Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 18 Mar 2009
3MT : Talking loud and clear
The words we use say almost as much as the ideas behind them. Let’s “blue-sky the concept”.
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Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 17 Feb 2009
3MT : Empty Reputations
What happens when the laws of notoriety clash with the terminal illness of a young woman? We see the way in which we live in a potemkin society.
UPDATE: Jade Goody’s publicist, Max Clifford, has announced that she will not “die on camera” : “She wants to do maybe a one-off with Piers [Morgan] for ITV. There might be one or two other things and some charity work. But no more: reality TV can only take so much reality.”
Which really says it all…
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 11 Feb 2009
3MT : Eating at another’s table
Atheists are self-invited guests at the dinner table, and the only reason they don’t realise it is because they don’t know history.
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 01 Feb 2009
3MT : Be Ordinary. Do Ordinary
Sometimes we need to forget our pretence to uniqueness, and look for our salvation and our purpose in the ordinary and the mundane.
Unique?...
...or ordinary?
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 20 Jan 2009
3MT : The difference between optimism and realism
Disappointing leaders and cynicism. Even on the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration the western world struggles with a misplaced definition of “realism”.
3MT : The difference between optimism and realism [5:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (157)Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 15 Jan 2009
3MT : Literature and the Lone Wolf
Even small things like the design of book covers shows our society’s obsession with the heroic loner. Is it all entirely healthy?
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 18 Dec 2008
3MT : The Poetry of Belief
The singing of Christmas carols has become another battleground in the culture wars, and a battleground in which poetry has been sacrificed for the sake of pre-formed political positions.
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Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 16 Dec 2008
3MT : Relaxed about Public Service
For thirty years we have been told that the public sector is bad at providing the things we want and need. In the wake of another private agency blunder, perhaps we need to rethink this orthodoxy.
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 08 Dec 2008
3MT : Nine Lessons and Eight Year Olds
Angry Atheists want to put on a “Rational Celebration of Christmas”. And they’re doing it by selling you things. 3MinuteTheologian wouldn’t mind if what they had to sell was in any way adult.
Published by Justin Lewis-Anthony on 25 Nov 2008
3MT : The Font and the Wishing Well
Salisbury Cathedral has just installed a new wishing well. That might not be what they think they have done, but in the slippery world of symbols and their interpretation, intention has very little to do with it.
