Hello, it’s is officially (and I suppose unofficially) June. How in the world?

• Last week’s Stockholm marathon did not go well for me. It was hot and I was struggling by 13km or so with a pace I can do on my slow runs. I took the decision to record my first ever DNF. Right call. I promised my wife I wouldn’t end up in the medical tent again and this was me keeping my promise.
• We continue to enjoy Young Sherlock. Natascha McElhone’s as Sherlock’s mother who is game for adventure is a delight.
• We loved having Jacob Bock and his wife Joni with us at Grace Church.
• Looking forward to our first visit to Serbia.
• Reading and film watching have nosedived. Holidays should help with that.
• Outdoor swimming. Love it.

You Should Read These

Seven handpicked articles

1. Ascension Day: the key moment of the New Testament?
2. On Ancient Habits & New Insights
3. 7 Tips for Building a Library for Your Children. That’s way more thought than I ever gave it. Just read with and to your kids, read books yourselves and just buy books.
4. The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews
5. The unlikely inspiration for North Korea’s first dictator. Those pesky Presbyterians.
6. The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech. Rage is not good but yeah pretty much.
7. How to Throw a Frisbee. An essential summer skill.

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PHOTOS TAKEN WITH iPHONES!

Incredible Winners of the 2025 iPhone Photography Awards

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You Should Listen To This

Her vocals.

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You Should Watch This

Every tribe and tongue.

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This Week’s Postings

THREE more things.

• Seeing the state in the light of the gospel
• Most Who Died Like Jesus Are Unknown. He Isn’t.
• The Problem of Christian Hypocrisy

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From The Archives

When I think about the laws of nature that can produce snowflakes and spiral galaxies, that bring colour, beauty, wildness, majesty, weirdness and all the processes involved and what it throws up, I think I see a mind that says ‘What an incredible opportunity. The possibilities are endless!’ I think the playfulness and curiosity of God is an underappreciated quality. We think because of God’s omniscience that therefore He can’t be curious or because He know beginning from end that there’s no joy in discovery. How dull that must be for God! No, I think God delights in the almost infinite number of possibilities that symmetry, gravity and so on throw up.

Starting with a void

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