JenniePollock.com: Culture

Posts tagged "Culture"

Bodily Confusion

August 11th, 2017

In case you hadn't noticed, our culture is very confused about bodies these days - what ...
In the News, On Culture, On Life, Things that make you go 'Hmmm...', Things that matter
What can we learn from Charlie Gard?

July 27th, 2017

Charlie Gard's parents this week made the agonizing decision to turn off their 11 month old ...
In the News, On Culture, On Life, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
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
Keep Off the Grass: An Allegory

March 21st, 2017

Once upon a time, in a college somewhere in England, there was a sign saying ‘Keep ...
Between the Lines, In the News, On Culture, On Life, On the Lines, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
Another chance to be an Armchair Activist

January 31st, 2017

While researching yesterday's post, I came upon a campaign by a group I'd never heard of before, ...
In the News, On Culture, On Life
Making a Song and Dance About Assisted Suicide

January 23rd, 2017

Picture the scene: a young couple are walking hand-in-hand across the stage. The girl’s red dress ...
Arts, Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
I also write…

January 16th, 2017

So having written a mammoth post last week on my top reading, watching and learning from ...
Evangelical Alliance, LICC, On Life, Other, ThinkTheology, Writing
Review of the year (or ‘Last year I may or may not have become a spy’)

January 9th, 2017

If you've been following closely, you'll remember that for my birthday last year I had a ...
Arts, Books, Movies, On Life, Reviews
Cultural snapshots

September 1st, 2016

The other day my neighbour popped around to borrow something, and what he borrowed got me ...
On Culture, On Life, Some Beans
“I have seen the worst of humanity”

August 17th, 2016

This story, in the iPaper today, is awful. A mother who watched on helplessly as onlookers told ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Personhood, Things that matter
At the turn of the year

January 4th, 2016

Yes, it's one of those 'review of last year, looking forward to next year' posts, and ...
Books, On Culture, Reviews, Some Beans
“Famous person is human – Shock”

December 21st, 2015

Last Monday the Daily Mail ran a 'news' story showing the Duchess of Cambridge looking weary as ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, On Life, Personhood, ThinkTheology
As we forgive those…?

December 2nd, 2015

This is a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago in response to a media ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, ThinkTheology
The Creation of Possibilities

November 4th, 2015

This sign always makes me think of Andy Crouch. In his book Culture Making Andy talks about ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, On Life, Things that make you go 'Hmmm...'
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
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
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
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
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
Let’s get Visible

May 2nd, 2014

I'm very excited today to have a guest post from Andy Showell-Rogers and Andy Lower, two of ...
Guest Posts, On Life, Things that matter
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
Without Whom…

January 18th, 2014

It’s awards season again in the film industry. The Golden Globes were presented this week – ...
LICC, Movies, On Culture
Bystanders in history

November 25th, 2013

Fifty years ago last Friday JFK was shot. On the same day, CS Lewis and Aldous ...
On Culture, On Life
Worshipping Disneyland

October 25th, 2013

Some friends of mine recently spotted the following sign outside a local pub: Your body is not ...
On Culture, On Faith, Things that matter

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