Comments for Chris Kidd

Comment on Bubba Watson’s Hovercraft Puts All Golf Carts to Shame by Amanda Fleming

Amanda Fleming — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:44:27 +0000

What an amazing video! This hovercraft is indeed one rich man’s toy! I’m so fascinated with this great vehicle. So incredible and fantastic! Thanks for posting!

Comment on Inspiring art for children’s work by Photographer Brings to Life Imagination of Boy With Muscular Dystrophy | Chris Kidd

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:30:23 +0000

[...] might remember Jan von Holleben’s photo series Dream of Flying, in which she placed children into surreal action sequences horizontally. Slovenia [...]

Comment on Could you live on £53 a week? by Andrew Howe

Andrew Howe — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:50:10 +0000

Balanced coverage there. Of course your conclusion that particular cuts are wrong leaves us with no explicit solution (people are not so keen on saying what cuts are right). My comments aren’t a solution either.

Perhaps we should as a nation to establish some principles / agree some basics. Among these might be:
a) Appropriate care and control over debt; don’t be delusional that we are investing when we’re just spending. De-politicise this if at all possible. Be careful about all interest groups.
b) Expect value for money from what are genuinely expected to be investments. c.f. Bill Gates’ various initiatives. Again de-politicise so that we can pull projects if they’re not working.
c) Decide what we are to do about tax avoidance. It is by definition legal and in many cases hardly immoral (ISA anyone? What about duty free?) Do we want people who would orginally be working in “normal” employment to be limited companies with the associated risks, rewards and tax effects? Examples would include some newsreaders, some nurses, many IT contractors – and maybe me one day. Footballers have their own workarounds perhaps. This is an open question for me.
d) Accept that there are some people who are playing the system at various levels of legality and morality. This may apply to those who are minimising tax and to those maximising benefits. What is the extent of this? What are we to do about it?
e) Bring some rigour to the “fairness” concept. At the moment it has about as much practical value as most companies’ mission statements.
f) Leaving a key point to last: accept that some people need a hand up (the Big Issue phrase). Work out ways of it not simply being a hand out (B/Issue again). It is right that those who are well off should help those not so fortunate, unless perhaps this is through a matter of ongoing personal choice. More than right, it’s honourable and a social responsibility. Is it right to make it a legal respnsibility – if so how?

What would God have the church (and me) do about this – in the specific situation of 2013 rather than just generally? While people are more than evangelism fodder there are some great an natural opportunities. When we help families through a food bank we can share how we’re tasted and seen that the Lord is good. When we have someone in debt we can talk of our own rescue from greater debt. Come on church!

Comment on Top 10 posts of 2012 by Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:58:49 +0000

Apologies, check out this new link

Comment on Egg on your head – Easter assembly by Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:58:39 +0000

Apologies, check out this new link

Comment on Egg on your head – Easter assembly by Claire Luhman

Claire Luhman — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:05:44 +0000

There seems to be a problem with this link to your “Egg on your head” assembly blog. Any chance you could repost or email it? Many thanks.

Comment on Top 10 posts of 2012 by Nick

Nick — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:40:20 +0000

Dear Chris, your Easter assembly sounds intriguing but the link is broken. Is there any chance you can let me know where I could find it?

Thanks, Nick.

Comment on From Guttenberg to Zuckerberg: How Social Media is Changing the Church by Sermon recording 3rd March « Parish of Dibden

Sermon recording 3rd March « Parish of Dibden — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:46:52 +0000

[...] used a lot of visual information in his talk. You can read and see Chris’s talk on his website where his Powerpoint slides are available to [...]

Comment on From Guttenberg to Zuckerberg: How Social Media is Changing the Church by Halvard Lund

Halvard Lund — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:57:25 +0000

Great! Neutral like any media, I wonder if someone has, or been given like a virtual calling, a virtual vocation – does the Bible open up for that. And how can we be incarnational online?

Comment on Books I have read: Puritan Portraits by Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:17:03 +0000

Hey Johnny thanks for the comment, will certainly check out A Bruised Reed, hope all is well with you and Julie.