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Katie Price can help us talk about Christian faith

Katie Price is an English celebrity, former model and businesswoman. She was the most successful page three girl featured in The Sun newspaper. She is notorious for her outrageous and rather tawdry lifestyle. A role model to some and an embarrassment to others, she is brutally frank about herself and asserted this Read more…

By Mark Roques, 7 yearsFebruary 28, 2018 ago
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RealityBites in Doncaster

Yesterday I delivered my Celebrity Culture and Human Trafficking conference to about 100 sixth formers in a school in Doncaster. I was delighted with how it went. I had a great conversation with a teacher who taught Classical Civilisation. I told her some rat stories, the Glenn Hoddle routine and Read more…

By Mark Roques, 8 yearsFebruary 10, 2017 ago
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RealityBites and Mission to Students in Leeds

This June RealityBites director, Mark Roques, was invited to deliver his workshop on Celebrity Culture, Human Trafficking and Christian Faith in a mission week at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College in Leeds. Mark delivered four one hour lessons to about 100 sixth formers and the feedback from both staff Read more…

By Mark Roques, 10 yearsJune 25, 2015 ago
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Outline of a course on Celebrity Culture and Christian Faith

In this course we look at the things celebrities do and say and then we invite young adults (18-21 years of age) to respond. What is an intelligent Christian response? Each session has the following structure: Outline celebrity comments with appropriate storytelling. How do you respond? Your thoughts on Paris Read more…

By Mark Roques, 11 yearsMay 12, 2014 ago
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  1. James Skillen on The Incredible Story of the Slave who became a Famous ScientistApril 30, 2025

    Thanks very much Mark and Steve for this touching story. Doreen and I now live in Alabama and have visited…

  2. Kevin Keefe on Challenging Dualism: Serving God as an EngineerApril 13, 2025

    Thanks Mark, for sharing another interesting and thought-provoking article.

  3. Dave Hopwood on Challenging Dualism: Serving God as an EngineerMarch 29, 2025

    Thanks for this piece and this reminder Mark, I'm grateful for the way the web has enabled me to daily…

  4. Dr Philip Thomas on Challenging Dualism: Serving God as an EngineerMarch 20, 2025

    Thanks for this piece, Mark. Yes, we should strive to conduct ourselves, however we use technology, with one central purpose…

  5. Dr Philip Thomas on Mysticism and Pagan PhilosophyFebruary 28, 2025

    Thanks, Mark for your research and analysis of mysticism, vis-à-vis Neoplatonism (be it "Christian" or otherwise). I particularly like your…

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