Hello, welcome once again to the weekend. Happened quick didn’t it?

• The week ahead is marathon week. So next Saturday (30th May) I’ll be gliding/trudging around the city
• We’ve been enjoying Young Sherlock as a family
• This blog has a lot of errors, flaws, broken things in it. Serves me right for asking AI. Ignorance is bliss.

You Should Read These

Seven handpicked articles

1. The Story of the Tree
2. Why Don’t Our Sermons Change People?
3. If like me you know guys embracing Stoicism but not Jesus then this might help: Joy Among the Stoics
4. World First: Scientists Film The Exact Moment a Human Embryo Implants. From last year but still amazing!
5. Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame. The law of unintended consequences this one.
6. Why runners are getting faster (podcast)
7. Messing with your neighbours. Brilliant.

You Should Look At This

MORE WILDLIFE!

14 Finalists From the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

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You Should Listen To This

Funky chill.

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You Should Watch This

Sometimes there’s nothing quite like a really good explosion.

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This Week’s Postings

Sometimes two things are much better than nothing.

• The nuclear armed world: links & readings
• Passive spectators

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From The Archives

It wasn’t so noticeable when we were a church of minorities but now, taken as a whole, the largest grouping by far in our church is Congolese. Yet many of the things we do as a whole, are much more shaped by European thinking or theology than by African thinking. And if you don’t think there is such a thing as European theology but only biblical theology, then that shows you’ve never been to a theological optician to have your eyes tested.

The challenges of a multi-cultural church

Thanks for reading and do please share anything interesting in the comments.