The Curiosity Index: Week 18


A few brief notes on life over the past week:

  • It’s been a good week of running and notched almost 65km this week. First half-marathon of the year next week.
  • We did enjoy season 3 of Reacher although it’s really a study in vengeance.
  • Our Spanish exchange student had a good week but couldn’t believe how cold it was here in May. It’s like 10-15 degrees and I’m wearing a T-shirt!
  • I’ve had Johnny Cash on repeat all week. His covers are sensational.
  • Oh yes I turned 50!
  • Latest personal newsletter here

You Should Read These

  1. God’s Guidelines for Sex Aren’t Arbitrary. They are not.
  2. The Death of David’s Innocent Son (2 Samuel 12). Good stuff from Liam looking into a really hard passage.
  3. How America Betrayed Middle Eastern Christians. Important and true.
  4. California Son: On the Patron Saint of Lost Western People
  5. How to form good habits, and break bad ones: trick your brain and related Here’s How Long You Need to Form a Habit, And 8 Tips to Stick With It
  6. Why real debate needs better questions
  7. The Most Popular Book Genre in Each U.S. State. Lot of women being let down by their husbands I think.

You Should Look At This

Oh my, these are beautiful. All of them. Go look at all of them!


You Should Listen To This

OK, another cover but my goodness she nails it.

HT: Kottke

You Should Watch This

OK this is a good reason to want to take a trip into space.

HT: Kottke

This Week’s Postings

Uptick. Two Posts


From The Archives

How do you know that God loves you? Because Christ died for you. How do you know that you love God? Because love pours out of your heart for the things that God loves and God loves the church! The church is the object of His love. You cannot love your brothers and sisters by being on your own. Because you have nobody to love. And you cannot love people if you do not commit to them. You might like them, you might learn from them, but you cannot love them. Jesus commits to us and asks us to commit not just to him but to His bride, His body. All in.

The glory of the local church

Have a great week.


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