Richard James Butt

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Richard James Butt

@richjamesbutt

Worship Leader & Songwriter Coffee Lover Husband to @lucyrbutt Daddy to Olivia Grace & Judah Benjamin

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Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker@GaryLineker·
The handball law is utterly ludicrous.
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Julie Roys
Julie Roys@reachjulieroys·
This is inexcusable. @LibertyU still has videos of Ravi Zacharias posted on its website. Don’t believe me? See🧵👇
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Richard James Butt
Richard James Butt@richjamesbutt·
Hey @britishairways just wanted to say that your staff member on the Baggage Services desk at Heathrow this morning was an absolute gem! She personally retrieved the gifts I bought for my kids, but left on the plane. I didn't get her name, but she's brilliant. 🙌🏽
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Muyiwa Riversongz OBE
Muyiwa Riversongz OBE@officialmuyiwa·
What makes an artists a bonafide “UK Gospel” artists?
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Dan Ryland
Dan Ryland@DanRyland·
When will @Apple stop hindering my productivity?! Or was this always their play to sell double the mice?
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Richard James Butt
Richard James Butt@richjamesbutt·
@samhailes Yes that is annoying, but I don't know if it "ages" a person like "Hillsongs" 🤣
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Richard James Butt
Richard James Butt@richjamesbutt·
Does anything identify someone's age in church circles more than them referring to "Hillsongs"? 🤣
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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY@AfricanArchives·
Thomas Sankara was a revolutionary African leader. He drove out French imperialism from Burkina Faso and withdrew from IMF and made the country non-reliant on foreign aid. He was assassinated in a coup led by his close ally, Blaise Compaoré supported by French imperialists As far as African leadership goes, Thomas Sankara was cut from a different piece of cloth. Here are some of his accomplishments, ONLY 4 YEARS in power (1983-87): – He vaccinated 2.5 million children against meningitis, yellow fever and measles in a matter of weeks.
– He initiated a nation-wide literacy campaign, increasing the literacy rate from 13% in 1983 to 73% in 1987.
– He planted over 10 million trees to prevent desertification
– He built roads and a railway to tie the nation together, without foreign aid
– He appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave during education.
– He outlawed female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy in support of Women’s rights
– He sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers.
– He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.
– He redistributed land from the feudal landlords and gave it directly to the peasants. Wheat production rose in three years from 1700 kg per hectare to 3800 kg per hectare, making the country food self-sufficient.
– He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.”
– He spoke in forums like the Organization of African Unity against continued neo-colonialist penetration of Africa through Western trade and finance. • He called for a united front of African nations to repudiate their foreign debt. He argued that the poor and exploited did not have an obligation to repay money to the rich and exploiting
– In Ouagadougou, Sankara converted the army’s provisioning store into a state-owned supermarket open to everyone (the first supermarket in the country).
– He forced civil servants to pay one month’s salary to public projects.
– He refused to use the air conditioning in his office on the grounds that such luxury was not available to anyone but a handful of Burkinabes.
– As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer.
– A motorcyclist himself, he formed an all-women motorcycle personal guard.
– He required public servants to wear a traditional tunic, woven from Burkinabe cotton and sewn by Burkinabe craftsmen. (The reason being to rely upon local industry and identity rather than foreign industry and identity)
– When asked why he didn’t want his portrait hung in public places, as was the norm for other African leaders, Sankara replied “There are seven million Thomas Sankaras.”
– An accomplished guitarist, he wrote the new national anthem himself
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Ben Lindsay OBE
Ben Lindsay OBE@benlindsayOBE·
The problem with this is I’m sure 18 months ago a certain church leader would have been on the good pastor list. Statements like this are problematic as a) it has the potential to silence victims b) ignores the culture and structures that can enable abusers to exist. Dangerous.
God loves women@God_loves_women

*Jesus turns over the temple money changers tables* Pete Greig: “I think you’ll find there’s plenty of good & faithful money changers out there, let’s post all their names on this notice board.” facebook.com/1075328494/pos…

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Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley@yardleysarah·
Has anyone found any really beautiful poetic reflections for are on the cross for Good Friday? I’m looking for some fresh and modern content.
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Fesshole🧻
Fesshole🧻@fesshole·
There are very few good father role models in society. However, Bluey's Dad has turned my life around. I am genuinely a better father and husband now I pause and think, what would Bluey's Dad do.
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Liam Thatcher
Liam Thatcher@liamthatcher·
@joynessthebrave I was once told (not on Twitter, but IRL) that baking bread was an unnecessary hobby, and the fact that I made time for it showed that I was neglecting my more important duties as husband/father/leader! 😂
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Joy Marie Clarkson
Joy Marie Clarkson@joynessthebrave·
I miss the good old days of twitter when a group of conservative catholic guys got really made at me for tweeting about how I enjoyed bread baking. things too boring around here these days.
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Liam Thatcher
Liam Thatcher@liamthatcher·
Every so often I'm haunted by the memory that I know someone who makes fish finger sandwiches by mashing up the fish fingers, mixing them with ketchup, and spreading the mush on bread.
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