The days are now almost as long as they’re going to be this year and it’s so good. Everything is heading for the summer slow-down. It’s time for reading, resting, running, vacation, letting the mind wander and for longer and slower conversations.
You Should Read These
Seven handpicked articles
- Picking a Path Through the Egalitarian Scorched Earth – excellent from Dani Treweek
- Where to Find Your Happy Place by Andrew Wilson. The potato and daffodil comparison is an illustration I’ll remember!
- Speaking of happiness – The Delightful Duty of Married Sex
- Speaking of happiness – Fatherhood Dramatically Rewires Your Brain, Scans Reveal
- Swedish National Day – a new king, an old king, a new constitution and 500 years of independence. Last week (June 6th) was Sweden’s national day – this explains why.
- Speaking of unhappiness: Ranked: Jobs With the Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates
- One of the World’s Weirdest Mammals, the Aardwolf. Not sure I’ve ever heard of this creature before!
You Should Look At This
STARS! SPACE!
Gaze at the Breathtaking Astrophotography in the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year Contest
You Should Listen To This
I just eat up lofi stuff
You Should Watch This
Last Saturday my son and I ran this race. It was my son’s first 10k and he did really well in 41:45 just a couple of minutes behind this guy! I took it a little more measured and came in at an even 45:00. I wasn’t going all-in and was just pleased with a very evenly paced run. The start though was too crowded.
This Week’s Postings
From The Archives
But there I was being quizzed about my views on evolution, which I almost never offer, mostly because even showing you understand the perspective usually causes veins to start bulging alarmingly in necks. These discussions with young earthers, and it is always with them, zealous as they are to hunt down any trace of what they think of as unorthodoxy are usually a bit awkward. No one likes an inquisition.
Why I wouldn’t talk about evolution in a sermon even if I thought it was true
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