set up a cycle of resistance to school in children from poorer homes.
I think it sets up a cycle of resistance to school because they don’t [...]
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