Let’s see if, as summer begins to recede a little, I can get back in the blogging groove.

You should read these

Seven articles (plus a few sneaky bonuses) that might be worth you bookmarking, reading & thinking about

1. On Drag Going to Church. Mike Starkey has an interesting suggestion that drag should be called ‘womanface’
2. We had a baptism. Here’s what we were actually doing. Stephen Kneale on baptists doing what baptists do.
3. Reading Well. Some good points here by Simon Sarris. Bonus Read: How to Read 200 Books a Year
4. Phone-free zone: Finland introduces world’s first digital detox tourist island. This might help with the above.
5. How many toys do children need? My usual answer is ‘not as many as they’ve got’. Anyway here’s a question many parents will relate to. Jeremy Williams thinks it through.
6. Lyman Stone did one of the longest threads I’ve ever seen on X (Twitter) and it was on the Bible (specifically Old Testament) and archaealogy and history. Have a cup of something and read it all
7. Scandinavian heavy metal: Why Earth’s happiest place makes the darkest music. Go figure.

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You should look at this

The world as seen by a drone

Drone Photo Awards 2023 (HT: Kottke)

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You should listen to this

It’s ten years old now this song but I listened to it again today and I just really like it

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You should watch this

I am very much looking forward to seeing this on a BIG screen

HT: Kottke

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Reading Colossians Remixed

On the sabbatical to-do list. There is a new entry, praise be!

• Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
• Placing ourselves
• Hearing with Old Testament ears
• Do we live under an empire?
• Growing in the Empire’s shadow
• Dealing with postmodernism
• The subversive ethics of the kingdom

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From the archives

“It’s one of the most beloved hymns of the last hundred years and in many polls it ranks just behind Amazing Grace; yet the origins of O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder (or as it’s perhaps better known How Great Thou Art) can trace its roots back to Sweden.” – The Swedish origins of ‘How Great Thou Art’