Hello from a mild and pleasant Minneapolis. I’ve been in the Twin Cities this week making connections, visiting churches and looking for people and partners willing to invest into the mission field that is Sweden. I’m always so appreciative of the warmth, friendliness and generosity of Americans. You definitely don’t want to talk politics right now but there’s so many other things to appreciate and enjoy.

You Should Read These

Seven handpicked articles

1. All of Life is Worship? Yes. Sort of. No.
2. Fascinating visual exploration of people’s vies on life after death
3. Related. I appreciated, and agreed with, Tim Challies here: How Can Heaven Be Better than Earth if We Are Married on Earth but Unmarried in Heaven?
4. How to Talk to Strangers. Solid advice here from a non-Christian perspective.
5. What Led to Christianity Today’s Crisis? Daniel Williams does a deep & helpful dive into the crisis that CT is facing
6. We May Have Been Wrong About How Comets Seeded Life on Earth. The only honest scientific answer to how did life begin on earth is, “we don’t know.”
7. Toy sales among adult-only households have now outpaced households with children for toy sales

You Should Look At This

THE WEATHER!

2026 Weather Photographer of the Year Shortlist

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You Should Listen To This

I’m in Minneapolis. What else?

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You Should Watch This

Cannot. Wait.

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This Week’s Postings

• As my ancestors did

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From The Archives

This is something that I’ve wondered about for a while in a “I should be thinking about something else” kind of way. It seems to me that American Christians and pastors are fascinated by dead British Christians while British Christians/pastors are fascinated by living American pastors. What’s with that?

Dead Brits and Living Americans

I’d love to hear the interesting things you did, saw, read, thought this past week. Let me know in the comments.