jo james
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jo james
@jojames_
Chaplain, mental health. Relational, pastoral, spiritual health. Permanent dissident, idealist, pluralist, dad.
Leeds, England Beigetreten Mart 2013
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@Lloyd_Cole don’t wish to raise this at a painful time but how are you with Hand in Hand?
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Yes its here: The Christmas Slaylist - an artful curation of the best of Xmas bangers - the playlist that is streamed exclusively to kitchens, basements, rooftops and exclusive West Hollywood galleries, now on Spotify and imusic open.spotify.com/playlist/1pFRn… or music.apple.com/gb/playlist/pl…
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Karl Burns, Mark E. Smith and Marc Riley after performing in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1981. Photo credit: Laura Levine. #FallFriday
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📉Tanni Grey-Thompson (@Tanni_GT) explains to Lord Markham that when people understand more about assisted suicide, polling shows support drops & reminds him again that not a single disability organisation supports the Bill.
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In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes.
And so are we.
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If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘐
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Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges bbc.in/46B7ssD
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@KirkegaardEmil Substance abuse not a psychiatric disorder obvs. Not sure how much credence to afford research that makes a category error on this scale
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Intelligence is protective against most mental health issues. This is true even when you compare brothers and erroneously control for education differences.
Magnus Nordmo@Magnus_Nordmo
2/7 🧠 Higher cognitive ability at age 18 predicted lower risk of all psychiatric disorders at ages 36–40—especially substance abuse. ✅ This held even when comparing brothers raised in the same family.
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DoubleAgent Orange, Appeasenik, The Real Surrender Monkey, Putin's Pet @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump @JDVance
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“A text cannot mean what it could never have meant for its original readers/hearers.”
- Gordon Fee
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Imagine how many terrible readings of scripture could be avoided if people merely acknowledged this.
Expositors Collective@expositcllctv
“A text cannot mean what it could never have meant for its original readers/hearers.” - Gordon Fee
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was asked, "Where was God in the holocaust?" He replied, he was there in the words "You shall not murder" and "Do not oppress the stranger" and "Your brother's blood is crying out to Me."
God has always been present amidst evil in this way.
But—get this...
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I'm posting a sequence of addresses on Advent over at @jojjames" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jojjames: this one is the first Advent service in the strange winter of Lockdown 2019 and dwells on the power of song, as seen through the lens of Casablanca... if you like it share it x
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