The Week’s Postings

Back to average. Just the three posts this week but lots of other goodies for you to find

Monday: The Curiosity Index: Books Edition
Tuesday: Social media hasn’t got any better for 2020
Thursday: Never suboptimal

Related Reading

• The Most ‘Abandoned’ Books on GoodReads
• AbeBooks Most Expensive Sales of 2019
• Jeremy Williams’ books of 2019 which is the list to consider if you want to get smart on the environment, new economics, climate change etc…
• How to write that book in 2020: Top authors share their tips
• The 7 Best Books I’ve Ever Read About Writing – I have the first three books on this list and you can’t go wrong with those
• Everyone is using WhatsApp wrong

From the archives

Furniture buying for church planters

Bonus Material

Seven posts that caught my eye recently

1. Gospel Fluency in a World of Improv
2. Who Evangelicals Lost in 2019 – Christianity Today helps us remember
3. Newfrontiers Worship 1970s-2020s: Adrian Warnock has created a Spotify playlist of the worship songs have shaped him and the group of churches we’re both a part of
4. Money, Grace and Giving by my friend Adam Bradley. Here’s a thought-provoking line: “We will never have a healthy relationship with money until we have a healthy perspective on eternity.”
5. Exploring the Looming Water Crisis
6. Meet the Modern-Day Pagans Who Celebrate the Ancient Gods
7. ‘Women have less ego. Men think: How hard can this be?’: the female ultra-athletes leading the field

Eye-catching stuff

Entries in the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards – as ever some stunning photos here.

Some Twitter highlights

• from my mother’s womb untimely ripp’d
• five writing tips
• A beautiful eulogy (must watch)
• Qs about gender roles are really Qs about the nature of vocation

Something to watch

A long time ago, in what seems to be another life, I briefly worked in disaster response logistics although not in earthquake-hit areas but low-level conflict zones. But this video explains how disaster response works and how complicated it is (15 minutes).

Have a great weekend.