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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 12h

Whilst it is always good to have tutorials, the reasons this post is needed relate to the deep, deep flaws in how to achieve very basic things in WordPress

WordPress @wordpress.org · 12h

Unlock the potential of your WordPress navigation menus! Discover how to add custom blocks, including mega menus and shopping carts, with our comprehensive guide. Elevate functionality by customizing the Navigation block using JavaScript. developer.wordpress.org/news/...

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Snippet: How to add custom blocks to navigation menus

Want to add custom blocks to WordPress navigation menus? Use the `blocks.registerBlockType `filter to extend the navigation block's `allowedBlocks` array.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 6d

Wemyss Bay

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 18d

If you don't want Prime Minister Farage to be able to have greater control over whether you or your less privileged neighbour can work, get benefits or access healthcare then you don't want a mandatory ID scheme.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 24d

On being stewards of creation.

"Who stewarded the dinosaurs? Who stewards Alpha Centauri?"

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We are not stewards

The language we use about creation may be contributing to the Climate Crisis rather than solving it.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 25d

We are not stewards. Why the language we use in the Season of Creation might be doing more harm than good.

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We are not stewards

The language we use about creation may be contributing to the Climate Crisis rather than solving it.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 13

Spanish Ladies grumble...

Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 13

I've decided, once more, to reach for a semicolon in tomorrow's sermon.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 13

"...the wind seems to have changed spiritually, and I’m not surprised at all that this is starting to show up in statistical surveys."

Some thoughts on the Quiet Revival.

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Listening to the Quiet Revival

The so-called Quiet Revival has been underway (quietly) for quite a while. Here's a few reflections on it and some questions about it.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 13

I shall be listening to the Last Night of the Proms on Radio 3 rather than watching on the TV. There are fewer flags on the radio.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 12

Listening to the Quiet Revival. A few thoughts and a few questions.

thurible.net/2025/09/12/l... #QuietRevival

Listening to the Quiet Revival

The so-called Quiet Revival has been underway (quietly) for quite a while. Here's a few reflections on it and some questions about it.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 12

Listening to the Quiet Revival. A few thoughts and a few questions.

thurible.net/2025/09/12/l... #QuietRevival

Listening to the Quiet Revival

The so-called Quiet Revival has been underway (quietly) for quite a while. Here's a few reflections on it and some questions about it.

thurible.net

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Sep 12

Well not quite. It had bishops whenever the Church of Scotland had bishops long after the reformation. The last bishop in St Mungo's was John Paterson who was removed in 1689. The Reformation happened in 1560.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · Sep 4

Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.

It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.

This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 29

You go to the best parties.

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Asa David Coulson @kingasa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Last week was his feast day, the day he was arrested for helping to register black voters — Today marks the day he was martyred, 60 years ago. Blessed Jonathan Myrick Daniels, pray for us.

#MakeNoPeaceWithOppression

Asa David Coulson @kingasa.bsky.social · Aug 14

On this day, the Church remembers Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a seminarian who gave his life during the civil rights movement. His sacrificial courage calls all of us to stand where Jesus stands—in solidarity with the oppressed in our community, and in our world.

#MakeNoPeaceWithOppression #Episcopal

A b&w image of Jonathan Myrick Daniels with the following text surrounding the picture:

MAKE NO PEACE WITH OPPRESSION

"O GOD OF JUSTICE AND
COMPASSION, WHO PUTS DOWN THE PROUD AND MIGHTY FROM THEIR PLACE, AND LIFTS UP THE POOR AND THE AFFLICTED: WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR YOUR AITHFUL WITNESS JONATHAI MYRICK DANIELS, WHO, IN THE MIDST OF INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE, RISKED AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER; AND WE PRAY THAT WE, FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE, MAY MAKE NO PEACE WITH OPPRESSION; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN."

14 AUGUST - JONATHAN MYRICK DANIELS

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 16

Feast of St Rollox today. God bless dogs.

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · Aug 15

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 14

John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’

Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors. Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...

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TIE @tie.scot · Aug 12

📢 Teachers, have you read the Scottish Government’s Guidance on LGBT Inclusive Education?

This facilitates an educational approach to addressing prejudice and ensuring all learners and families are included in your curriculum.

Our explainer covers key content & information about the national CPD.

Scottish Government Publish Guidance on LGBT Inclusive Education - Time for Inclusive Education

Time for Inclusive Education

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · Aug 8

Transphobia - whether from the right or left and whether disguised as feminist or not - will always close down the field of what is acceptable for women and girls. So-called bio essentialism always leads to the boxing in of options for women and girls.

Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Daily Mail (sadly someone posted it) are running a large article about girls playing football who keep getting abuse from other girls and also parents because they say they are boys - because they have short hair. Transphobia harms all women and girls. And the Daily Mail is part of the problem.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 7

Just installed the new oss model from Open AI locally and it is producing wildly mad hallucinations about things I know about.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 3

It isn't a matter of what I think. Sola Scriptura means regarding the Bible as the sole (usually infallible) guide to life and doctrine for a Christian.
Whilst some Anglicans believe this, many demonstrably don't. And aren't required to.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 3

That's not what sola scriptura means. Sola scriptura covers far more than just where you draw the limits on any doctrine of salvation.
(As @peternimmo.bsky.social will well know).

The 1928 book is still authorised but I'm unaware of it being used for ordinations in modern times.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 3

No. They don't. They do not find their articulation anywhere near the ordination of clergy in the Scottish Episcopal Church.

They were imposed upon us once at the Synod of Laurencekirk but they've been gone for decades and are not coming back.

Again, thank God.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · Aug 3

No Peter, it isn't true. Some churches of the Anglican Communion don't have the 39 Articles.
Thank God.

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TIE @tie.scot · Aug 1

“There seems to be a culture just now that has shifted back in time, when it’s cool to be cruel again. The rise of the so-called “manosphere” online and normalisation of hate has had an impact on young people.”

📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social

People are using slurs we thought we left in the 70s, why inclusive education matters

OF all the campaigning groups forged in the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) has been one of the…

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