[CANCER] Treatment in the Midst of #COVID19
Some days I feel lucky - I am receiving excellent treatment on the NHS (and having had to pay for treatment in New Zealand, it made me extra grateful), and, so far as we know, there's no progression at the moment, so I'm not having to have any of the super-high risk treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Work, Work, WorkI also made it back safely from New Zealand, to a house that I've…
[LIFE] A week back in the UK … after that rather aborted ‘trip of a lifetime’ to New Zealand
Today is the day that I should have been landing back in the UK in the early hours of the morning, having spent 2 months on a writing scholarship in New Zealand, and then a week in Melbourne doing some public speaking (and had treated myself to tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child). This year had felt like there was a chance after 2.5 years of treatment, whilst NEAD, to seize the opportunity…
[MEDIA] Talking about online church with @RevCharBP for #COVID19 and beyond @BBCRadio4
Post pandemic many say that the Church of England will never be the same again. While their doors may be physically closed - spiritually – some believe that God is reaching into more homes than ever. Online services are booming and pulling in record numbers of participants. But when all of this is over and the doors to places of worship reopen will there still be a demand for congregations gathering via the web? William…
#EmptyShelf20: April
Here are the books that I read in April: Worried About the Wrong Things: Youth, Risk, and Opportunity in the Digital World by Jacqueline Ryan Vickery My rating: 5 of 5 stars I thought I could skim-read this book to get a few useful quotes for my own work ... but it has taken me much longer than planned to read (COVID19 mental stress has not helped) because this is a really well articulated book…
[SPEAKER] Interview with @VaughanParkChapel on Instagram
Normally, with the Vaughan Park scholarship, a public lecture happens towards the end of the scholarship. Obviously, this has not been the scholarship as planned, but one of the things that has happened is that have helped Sapati get going with an Instagram account for Vaughan Park Chapel - and we decided that we'd do a short set of Q&A that could be posted on there (and Facebook later). Earlier today, Sapati and I undertook…