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The Spirit of Christmas
2007-12-10 15:56:00 A great cartoon from The Cartoon blog called Playlist that really embodies the modern spirit of Christmas for me… http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/12 /06/playlist/ More About: Jokes , Christian , Humour , The Spirit
The Golden Compass
2007-12-06 12:13:00 So then, The Golden Compass opens on 7th December in London, just in time for the holiday market. Note I didn’t say the Christmas market because of course Northern Lights (the name of Phillip Pullman’s trilogy in England) is to atheism what The Chronicles of Narnia are to Christianity , not so appropriate for Christmas then one would think. ... More About: Media , Power , Children , Ritual
links for 2007-11-29
2007-11-29 01:41:00 Help play! Jesper Jul, the ludologist, wants testers for his experimental games (tags: games gaming play test ludology ludologist) The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses | Cracked.com It’s all there in black and white. (tags: christian christianity Bible humour verses) More About: Links
links for 2007-11-27
2007-11-27 01:47:00 Faith Central - Times Online - WBLG: Lyrical terrorist defended Rod Liddle’s description of life on the “air” side of Heathrow made me laugh…not the poems of the rapper obviously… How to Doggedly Pursue Your Dreams in the Face of Naysayers | zen habits | simple productivity Dream on dreamer - and nil illegitibus carbarundum More About: Links
Psalms and Eucharist
2007-11-21 13:25:00 You may remember the Bishop of Southwark’s disastrous pub crawl around the West End last Christmas and his ungracious return home? (If not why not refresh your memory on the BBC’s news site.) To commerate that historic event but more importantly to raise money for Kids for Kids, the humour mongers at Ship of Fools will ... More About: Christian , Humour , Play , Psalms , Eucharist
links for 2007-11-21
2007-11-21 01:38:00 The lesbians of Lambeth Palace : November 2007 : Holy Smoke : UK : Telegraph Blogs A bit of light relief - particularly the bit about figure skating. Is there something about the clergy that makes them particularly suited, skating on thin ice?… (tags: Lambeth lesbian Archbishop figure-skating) Islam for beginners | Media | The Guardian This treats religion ... More About: Links
Define a game
2007-11-20 18:24:00 hmmm….not as easy as it sounds is it? I spent a pleasurable lunch time arguing with 2 friends (David Bausola, a strategist, and Alex Fleetwood a film producer/game producer type) about what a game is. We came up with various suggestions such as: a game has to have a winner/a definite conclusion (but what about Stuck-in-the-Mud); a game ... More About: Play , Game , Define
Top twelve toys for Christmas
2007-11-15 15:23:00 Because I like lists and because I like Christmas and because I like toys and playing with them (though I am way beyond the age at which one should admit to such things) here is the list of the top 12 toys for Christmas 2007 as chosen by The Toy Retailers association (in alphabetical order):- Are ... More About: Power , Children , Toys , Games
New marches in Burma
2007-10-31 12:01:00 News update from the Ekklesia website on new marches by the monks in Burma . http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/6057 More About: Play , Marches
What stops you commenting?
2007-10-30 15:29:00 I found this post http://servantofchaos.typepad.com/soc/200 7/10/what-stops-you-.html on a branding and storytelling blog I read occasionally. It was in turn found on another blog. I wondered if there were different things that stopped people commenting on a blog about spirituality/religion than on one more business related. From my own point of view I often won’t comment because I am ... More About: Play , Stops , Commenting
Unreconstructed Catholic, unreconstructed Aussie
2007-10-26 14:57:00 Please please watch Father Bob. If you are Protestant you will find it hilarious, if you are Catholic or particularly high CofE you will find it even more so. An unapologetic priest from South Melbourne shows John Safran the ropes at St Peter’s and St Paul’s. With thanks to this post on Damian Thompson’s blog. More About: Christianity , Christian , Media , Spirituality , Play
The Soho Project
2007-10-25 10:47:00 Check out a new short ARG from a bunch of players, including my mates Dan Hon and Alex Fleetwood, and led by Fictional Media. http://www.fictionalmedia.co.uk/2007/ But you’ll need to be quick it’s over at the end of the week! More About: Play , Project , Soho
Break in posting
2007-10-23 15:39:00 Sorry for the break in posting - I have just been to Australia for my cousin’s wedding and I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed every frivolous, self-actualising moment of it. It also brought home to me how privelleged those of us are who can take regular holidays, who have holiday allocation. I am ... More About: Play , Break
Following on - Burma/Myanmar
2007-10-02 13:13:00 Note: This is a new kind of online protest that uses blogs to spread a petition globally. To participate, just add your blog by following the instructions in this blog post. This not an issue of partisan politics, this is an issue of basic human rights and democracy. Please help to prevent a human tragedy in ... More About: Buddhism , Myanmar , Burma
What is happening in Burma/Myanmar?
2007-10-01 17:14:00 The peaceful protest of the buddhist nuns and monks against the dictatorial regime in Burma/Myanmar seems as far from playful as it’s possible to get. Certainly the Chinese sponsored government is not playing in the most common sense of the word in its brutal attempts to quash the protests. They have cut off access to ... More About: Power , Spirituality , Fate , Buddhism
Towards a spirituality of play
2007-09-20 15:01:00 Right - I have been doing some thinking and assessing. I have not stated what ideas would outline a spirituality of play. I have talked about play and about spirituality but not the two together explicitly. So in an attempt to move towards that…. 1. God is inherently playful - all aspects of play are aspects ... More About: Education , Children , Spirituality , Play , Ritual
How movies helped save my soul
2007-09-18 15:12:00 As part of my quest to learn more about other people writing and thinking about play and Christian spirituality I picked up this book at Greenbelt “How Movies Helped Save My Soul“. It’s written by Gareth Higgins, a writer whose blog, God Is Not Elsewhere covers God, movies and politics amongst other things. I’m enjoying it ... More About: Christianity , Media , Play
Godly play for grown-ups
2007-09-16 22:23:00 I went out for lunch with a couple of friends from the congregation after Church today. We got to talking about the recent conference on children that our church has recently held (I couldn’t attend being somewhat paganly enjoying myself in a fiedl on the Isle of Wight). One of my friends explained the concept ... More About: Play , Grown , Grow
Sport and Spirituality
2007-09-13 12:38:00 Centre for the Study of Sport and Spirituality , which is part of York St John University in northern England has launched itself on the international scene. It is ecumenical and multi-faith and hopes to “tackle what US ethicist Albert Spencer has described as the win-at-all cost mentality that fosters disrespect for competitors and society through ... More About: Christian , Education , Play
Am I fiddling while Rome burns?
2007-09-03 11:44:00 I have encountered a lot of discussion about gun crime in the last two weeks, partly through my own choice (going to listen to a panel discussion at Greenbelt - Gun and Knives and Bleeding Hearts), partly because our new vicar has come from an inner city parish in Manchester and partly because the part of ... More About: Christian , Media , Education , Children , Rome
Foo Fighters
2007-08-31 11:38:00 I’ve got another confession my friend, I’m no fool! However I am deeply into the Foo Fighter s and I just wanted to share my joy that i have just got tickets to go and see them in concert in London! (I have already bored all my friends and everyone in the office) I last saw ... More About: Christianity , Foo Fighters
Greenbelt - The Revenge
2007-08-29 13:27:00 I hope that you enjoyed the pics I sent from Greenbelt I had a lot of fun trying to get some that would work to try and communicate the atmosphere. Here are my highlights in no particular order:- 1. Billy Bragg 2. John Bell’s talks 3. Heaven in a box - art installation made up of boxes contributed by ... More About: Play , Revenge
A Greenbelt aside?.
2007-08-29 13:04:00 Well I am back from Greenbelt with a tan (oh me of little faith) and a sense of a spiritual shake up. While I was at the festival, surrounded by incredibly creative and dedicated people, I started to feel that perhaps the offerings I had made of my own creativity to God had been rejected. After ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Media
Photos from Greenbelt
2007-08-23 13:07:00 Since it is easy to blog throug images I am going to upload from my mobile whilst at Greenbelt. So I have moved up my Flickr feed on the left hand nave - although I won’t be going until tomorrow morning. Obviously I will be focusing on interesting examples of play although the whole festival ... More About: Media , Photos , Play
Buddha won?t play
2007-08-21 15:50:00 There is a list of games on Wikipedia which appears in a number of Buddhist works such as the Vinaya Pitaka (a monastic rule for monks and nuns) and which apparently Buddha would not play. Check it out. Games on boards with 8 or 10 rows (note that Chess as we know it was not invented ... More About: Spirituality , Play , Buddhism
Greenbelt
2007-08-16 11:42:00 This year, for the first time in 15 years I am actually going to camp for the whole weekend at Greenbelt next weekend. And I am very excited! Attractions I am looking forward to (in no particular order): Billy Bragg Lies Damned Lies JP Taylor Mike Yaconalli John Tavener (oh my goodness, very excited about this one!) Theo Hobson recreating The Mummer’s Play ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Education , Games , Spirituality
The Simpsons
2007-08-14 17:17:00 The Simpsons Movie is very funny. I thought I should say that before I start intellectualising about it and its relation to spirituality and play. I laughed. You should see it. What is interesting about it is nothing new and surprising - it seems to show a disfunctional family and society and pokes fun at religion and faith ... More About: Play , The Simpsons
Rick Warren and just being yourself
2007-08-01 10:46:00 Fancy having a life filled with purpose? Rick Warren is the leader of Saddleback Church in the US and the author of the book “The Purpose Driven Life”. As you know I am currently intrigued by the TED talks and Rick has given one of them, you can see it here. It’s not strictly about play, ... More About: Christianity , Media , Spirituality
Fate, will and evolution
2007-07-26 13:23:00 Will Wright used to work on The Sims - one of the most popular, gender neutral, games ever to grace an X-box. A while back he createed a new game called Spore which is even less about shoot’em up but still has an edge of grit about it. When you know the subject you will understand ... More About: Media , Education , Evolution , Games , Competition
What if you don?t want to play?
More articles from this author:2007-07-20 14:05:00 The problem with being a Christian (an probably with any major world religion) is that often you don’t want to play the same game as everyone else. They might be your friends, you might respect them, but it seems that all too often you are keen to play by a different set of rules and ... More About: Christianity , Games , Competition , Spirituality 1, 2, 3 |
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