About Author: Ali Gledhill

Website: http://aligledhill.com
Description: Ali recently completed a degree in theology from Durham, and is now living back in his native London. He edits Crossring.com, a Christian discussion website, and writes a blog at aligledhill.com. He occasionally dabbles in photography and web development and can usually be found on his bike.

Posts by Ali Gledhill

Putting a price on social networking (@aligledhill)

Posted on May 20, 2012 | No Comments
This week, Facebook floated on the stock exchange at a value of $104bn. Allow me to put that number in perspective. If you were to stack that many dollar bills...
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Why couldn’t I make a video? #DigiLit #Digidisciple with @aligledhill

Posted on April 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
I have written eight blogposts for the Big Bible Project since the summer, and I was keen to do something different this month. I wanted to record a video about...
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Week 4: Tuesday (@aligledhill, #bigread12)

Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments
I recently found myself speaking with an elderly gentleman after a church service. He has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and is beginning to prepare for such a time as he...
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Digital ambassadors for Christ in the public sphere

Posted on February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments
In the past week, the age-old debate about the role of Christianity in public life has come alive again. The heavily-reported findings of a survey by the Richard Dawkins Foundation...
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Shining like stars: Lessons from #Wikipediablackout (@aligledhill)

Posted on January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
The web was abuzz earlier this week with the almost apocalyptic Wikipedia blackout. This was a political protest to protect life as we know it – ready access to a...
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Round-robins and the Digital Space #digidisciple @aligledhill

Posted on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments
I have recently taken responsibility for a prayer fellowship connected to my old school. We hold a couple of meetings each year and keep members up-to-date with a bi-annual newsletter....
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I will let my words be few #digidisciple (@aligledhill)

Posted on November 20, 2011 | No Comments
One of the great merits of Twitter is the brevity of communication it demands. When you only have 140 characters at your disposal, you have little option but to consider...
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Sharing Good Snapshots of Guy Fawkes Night (@aligledhill)

Posted on November 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
This photograph, from William Warby, gives me the creeps. It shows a wax effigy of Guy Fawkes about to be burned on 5th November last year. The photographer shared this...
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Making every word count

Posted on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
Last December I was at a 21st birthday party. A couple of us thought that this special occaion deserved a special gift, so we bought a notebook in which the...
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Web forums: not just a 90’s throwback

Posted on September 20, 2011 | 5 Comments
My brief for my #digidisciple posts is to write about “Internet innovations and how Christians can use them in discipleship, church and outreach”. I can almost hear the exclamations of...
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