Madeleine Pennington
@mlpennington.bsky.social
Head of Research @theosthinktank.bsky.social (currently on maternity leave) | Author: "Quakers, Christ, and the Enlightenment", "The Christian Quaker"
You can listen to all episodes here (and btw, I’m posting this with a new baby asleep on my shoulder, finally peaceful for us both now breastfeeding has settled down 3 months in…): open.spotify.com/show/32torta...
Motherhood vs The Machine
Podcast · Theos · Motherhood offers a unique insight into what it is to be human: interdependence, sacrifice, love, care, hope and vulnerability (all of which are key to a Christian understanding of p...
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April 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can listen to all episodes here (and btw, I’m posting this with a new baby asleep on my shoulder, finally peaceful for us both now breastfeeding has settled down 3 months in…): open.spotify.com/show/32torta...
Reposted by Madeleine Pennington
The year is 1650 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 1848 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 2025 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 1848 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 2025 and the Quakers are being unruly.
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The year is 1650 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 1848 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 2025 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 1848 and the Quakers are being unruly.
The year is 2025 and the Quakers are being unruly.
Reposted by Madeleine Pennington
No one wants bland cheerleading. But headlines could be a bit more factual ("The government today announced...") with the follow-up doing the analysis.
Instead, the headline is almost always opinion-led ("Fury at...").
So the "story" becomes the anger, rather than the thing that prompted it.
Instead, the headline is almost always opinion-led ("Fury at...").
So the "story" becomes the anger, rather than the thing that prompted it.
March 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No one wants bland cheerleading. But headlines could be a bit more factual ("The government today announced...") with the follow-up doing the analysis.
Instead, the headline is almost always opinion-led ("Fury at...").
So the "story" becomes the anger, rather than the thing that prompted it.
Instead, the headline is almost always opinion-led ("Fury at...").
So the "story" becomes the anger, rather than the thing that prompted it.
And if you want to learn the signs that death is close, you could also watch this wonderful animation created by the very talented Emily Downe, with @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social explaining the process of “ordinary” dying:
youtu.be/ayMhA1pRLeY?...
youtu.be/ayMhA1pRLeY?...
Dying for Beginners | Dr Kathryn Mannix
YouTube video by Theos Think Tank
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And if you want to learn the signs that death is close, you could also watch this wonderful animation created by the very talented Emily Downe, with @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social explaining the process of “ordinary” dying:
youtu.be/ayMhA1pRLeY?...
youtu.be/ayMhA1pRLeY?...
e.g. Across the population, 90% of us have lost someone close but only 36% have been with someone at the moment of death - rising only to 54% even among those aged 55+.
You can read more about our findings in the full report here:
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
You can read more about our findings in the full report here:
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK
Madeleine Pennington and Nathan Mladin’s report examining emotional responses to death and dying in the UK. 27/11/2023
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
e.g. Across the population, 90% of us have lost someone close but only 36% have been with someone at the moment of death - rising only to 54% even among those aged 55+.
You can read more about our findings in the full report here:
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
You can read more about our findings in the full report here:
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...