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Articles posted by Jennie Pollock

Home is where…

July 4th, 2017

At some point in my first year at uni I read (not for the first time) ...
Books, Reviews
Can robots be persons?

May 25th, 2017

It seems to have been World Robotics and AI (Artificial Intelligence) Week last week. There was ...
On Culture, Personhood, Theos, Things that matter
On Not Having Your Cake, but Eating It

March 28th, 2017

There’s something weird going on out there in liberal-land. It’s causing a clash of individualisms that ...
In the News, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
The Inside Out, Second Choice Life You Never Expected, And How To Deal With It

August 6th, 2015

When life gives you lemons, so they say, you should make lemonade. But what about when ...
Books, Movies, On Faith
Show Up

April 21st, 2015

Decisions are made, so it is said, by those who show up. There are just a couple ...
On Life, Things that matter
Sickening logic

March 27th, 2015

I've just read a news report of a sickening crime: Days ago, Lane committed a horrific ...
In the News, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
Making it Count

March 13th, 2015

I have recently started doing some work for Cinnamon Network, a collaboration of people passionate about ...
Cinnamon Network, On Faith, On Life, ThinkTheology
Review: Celebration of Discipline

March 2nd, 2015

I love books I have to read with a pencil in my hand. Well, that's not ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews, Things that matter
…and the winners are…

February 23rd, 2015

...Gary, Lynette and Rebecca! Congratulations to all of you, winners of a journal and pen in my ...
On Life, Some Beans
Happy Anniversary to Me!

February 20th, 2015

Five years ago I was bored and frustrated. I was in a job that didn't have ...
Some Beans, Writing
Truth, Lies and Dancing

January 21st, 2015

I'd forgotten I was going to the theatre last night. At 7pm I was just getting ...
Arts, On Life
What’s the point of…freedom?

January 12th, 2015

In August last year, I visited the Tower of London, where scores of volunteers were 'planting' ...
Between the Lines, In the News, On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
Deeper

January 1st, 2015

At the end of 2008 I decided to count how many books I had read that ...
Books
Caring, Sharing and Bearing

December 31st, 2014

Facebook is for complaining. Twitter is for bragging. Instagram is for envying. So tweeted James Duke on ...
On Culture, On Life
“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it”

October 27th, 2014

The question of who or what is the cause of poverty and deprivation in the West is ...
On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
My First Radio Interview

October 22nd, 2014

So you know that crazy life I was telling you about, where suddenly I'm a speaker ...
Evangelical Alliance, In the News, On Culture, On Life, Speaking
Writer, Editor, Speaker?!

October 6th, 2014

As you may have spotted, I like to think of myself as a writer, and given ...
Some Beans, Speaking
Killed with kindness?

September 23rd, 2014

The sci-fi dream of super-intelligent robots is coming closer every day. According to a report in The ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Things that matter
A Feast of Foodie Films

September 11th, 2014

This summer saw the release of two new foodie films, both of which I watched. The ...
Arts, Movies, Reviews
Quick Change Act

September 2nd, 2014

Social media has transformed my life. Starting with an online social network at my church, then ...
On Culture, On Life
Review: The Dust Diaries

August 27th, 2014

One of the dilemmas of holidays is what books to take. Yes, I know this is what ...
Books, On Culture, Reviews
Scenes of Morocco

August 25th, 2014

It occurs to me that this blog has a 'Gallery' feature, which in the past I've ...
Arts
Inside and out

August 22nd, 2014

I'm writing this in the foyer of a hotel in Marrakech (get me!). The plush chairs ...
On Culture, On Life
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do…

July 1st, 2014

It’s hard not to feel for Paul Lamb, paralysed in a car crash, who yesterday lost a ...
In the News, On Life, Things that matter
Review: ‘Belle’ – Not your average ‘frock flick’

June 21st, 2014

Last night, I didn't fly to New York. Virgin Atlantic had been running a competition to celebrate ...
Movies, On Life, Reviews, Things that matter
A Time to Die

June 9th, 2014

D-Day landings, 800 children in an unmarked grave, and a new euthanasia law in Canada. Three news stories in the last week which reveal our conflicting attitudes to death and the value of life.
In the News, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
Catching up…

April 28th, 2014

Things have been a bit quiet around here for a while. I'm busy working on writing ...
Evangelical Alliance, LICC, ThinkTheology, Writing
They think it’s all over…

April 18th, 2014

"It is finished." John 19:30 I wonder what the onlookers at the foot of the cross thought when ...
Evangelical Alliance, On Faith, ThinkTheology
Who made your wardrobe?

March 25th, 2014

I know some pretty cool people. They are passionate about doing good in this world, and ...
On Life, Things that matter
Review: Eight Essentials: Keys to Success for New Writers

March 12th, 2014

So you want to be a writer, huh? But where to start? That’s the big question. Well, ...
Books, Habits of Great Writers, Reviews

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