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In my PhD research one of the people I’ve most been enjoying reading is Sherry Turkle. This video is a really interesting perspective, as Sherry began as a raving fan on the online world and…

It’s a really interesting to be alive….Online technology is progressing so fast that we’re having to create new legislations to cope with it and figure out the most ethical ways to engage. Privacy is a…

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” - Albert Einstein “Doubt isn’t the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.” - Paul Tillich A few months ago I went to an excellent…

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is a guy who has been around the block in the music industry. I think he has some interesting perspectives to contribute. Plus he wears stripey clothing, so I *would*…

I heard a quote recently – “you are your rituals”. It’s a powerful truth. People say that life is what happens while you are making plans – and it’s true. Life isn’t really the giant…

On Saturday I spoke at the Worship Central conference at HTB in London. I was invited by Tim Hughes who asked me to speak on Social Media as he knows it’s a passion of mine…

Seeming as many of us have been tweeting about this today, I thought I’d blog about it before I went to sleep. As a worship leader I’ve heard this discussion numerous times over the years….

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears….” This well known quote is from Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar, Act 3 Scene 2. The setting of this famous speech? The Roman forum. Built in the 2nd century AD,…

I’ve never talked about singleness on my blog because to me, it’s not a label that I wear. If you’ll forgive me a brief rant here (!) I really can’t stand it when people categorise…

Today there was a conference called #FEM11 happening in London. Some great things were being tweeted about how society really needs to keep working toward the equal treatment of women. I almost hit ‘RT’ on…

People regularly say to me: “Wow, you spend a lot of time online blogging and using Twitter and Facebook. Do you get enough community in the real world?”. Another recent example of ‘real world’ language…

Check this out! Many of us spend LOTS of time sitting at desk and/or in front of computers these days. The above stats are something to bear in mind. Our bodies weren’t originally designed to…

I know all too well that the issue of women preaching or being ordained is a fiery one, with vastly differing views across the global Church! My recent posts on feminism, the feminisation of the…

Very soon it will be Christmas!! As we begin the liturgical season of “Advent”  we think about Jesus coming to earth as a baby – the long awaited Messiah who arrived to rescue us. But,…

How do you celebrate the run up to Christmas? Do you have an Advent calendar, an Advent candle or some other way of counting down to December 25th? Sometimes on Twitter I’ll ask “does anyone…

Yes, the picture on the right is me as a little girl…no jokes about my ‘bowl’ haircut!! This post will explore the crazy reality that we are the last generation who have experienced society without…

Check out this fascinating video. Cornell University’s ‘Creative Machines Lab’ have created this – a ‘ChatBot’. It’s a computer program that mimics human conversation. Their aim is to create something so intelligent and convincing that…

Greetings! It’s been weeks since I last blogged – one of my biggest ‘non blogging’ periods in years. One of my last posts announced the news that I was moving to Durham to start a…

There have been a lot of posts in the blogosphere lately about the role of women in the church. I’ve contributed to a few of these on this site and on Twitter, so feel free…

Happy Valentine’s Day. (I’m posting this a day early, to avoid the barrage of other posts on this topic tomorrow!) Please don’t think me a spoil sport or a grump, but I’m not a huge…

So today is Ash Wednesday in the liturgical calendar, the time of year when many Christians decide to give something up for Lent. (And when we wish we could eat more of the pancakes we…

What a crazy few days. My website got hacked by a nasty Russian virus. It did a number of odd things, like redirect people to a number of sites, or simply freeze due to triggering…

{This is a guest post I wrote for the Compassion UK Blog – have you checked out their excellent blog site yet? There’s a link at the end of this post} “Imagine the scene… You’re…

I was delighted to be approached by the RSCM to write an article for them on Social Media and Worship. If you are a subscriber to their CMQ (Church Music Quarterly) the magazine is available…

Nice to be quoted in The Church Times, related to Lent and Social Media. For anyone unfamiliar with it, “The Church Times, founded in 1863, has become the world’s leading Anglican weekly newspaper”. If you…

Today is ‘International Women’s Day 2012′, so I thought I’d blog about it. It’s celebrated every 8th March and dates back to the early 1900s when women were campaigning for the right to vote and…

It’s been an interesting few days in the news – very sadly, footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed during a match, stopped breathing and was rushed into the London Chest Hospital. The result? A wave of spirituality…

Encouraging stuff. I’m a big fan of Ship of Fools…a very amusing bunch of people bringing much needed humour to all things ‘Church’. The Digital Nun has become someone I very much enjoy and respect….

I’m a huge C. S. Lewis fan. Of all his books, I think my favourite is The Last Battle. The above quote still moves me deeply. It’s a beautiful way to view death and eternity….

A social media network getting lots of exposure at the moment is called ‘Pinterest’. It’s bigger in the States than the UK and isn’t that ‘new’ there, but it’s gaining big popularity in the UK…

Sky News featured a story entitled ”Britain’s first ‘Twitter Vicar’” about a Vicar who “is harnessing the power of social media to spice up sermons in his church”. Fantastic! Check out the video below to hear about how the…