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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 8h

Careys Bay calm on a warm spring afternoon

Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 1d

Update: The seminar presentation went well. Good questions from an engaged group. Technology worked for the short pre- and post-presentation Qualtrics quiz on audience perceptions of how psychology and theology might interface. I’ll be interested to analyse the results.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 2d

I’m looking forward to presenting at the Theology Seminar, University of Otago tomorrow. I’ll be talking about my action research on the social impact of shared spiritual practices, using the frame of science-engaged practical theology. Otago awarded me my PhD so it’s a sort of homecoming.

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 4d

Ok i need y’all in Ōtepotī to realise that we have one of the best gelato places I’ve been to in the whole country.

Gelato Junky; up on the octy has a vegan lemon meringue that I swear to god is TRANSPORTIVE.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 4d

I’m pausing before interview number 7 of 12 in this particular project, evaluating impact for a training organisation working in Australia and New Zealand. Alongside the interviews is quantitative data analysis and a survey of 120 participants.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 4d

An anticipatory moment in my AngelWings Ltd day job. Pausing before an online interview. Waiting to listen. Serving an organisation wanting to grow.

Beside me is an interview schedule and 2 visual prompts for creative data gathering. Out of site on the desk is a research journal, pen, highlighter

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 5d

Take the three most dominant colours. See what moments and stories express those colours and learnings

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 8d

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · 9d

And last but by no means least, @docbrush.bsky.social presents her model of faith development, one of continuing discipleship, along with outlines and analysis of existing models in The Way Through The Trees: An Introduction to Faith Development.

Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

The front cover of The Way Through The Trees by Sarah Brush.
There is an endorsement quote alongside, which reads: Sarah Brush proves herself to be an adept, playful, creative and generative guide to the geography of faith development theories and styles. The genius of this book is the independence of her judgment, the clarity of her analysis and the playfulness with which she invites her reader into exploring how this landscape might excite, nurture and grow faith … practical theology at its very best.
This is a quote from James Woodward, Principal of Sarum College.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 11d

Gender pay gap
S Korea 31%
Israel 25%
Japan 21%
Canada 17%
US 17%
Mexico 17%
UK 15%
Germany 14%
Turkey 10%
France 9%
Spain 7%
Italy 3%
Belgium 1%

Chart shows difference between median full-time earnings of men and women as % of median earnings of men in OECD countries.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 12d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 12d

Wonders of technology allowed me to share my @X_Training_UoB research on the social impact of spiritual practices with students at Cuddesdon College, England this weekend.

2 sessions on listening in ministry + mission, with interactive exercises + case studies.

emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/list...

Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 13d

Lovely afternoon for a walk in Karitane. Then home to mow the lawn, spray the apples to prevent black spot, water some lettuce seedlings and get some spring weeding done

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13d

Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt

Print featuring a small house in a field under a swirling dark stormy sky, the house has several windows which are illuminated with inviting yellow light

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 14d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14d

🤷🏿‍♂️

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

gizmodo.com

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 15d

Copy editing page proofs for a journal article for Colloquium.

“Making a Christian Witness in Australia today.”

The article researchers knitting activism, interviews with climate scarf knitters and Christmas angel makers.

Accepted a year ago. Due out soon
emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/maki...

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 16d

"Relational labour and faith-based digital activism" book chapter acceptance. Hooray.

Bloomsbury. Frida Mannerfelt and Florian Hoehne editors.

2nd academic output from my Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Research Fellowship, Edinburgh Uni.

emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/rela...

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 19d

interesting bit in a Lancet article re: Australia's teen social media ban: surprisingly the amount of socialising in person hasn't dropped significantly in the past 25 years, and certainly not by the average amount of social media use.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 21d

#nzpol Big turnout for the Women’s Day of Action for pay equity. Billions of dollars have been stolen from low-paid female dominated workforces. This government can find huge tax cuts for tobacco companies, landlords, and big businesses - but not fair pay. That must change.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted this week to open a new research diary on a new research project. An impact evaluation of coaching for church planters + congregations.

The branding on the research journal caught my eye. "Future useful." Funder wants learnings that will serve the wider sector :). Future useful indeed!

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 22d

“Incredibly busy” :)

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 23d

Trumps Liberation Day was start of April. GDP figures are for April to June. Still doesn’t explain why NZ contracted and other oecd countries (bar Canada) expanded

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 23d

Tariff argument makes no sense given that other countries have done better in the same quarter.

NZ -0.9%

Australia 0.6%

China 1.1%

Japan 0.5%

United Kingdom 0.3%

United States 0.8%

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Jack McDonald @tautokai.bsky.social · 23d

My piece on how this moment calls for a broad-based movement for Māori liberation, based on solidarity with other indigenous peoples, oppressed minorities, and the working class.

No party has a monopoly on kaupapa Māori politics

OPINION: I like Tākuta Ferris. But his comments surrounding the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election were at best crude and misguided, and at worst, racist and damaging to the tino rangatiratanga movement.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 23d

Thoughtful and well expressed opinion. Thanks for speaking Jack

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