An event like the World Cup is totemic. Our collective arrangements, exclusions and beliefs about who matters in the world get concentrated into a single…
Powerfifa · football · inequality · racism · sports · world cup
In January 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the BBC that some now believe "the power of law should be replaced by the law of power." He was…
Powercapitalism · debt · dollarisation · freedom · inequality · militarisation · news · political-economy · power · US
I've just finished reading Donella Meadow's seminal work 'Thinking in Systems'. It's excellent. The book goes through systems principles in a thoughtful and…
Powerchange · environment · ethics · feedback loops · goodness · moral imagination · philosophy · politics · systems thinking · virtue
“Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns” Bill McKibben (Consider reading The Economy before you read this post) The financial system is…
Powereconomy · finance · market · system
"The sign of a healthy economy should be a drinkable river." Li An Phoa We talk about "the economy" as if it were a single coherent thing. In reality, it is…
Powereconomics · economy · finance · markets · money · politics · systems
They filled the chamber with pink carnations that July day in 2013. A fragile splash of colour against the dark wood and red leather of the House of Lords…
Poweractivism · campaigning · change · conviction · justice · kindness
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerfinance · financial precarity · financial stability · growth · UK debt
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerdebt · finance · financialisation · quantitative easing
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerdebt · finance · financial stability · financialisation · growth
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerbanks · debt · finance · financialisation
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerbanks · consumption · finance · financialisation
I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…
Powerbanks · debt · finance · loans
This week I discussed a Christian campaign letter with colleagues, initially titled a “Statement of Discontent,” now softened to a “Statement of Concern.” I…
PowerFaith · justice · morality
Sometime last year I listened to the Slow Newscast episode The trials of Alexei Navalny. It takes you through the decision-making of Alexei Navalny and his…
Poweralexei-navalny · navalny · politics · putin · russia
Discover how AI isn't just making life easier; it's speeding up our already fast-paced world. Explore the implications of this technology.
What new technology asks of our attention, our relationships and our common life.
Powertechnology · AI · politics
Explore personal reflections on sexual harassment and the ongoing struggle for understanding and accountability in ambiguous situations.
Powercoercion · consent · feminism · sexual harassment
I stand outside the barred church doors/ hammering with my fists/ while around me/ the world dies.
Powerbonhoeffer · brokenness · change · confession · conflict · courage · evil · gideon heugh · Lent · poverty · reflection · reflections · wake up
I have been thinking a lot about the words of Behrouz Boochani in 'No Friends But The Mountains'
Powerasylum · Boochani · human rights · humanity · morality · politics · public debate · public discussion
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PowerEast Ham · housing · London · London housing · Newham · politics
Incarnation points us towards our situated-ness, our rooted-ness and our need for belonging within a concrete locality.
Power2019 · austerity · Brexit · debt · embodiment · incarnation · locality · loneliness · place · politics · relationships · social capital
The emphasis we have on fact means we cannot cope with the idea of a true fictional story. 'Fictional truth' or 'narrative truth' is just an oxymoron. Hence the confusion with Genesis.
Powerexistentialism · fact · narrative · politics · public debate · public discussion · sacred · sacred values · truth · worldview
How often do we pursue change because what we actually seek is power?
Powerchange · Faith · goodness · greatness · holiness · jesus · mark · morality · power · praise · self-seeking
UK Immigration rules and injustice
Powerasylum · citizenship · freedom · freedom of movement · hostile environment · immigration · injustice · justice · politics · poverty · social justice
Government policy which is enabling abusive relationships and leading to rent arrears and evictions...
Jesus' anointing at Bethany: the heralding of a new spiritual, economic and political empire.
Power2018 · easter · Faith · impoverished · jesus · Jubilee · justice · King · king of the jews · kingdom of god · matthew · matthew 26 · poverty · social justice · spring
On how we oppose injustice by dehumanising dehumanizers or by constructing a notion of 'fighting for justice' as a battle in opposition to an 'other' + thoughts on a way out.
Power2018 · discourse · global justice · injustice · intersectionality · justice · language · political philosophy · politics · spring
Knowing where my power to face the world comes from
Power2 Corinthians · armour of god · childlike · Ephesians · power · shield of faith
Brief thoughts on the philosophy I'm reading.
Powerglobal justice · global poor · justice · philosophy · poem · poetry · political philosophy
Thoughts on poverty and freedom.
Power2017 · autumn · citizenship · freedom · immigration · injustice · liberty · philosophy · political philosophy · politics · poverty
The fire that killed 79 over a month ago now is still on my mind.
Power2017 · brokenness · death · death toll · disaster · fire · grenfell · London · poetry · politics · poor · reflections · summer · tragedy
An idea taken from a lecture by Catherine Mackinnon on 'Butterfly Politics', her new book.
Power2017 · Cambridge · Catherine Mackinnon · coercion · consent · feminism · feminist philosophy · Mackinnon · philosophy · rape · spring
To be a woman is to be human.
Power2017 · feminism · feminist · humanity · humans · international women's day · jesus feminist · spring · Universal Declaration · women are human · women's rights · women's rights are human rights
Lucy and I went to the political protest that happened in London on Monday. Here's why.
Power2017 · America · election · justice · London · politics · protest · Trump · winter
On the morning of Trump's election, I feel loss. But amidst this loss, I lift my eyes to the Lord and remember that all is not lost.
Power2016 · autumn · election · Faith · politics · Psalms
The unease and uncertainty of the American election and how it impacts on me.
Power2016 · America · autumn · election · far-right · justice · politics
A post I wrote for a blog run by the Just Love Society - a group of Christian students working for justice through social action projects.
Power2016 · autumn · Faith · feminism · feminist · jesus feminist · jesus women · justice
The Gospels show that Jesus invites, restores and saves women. The only qualification to be a disciple, or one who teaches, leads, heals, serves or prophecies in the name of Jesus is a love of God. And gender could never disqualify anyone from that.
Power2016 · bible · Faith · feminism · feminist · gospels · jesus · jesus feminist · jesus women · John · Luke · mark · matthew · women
