Here's the latest episode of Dual Citizens!

I talk about the attempts to de-platform Joe Rogan from Spotify, noting the overlap of issues with the Citipointe College furoré. We close with some thoughts on why it's taken so long for Brian Houston to step down from all his Hillsong roles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T426vR8F8CE

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Here's the first episode of Dual Citizens, a pod/vodcast that attempts to give some analysis of current affairs informed by the gospel!

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Last week I sat down with my Stand Firm colleagues to think out aloud about some of what has happened over the past few months as the Church has grappled with the politics of Covid and the influence of U.S. politics and political commentators.

Trust it's helpful.

Yesterday I had the privilege of joining Neil Johnson's 20Twenty show on Vision Radio to discuss my upcoming talk at next week's Church and State Summit.

Here's the audio of that discussion along with a couple of promo videos for next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wR1n37OwYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8ckCbTBBU

update 30 May 2020:

St Mark's Buderim have lodged a "copyright claim" on the video we have uploaded to YouTube. davidould.net has responded to Youtube's "strike" by noting:

* St Mark's do not own the video. It is the property of Facebook according the terms under which any of us upload material to that platform.* They had willingly placed the material in the public domain.* The video constitutes "fair use" in that there is no commercial benefit to davidould.net nor commercial loss to St Marks and that the segment is used for commentary upon a topic of debate, namely the nature of liturgical worship in the Anglican Church of Australia.

Youtube's processes are long and laborious. While we wait for the video to be reinstated we have simply uploaded the video onto our own server. If necessary, it won't be the first cease and desist letter that we've knocked back from someone who made their activity public and then complained that others pointed to it.

This one comes from a davidould.net reader who has drawn attention to the Parish of St Mark's Buderim in the Anglican Church of Southern Queensland (Brisbane).

The following is an excerpt from the Compline Service for Monday 25 May broadcast using Facebook by the Rev. Moira Evers. As a "first step in our examination of conscience" Evers leads us as we "immerse ourselves in the presence of God".

The means of doing this? A set of crystal chakra ("singing") bowls combined with "mindful breathing".

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because of a spurious copyright claim to youtube by St Mark's Buderim we've provided a alternate means to watch the video:

https://vimeo.com/424676697

Wikipedia is useful in understanding what these different methods entail and where they come from:

In the religious context, standing bells are primarily associated with Buddhist meditation and chanting, although they are also used in Taoist practices....In the West, singing bowls are sometimes used in alternative medicine, their modern popularity for that purpose perhaps deriving from the modal vibration studies known as Cymatics carried out by the physician Hans Jenny (1904–1972). They are also used in sound therapy and for personal spirituality by those who believe that the sound can work on the chakras.Standing Bell, wikipedia

Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit ānāpānasmṛti), meaning "

Judges 13

Exodus 33-34

Genesis 32-33

Genesis 17-18