- Website
- http://www.crimperman.org
- Description
- Ryan Cartwright is a web developer, cartoonist and author who has been blogging since before the term was invented. A Father of two and youthworker based in Essex, he has a passion for freedom and a weakness for Haribo. You can find him at Crimperman.org and @crimperman. His books are available through Crimperbooks.
![Whenever somebody mentions the book of Amos many people’s thoughts will turn to a single word: justice. Arguably the most well-known verse in the writings of Amos is verse 24 of chapter 5: But let justice roll on like a […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/5963676470_07b1479d49_b-115x115.jpg "Justice will roll! (@crimperman)")
![Dystopian futures are quite popular at present. They’ve always been popular stories but there’s a glut of them at the moment. Whether it’s The Hunger Games,The Maze Runner, Wool or pretty much any recent science-fiction movie it seems to be […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BigBrother-115x115.jpg "Hope in a dystopian future (@crimperman)")
![Recently I attended the excellent National Worship Songwriters’ Day, run by RESOUNDWorship. It was a great day and not at all as scary I was worried it might be. The other attendees seemed reasonably normal (or at least as normal […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/musicademy-115x115.jpg "Making unfair comparisons (@crimperman)")
![Among other things (resident computer bod, occasional cake baker etc.), I co-ordinate (and lead the singing of) the songs in our church. Some would say that makes me “Worship Leader” but as that means so many different things I’ll settle […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/trust-115x115.png "The wisdom of using Proverbs (@crimperman)")
![The book of Job tends to leave me feeling a bit numb and to be perfectly honest I have skipped past it a few times. As I suspect with many people I struggle with the early part of the book: […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Job-Rebuked-115x115.png "No easy answers (@crimperman)")
![Every year my daughter’s dance class puts on a show. It’s very good but (probably because I’ve been on stage myself in other forms) I am always struck by the amount of work that goes on off-stage to keep the […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sound_desk-115x115.jpg "Backstage God – Esther (@crimperman)")
![One of the seemingly constant battles within Christian circles is interaction with non-Christians. How much should we do? How far should we go? How much should we compromise (if indeed we should call it that)? Inevitably this debate swiftly took […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2211026425_c6c380f209_n-225x300-115x115.jpg "Beware isolationism and ivory towers (Ezra) (@crimperman)")
![On 20 June 2005, Sir Bib Geldof stood on the Live 8 stage with Birhan Woldu a young Ethopiam woman who would in all probability have not been alive had it not been for the the 1984 Band Aid charity […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/birhan405-115x115.jpg "Don’t let them tell you this doesn’t work (@crimperman)")
![When you read through the Biblical books of 1 & 2 Kings (and 1 & 2 Chronicles come to that) it becomes clear that those Kings who we read about fall pretty much into one of two categories: those that […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/8597760704_ce148d1cb9_n-115x115.jpg "Making your mark: it’s all about the hits (@crimperman)")
![What does it mean to be wise? Some relate wisdom with education or intelligence but, as Peter Kay says: intelligence tells you that a tomato is a fruit, common sense tells you not to include it in a fruit salad. […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/4941405066_66ce8616db_o-115x115.jpg "Wisdom comes in many shapes (@crimperman)")
From 2010–2015, the BigBible Project sought to host conversations about the Bible through local reading groups & online conversations. Since 2016, the project has taken a slightly different focus, hosting discussion from experts on Biblical Literacy and Biblical Reception in a Digital World. 
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