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Paul Walker

@paulwalker71.bsky.social
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Retired Anglican priest trying to figure out the place of faith and spirituality in contemporary society. Writer on Medium.com. Left-ish politics, prog rock lover, board games, Rugby League, husband, dad and (recent) grandad

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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thanks for the shout out!
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Is it nerdy to admit I understand every word of this post?
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✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 09/05/2025
💙✌️💙
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
What are the lessons from how Australia and Canada firmly rejected the Trumpist candidates, yet here in the UK we seem to be drinking the Kool-Aid and voting in swathes of right-wing Trump imitators in the guise of Reform UK? Why?
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇 Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Will you all please stop trying to improve on this joke. You are only making it more laboured
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This arrived as a birthday gift @drleahpayne.bsky.social
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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @kusiana.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I'm not much into the Bible thing but I know some of you are. Let us pray.
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
And remember: THEY WANT TO HURT YOU. Musk, Trump, Vought....they all said this in public. They want you to suffer, be traumatized, and experience shock. Your life is a game to them. Donald Trump has never and will never be your friend.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This...
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
Elon Musk tweet: We spent the wekend feeding USAID
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
You couldn’t make this up
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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Isn't it funny that Christian religions are now being attacked for being the wrong kind of Christian? I've been warning about this. There will be only one acceptable Christian religion, and most Christians are going to be shocked to learn it's not theirs.
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Sheila Wray Gregoire @sheilagregoire.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Just a reminder: There is no Bible verse commanding men to lead their wives. There’s lots commanding them to LOVE their wives. Absolutely none commanding them to lead their wives.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Why does he always have to apportion blame, especially since he has no facts at this point? Truly disgusting
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Please... can you Americans keep him? We certainly don't want him in the UK
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
They don't consider AN Y Christians to be Christians unless they parrot the MAGA/Trump line...
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
What is WRONG with these people?
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
BURN!! (Not that he cares...)
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This is kinda how things are heading...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Just imagine.
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Mindi Welton-Mitchell/Melinda Mitchell @revmindi.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Mark 6:34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. Greek: ἐσπλαγχνίσθη esplanchnisthē Moved with compassion Literal definition: moved in his gut +
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Paul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 21/01/2025
When I talk about Christian monasticism, I get the feeling many people are disappointed by how mundane it is. People often want to do big gestures than small daily work. This feels similar to the work of resisting fascism. There will not be one big event, but lives of faithful, loving resistance.
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Keri K. W. 🇨🇦 @kerikw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A silhouette of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with his words written as a quote beside him: "We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity."
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Watch the clip - if this isn't idolatry, I don't know what is! Easily the worst example of the sellout of American evangelicalism I've seen (so far?)
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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Peter: “Never at any time will you wash my feet!” Jesus: “If I do not wash your feet, you will no longer be my disciple.” Peter: “Lord, do not wash only my feet, then! Wash my hands and head, too!” I imagine Jesus rolling His eyes toward heaven, tiredly gesturing, saying “Give me your foot.”
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Marg Mowczko @margmowczko.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Church life in the 1st century was unlike church life today. We need to keep this in mind when we read the NT letters and avoid reading into the text our modern understandings of ministry & Sunday services. Here's a little bit about 1st-century church life. (archives) margmowczko.com/the-first-ce...
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The First Century Church & the Ministry of Women - Marg Mowczko
In what ways did women minister in first century churches?
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Adding this to my wishlist...
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I'd like to see a breakdown of their proposed costs. £2 million seems a lot to be running a Cathedral!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Trump hasn’t got Musk to back down on his UK attacks. Trump and his tech bro allies are still threatening the sovereignty of European territories. Time to declare the “special relationship” on ice - or even just voided.
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Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
In 2008, among self-identified evangelicals: 3% said that they never attended religious services. 13% reported 'seldom' attendance. In 2023, among self-identified evangelicals: 10% said that they never attended religious services. 17% reported 'seldom' attendance.
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eugene @eugene290390.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Estimates are that there are enough resources available to support each and every person on the planet at a very high upper-middle class level.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Such a contrast to what's just about to be inaugurated ...
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
“The Church is not tradition. The Church is not the past. The Church is what we do next.” - from "Conclave" And to which I say Amen.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Always good to reflect of the spiritual meanings and allusions in Les Miserables
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Very thought provoking piece
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Open unto me, light for my darkness. Open unto me, courage for my fear. Open unto me, hope for my despair. Open unto me, peace for my turmoil. Open unto me, joy for my sorrow. Open unto me, strength for my weakness. Open unto me, love for my hates. - Howard Thurman
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Preach it!
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Michael Pahl @mwpahl.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
As Mennonite Church Canada we don't expect our pastors and congregations to agree 100% with our rather lengthy confession of faith. Our confession of faith guides us, it doesn't define us. It is subject to Scripture, interpreted in community, and it doesn't replace the lived witness of faith.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
"God" isn't wrong on this one...
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“He comes in the form of the beggar, of the dissolute human child in ragged clothes, asking for help. He confronts you in every person that you meet. As long as there are people, Christ will walk the earth as your neighbour.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Michael Pahl @mwpahl.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The Bible is a collection of ancient texts reflecting a strongly patriarchal, largely ethnocentric, and often violent worldview. The Bible is sacred, God-inbreathed Scripture through which the liberating message of divine love, justice, and peace shines. Both can be true. I believe both are.
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Michael Pahl @mwpahl.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Bible is a diverse collection of ancient writings spanning hundreds of years and multiple cultures. So it's remarkable how consistent they are in calling for economic justice for the poor. This isn't some add-on to the gospel. It's embedded in it.
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Paul Walker @paulwalker71.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This is a wonderful and insightful thread. Delving into art is one of my passions!
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Michael Pahl @mwpahl.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I've expanded that provocative "Mary, Did You Know?" post into a blog post. What exactly did Mary know? Peeling back some interpretive layers around Luke's Gospel... michaelpahl.com/2024/12/17/m...
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Mary, Did You Know?
Advent always brings us to Mary, the mother of Jesus. As we await Jesus’ birth, we naturally walk with Mary as she awaits Jesus’ birth, as told primarily in Luke’s Gospel. We listen in on the Annun…
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