Southport Violence, Olympic Offence, and Pastoral Transparency
How should we respond to the horrible news in Southport? What is there to learn from the Olympic Games and opening ceremony? How transparent should we be in pastoral matters?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director) and Andy Hunter (Director for Scotland and North of England) discuss stories in the news from the past fortnight.
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Atrocities in Southport
04:18 - Disinformation on social media
10:57 - Offended by the Olympics?
15:33 - The glory of the Olympics
18:30 - Equality and fairness in sport
22:28 - Huw Edwards' guilty plea and trust in the BBC
26:07 - Transparency in church life
Show notes
- Teen, 17, accused of Southport murders named (bbc.co.uk)
- Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for unintentional Last Supper parody (theguardian.com)
- Khelif opponent abandons early in controversial fight (bbc.co.uk)
- Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children (news.sky.com)
- Christian Safeguarding Services (thecss.co.uk)
- thirtyone:eight (thirtyoneeight.org)
- FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk)
- Certificate in Independent Church Ministry (fiec.org.uk)
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