Reposted by Silent JoyBCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 28/09/2026if we die, we die 04918 0
Reposted by Silent JoyBCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Deacons by virtue of their order do not exercise 0205 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Also, loved the analogue-ness of everything. Need to research a plant? - hit up the local library. Confronted by a dino and what to know more? - crack open the family Encyclopedia Britannica. 010 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I went to see the End of Oak Street today. I didn't plan to but I just had to escape the heat. Fun film. Can't believe how many shots they used with split dioptre lens. Was that big in the 80s? 200 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Agnus Nitt, best character in the Discworld novels. A hill I will very much die on. 020 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Loving watching Spider-Nior - Nick Cage is great. Love that his spiderman learnt to be human again by watching films, and that's why he talks *like that* sometimes. I think its well worth watching the black and white version - why not commit to the bit. 030 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Soon after the English Civil Wars, or there abouts, a load of parrots got together desperate to worship in a way that felt authentic. Quaker parrots, being very social (and to some, noisy), this worship often involved periods of silence. 120 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I love the local film society. I really do, but why do the majority of the films they show have to be so depressing? Give me some joy once in a while! 020 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I'm off to participate in democracy! (and then grab some fruit pastles from the cornershop on the way back) 010 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Went to a local May fair to watch a friend Morris dance - ended up joining in for one dance. Then watched a wildly enthusiastic woman lead the Maypole with absolutely contagious joy. Also, I won two prizes at the tombola! A surprisingly traditional half-day out for me. 000 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026If we stretch 'creed' to mean any and every expression of communal belief, then we will never say anything at all. We can share what we believe and act on it - that’s not a creed. 000 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Quakers are non‑creedal. Drawing what we believe from direct experience of God. Discerned together in community. Led by the Spirit who makes all things new. But a creed isn’t just any old statement of belief. It's an authoritative formula that defines what must be believed in a tradition. 100 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026That's such a good shout! Do you have any other go to sermon props? 100 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The guy did seem to see the funny side. Interestingly, it was a real masterclass in handling the unexpected while leading worship. The preacher managed it as elegantly as anyone possibly could. I would not have kept my composure! 100 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Very exciting moment while visiting a church this morning. The preacher brought a hardboiled and a raw egg for an illustration, she meant to throw the boiled one into the pews, chucked the wrong one, and the raw egg exploded over the bloke who caught it. At least I think it was the wrong egg... 110 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Every time I rewatch the Alec Guiness Smiley's People, I'm surprised that Patrick Stewart played Karla, for like, 15 secs of screen time at the end. Just plain forget. God, I love John Le Carre. 000 0
Reposted by Silent JoyFriends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 07/04/2026All bloody principles and practices, as to our own particulars, we utterly deny; with all outward wars and strife, and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretense whatsoever; this is our testimony to the whole world. 02013 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I remember coming across the difference when I first read the book. I saw the US cover on review sites before committing to read it and thought "What, Nos-4-Ayyy-2?!" 000 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Please continue to post about your maps. They are charming, and great to see multiple times 000 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026While buying petrol today (what a luxury!), I saw a chocolate Easter T-rex! Not sure the connection to Easter, but I love it. I suppose T-rexs are one type of dinosaur. Birds are decended from avian (another type of) dinosaus. Easter chicks are birds. Bish bash bosh, there's your connection. 130 0
Reposted by Silent JoyCentre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This week's quote is from Dr Henna Cundill's new book, Praying by the Rules Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033... Register for book launch: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... 021 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I suspect the local church will drop it some time soon as not many people participate. For 15 min, I was the only person there! But that's the way of things - church isn't for people like me. 010 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I love the Maundy Thursday watch. I was there last night until just before midnight. It's this one moment in the year where my fractured faith life comes together. Something of church, something of Quakers - merging into one. 120 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I'm late to the party but I have thoughts on RE4: 1) Camp gold. Charmingly cheesy. 2) I understand that Ashley can’t suplex anyone (like Leon), but why can’t she climb down a bloody ladder. I'm less fit than a teenager and can climb down ladders. 3) I forgot how frustrating quick time events are. 011 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026As Resident Evil Requiem has recently come out, of course, I'm playing RE4. I'm just not paying full price for any video game. I played RE4 when it first came out. But that was before I started really playing games and I was not good. I didn't get far but I vividly remember those first set pieces. 120 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026They’ve put a baker boy cap on Ozzy the Bull at Birmingham New Street Station. I wondered if I had just missed it before. Googled it when I got home, apparently it’s to promote Peaky Blinders. He’s far cooler (and sort of cute in a menacing way) when he’s moving with the glowing eyes. 040 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025In a similar vein, Tom Robinson band also came out with this cracking tune: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glad_to...en.wikipedia.orgGlad to Be Gay - Wikipedia 120 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Found the perfect Christmas gift for Dad - guaranteed to cause absolute hysteria at family Christmas over games of crib. There’s a whole genre of these things… even scented candles... 120 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Re-reading #ProjectHailMary in preparation for the film coming out next year. Super hyped. It's very much a love letter to science teachers. I wonder whether they are going to change the stucture of the story - I'm not sure all those flashbacks will work in a film. 120 0
Reposted by Silent JoyStuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 01/12/2025When Friends intentionally stop what they are doing, become quiet and still, and pay careful attention to the Holy Spirit within them, they are adopting an Advent practice, waiting in hopeful anticipation for Christ to be born within them. The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, p.78. 065 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Yes, YouTube algorithm, this is exactly the kind of content I want to see. youtu.be/miFCWJDjL1wyoutu.beマリンバ3重奏「ぬいぐるみたちの天国と地獄」"Orpheus in the Underworld"Teddy bears Marimba trioYouTube video by 嶋崎雄斗 010 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025I'm currently reading John M. Hull's 'What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?' This book is full of really insightful gems. In the wider quote, he suggests this means Christian learning often happens in rare moments of creativity, rather than through the week-by-week life of the church. 020 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 03/08/2025I woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. So went the the kitchen to get a glass of milk, looked out the window and saw Venus!! The 'morning star' indeed. Odd but wonderful to see a planet with the naked eye. 020 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I’m surprised it was such a flop when it came out. I wonder if it would fare better today. Stop motion (a medium painstakingly crafted by human hands) feels like it might pick-up a kind of premium in this age of AI slop. A 21st-century Arts and Crafts movement? William Morris, eat your heart out. 030 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025On a friend’s recommendation, I just watched Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) A lovely stop-motion film with such a charming story. The animation is utterly beautiful, it's intricate, flowing, full of expression down to the smallest facial movements #FilmSky #StopMotion #Cinema #KuboAndTheTwoStrings 141 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I believe that Queries are one of Quakerism’s gifts to the wider Church. Fun fact: I once shared some of my favourite Quaker queries with my Anglican spiritual director, and she warmly thanked me for passing on “these Quaker guidelines”. Which was slightly jarring and I couldn't quite describe why. 054 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025New blog post - Faith in Questions: The Gift of Quaker Queries. Queries aren’t leading questions, they’re a spiritual practice grounded in the Quaker tradition of discernment. They invite reflection, listening, and faithful living. #Quakers #Quakerism #FaithAndPracticerootedandrestlessblog.substack.comFaith in Questions: The Gift of Quaker QueriesWhere I wax lyrical about the Quaker spiritual practice of queries. 163 0
Reposted by Silent JoyDaily Quaker Message @dailyquaker.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Discernment is a gift from God, not a personal achievement. The gift is not the result of training, technique, or analysis. Like other gifts of God, its origin is mysterious and gratuitous. — Patricia Loring, Quaker educator 021 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I’m a 2/3 hybrid – we are cringe and that’s okay, and everyone else is cringe and that’s okay. To live is to cringe and be cringe… and that’s okay. 030 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Yes, cruel but also stupid. Much of the protection these kinds of scammers have is the shame of their victims. Surely Fabien publicising this by sharing the video is shooting himself in the foot just to be extra nasty. 000 0
Silent Joy @silentjoy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Is this really news? Because frankly, I'm confused all the time. 020 0
