The weather remains glorious in Stockholm which is normally something to revel in. Except later today I’m running the Stockholm Marathon and 4 hours of running in 26 degrees is as much fun as it sounds.
At the same time we have a team from Intentional Discipleship here in Stockholm who will be doing some evangelism tomorrow and then leading our service on Sunday.
I recently enjoyed watching Civil War and American Fiction: two of the more intelligent films to come out recently.
As far as books go I’m halfway through Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. And I think it’s brilliant.
My dad underwent a surgical tracheostomy yesterday which appears to have gone well. I’m hoping to visit him in the UK next week, and it would be great if he was conscious for the first time in a month!
You Should Read These
As per usual here are 7 articles that I think are worth you bookmarking, reading & thinking about.
- Why Are We So Angry? The Hidden Culprit We May Be Missing. Sheridan Voysey, is I suspect, at least, partially correct
- Arguments for theism and for Christianity by someone who is not a Christian
- The first millennial saint in the Catholic Church
- The Mountain Church of Julong, China. Related: The Architecture of Prayer
- Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps. A very common piece of tech here but not, it would seem, anywhere else
- Scott Alexander does monthly posts full of links and he regularly includes things of religious interest. Check out May’s links. Especially #1, 9, 13, 14, 21,
- A big crowd of people jumping in Spain. Which reminds me of a big crowd of people jumping in America.
You Should Look At This
Our Galaxy is stunningly beautiful. I wonder why that would be? 15 Awe-Inspiring Images of Our Galaxy from the 2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year
You Should Listen To This
You Should Watch This
Danny MacAskill & friends ride Inverness, Scotland: ‘We are very far from normal’.
This Week’s Postings
Nothing this week but I’ll hopefully have a few things for you next week.
From The Archives
People are generally pretty credible beings. We will actually believe quite a lot of crazy things if we have some experience that seems to justify that belief. And we can be stubbornly attached to those convictions no matter how much the naysayers mock. In contrast we can stubbornly refuse to believe something unless we have ourselves experienced or witnessed it no matter how convinced or sure other people are. But sometimes we do have those experiences and they do change our mind.
Have a great week and if you see something you think deserves a spot here let me know
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