Thanks to Fr Simon for sharing this on Facebook earlier.
Aug142012
Aug102012
Metanoia T-Shirts
A lot of people have been expressing an interest in a band T-shirt for Metanoia before Greenbelt. I’ve spoken to the company who made our Silverthorn T-shirts and they will be able to sort out a run of screen printed shirts with the Metanoia Logo on the front and the Rock Mass “Follow Me” logo as a full back print. From experience, it is better if people let me know what size of T-shirt you want. I have to pay out for a run of 50 in one go.
If you would like one, please could you let me know (click email me icon), and pay in advance? I know it sounds the wrong way around but 50 T-shirts is quite a lot
as they are costing £10 each. If I am going to see you in church on Sunday we can sort it out there.
They will be ready before Greenbelt so I can give you them there if you are going. If you are local to me (Yorkshire), we can meet and pass the merchandise over. If you need it posting, It will be £2 for postage (If you are outside of the UK, no problemo but it will be at cost, sorry).
Mens fit or ladies fit, let me know. If you don’t pre-order, I’ll only have mens fit left.
If you would like a hoodie I can get them for £25 but only as a special order. If you want one, let me know before hand as it will be too late after that.
I personally will be having a T-shirt and a hoodie.
Aug62012
Greenbelt 2012 | Metanoia Play the U2charist
As you probably know, Ruth and I are involved in a couple of services at Greenbelt this year. We’ve had details confirmed about when the U2charist will be happening. It is going to be in the “InSense” venue at 5pm on Monday. The worship is being organised by Luminous in Lincoln. Metanoia will be leading the musical aspects of the service with a selection of U2 songs.
It’ll be great to see you there!
Aug22012
Personalisation | The Internet Filter Bubble and Facebook
This Ted Talk came from Carole reminding me of a blog I wrote for the Big Bible site about Theological Ghettos. The way the internet works at the moment disturbs me as it edits out the things it believes I don’t want to see. Google shows me what I want to see. An algorithm decides what my world should look like. Google essentially feeds me pictures of Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu and Eddie Van Halen. That kind of thing. Give the people what they want! And why not?
Facebook recently introduced a change to the way it works. It has started to push content to your friends when you click “like” or comment upon a post. I assume this means that every time I click like on a Star Wars meme is is pushed through to some of my friends. As they are friends with me they must clearly be interested in the same things as I am – this is the logic that Facebook is employing.
This has shattered my internet filter bubble. The world now looks a little different than before. In the past week I have discovered that a “friend” of a “friend” likes the EDL. I’ve seen numerous racist memes. I’ve discovered that there is a more unpleasant underbelly to the society I am part of. A less pleasant world that I was happily living without. No doubt my friends have discovered that I talk about ‘vicar things’ a lot more than they thought previously.
It won’t come as a surprise to you to discover that I am “politically liberal” and so are a large proportion of my friends. However, Facebook has just let everyone’s guard down. Everyone is now less able to hide “the real you” from the world of Facebook unless they choose not to engage with it. Every click potentially outs you as the person who “likes” pictures of fluffy kittens. Alternatively you may find your more sinister side on display for the world to see as you are “outed” as a secret Belieber.