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daveyj90.bsky.social
Youth and Children’s worker with parish churches in South East Northumberland, and @joyinthecorners.bsky.social fan club president (self appointed).
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"we live with the Five Guiding Principles and it works for us" according to the Archbishop of York. Oh really??? I would suggest that the words 'works' and 'us' are both doing some pretty heavy lifting here! For whom does enshrining inequality 'work'?! @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

This blog post has been bubbling up for a while. It tries to do justice to the emotions I sense swirling around me and within me - and to do some theological re-framing along the way... thisestate.blogspot.com/2025/02/burn...

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

#TraitorsUk #TheTraitors I really want someone to tell Alexander “Look at where you are Look at where you started The fact that you're alive is a miracle” #Hamilton

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

This is my very favourite subtitle mistake of all time.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Overheard at youth club - “my mam’s saved in my phone as ‘spawn point’”

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Lovely night for some detached youth work

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

submitted 61 days ago • 954 comments

At the Carol service my youngest responded to “he has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty” with a whispered “yesssssss!” I’d like to apply for this to be added to the official liturgy for the season

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday we took young people from across the groups we run ice skating. I’ve done a fair few ice skating trips over the years and there’s always beautiful moments of young people overcoming their fear of the ice, or more confident ones helping less confident ones. Yesterday was the same - heroes.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

When I was interviewed for my current youth work role in the Church of England I was asked “what do you think is the biggest challenge the CofE faces re children’s and youth work?” I answered that a church that is scared of decline and so pursues growth at all costs will likely crush or harm 1/2

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment