Chris Birks
@chrisbirks
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A good news person in a bad news world โข everything comms @UNISONEastMids โข Fan of Jesus, F1, NFL & country music ๐๐๐ค โข James 2:17 โ๏ธ
Joined February 2009
๐ Waving goodbye to 2025 from the seaside Wishing you a happy new year from me and mine, to you and yours. May you be blessed with joy and peace.
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Christmas is about believing what a woman said about her sex life. Christmas is about a family finding safety as refugees. Christmas is about a child in need receiving support from the wealthy. Christmas is about God identifying with the marginalized, not the powerful. Merry.
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๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ค๐ง In this episode, we're with hundreds of migrant care workers who have travelled to London to push for a reversal of the government's immigration plans - including David and Audrey from Northampton. โก๏ธ https://t.co/hp0DxKaqCe
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For years, young people have been the first to be blamed for anti-social behaviour and the last to be given any support. This announcement is great news, but for the hundreds of boarded-up youth clubs all over the country, covered in graffiti, this must be only the beginning.
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Iโm reading Phil and Gav's book at the minute and loving its reminder that being a good news person isnโt just about what we say, itโs who we are. Hope-filled, joy-carriers, everyday storytellers of Jesus. If this podcast is anything like the book, itโs going to be a gift ๐๐ป
Great day recording Good News People podcast this week with @GavCalver and @PremierRadio - look out for it in the new year!
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Many young men today are grappling with multiple pressures โ navigating an uncertain future, questioning what it means to be a man and the pressure to conform to certain types of masculinity. Listen to their stories: https://t.co/xrWj15Wl5J
#InternationalMensDay ๐
mentalhealth.org.uk
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Once again, Gordon Brown is on the money with this. The two-child benefit cap is morally indefensible and a driving force behind rising child poverty. The fact that we have this policy in one of the richest countries in the world, is scandalous.
NEW: Gordon Brown calls for โtotal abolitionโ of the two-child benefit policy in speech this morning โ rather than a new tapered rate, or watering down the measure. He says government will fail to meet its targets without doing so.
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Good to see the National curriculum review recommend the expansion of RE. There are questions about content, but good direction of travel.
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๐ณSpent yesterday in the beautifully moody North Yorkshire moors. Also stopped by Hogsmeade Station but no sign of Hagrid.
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Went all the way to Warwick and the only photos I took was of a church, obviously. And what a church! @StMarysWarwick
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(Why) are young people flocking to religion? @Theosthinktank It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion.
theosthinktank.co.uk
Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion. 13/05/2025
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It's just dawned on me that it's 20 years (TWENTY) since I picked up my GCSE results, which is impossible because I'm still only 26 ๐ Whateverโs in that envelope doesnโt define your future. The best is yet come.
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Next week, I'm leading 52 teenagers at a Christian summer school. More signups than ever before. They're searching for something bigger than themselves, something that can provide stability in an unstable world.
Monique is in her early 20s, reads the bible daily, prays "constantly" and 'spends time' with God every day. Polling suggests more and more of Gen Z are turning to Christianity. @maitlis heads to a religious festival in Sussex to find out why https://t.co/NFqZ3IuuGd
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SWEEEET CAROLINNNEEE! ๐ฆโฝ๏ธ
๐โฝ Football came home...and so should fair treatment at work! โ After the @Lionesses glorious win in #Euro2025, weโve drafted the ultimate trade union-approved excuse letter for your boss ๐ฝ #Lionessess #itscominghome
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