Here are things I’ve read, watched and discovered as my curiosity got the better of me this week.
The Week’s Postings
Too many blog posts went unwritten again this week. Still be grateful for small mercies.
Tuesday: Bonus Curiosity Index: Books edition
Friday: Book Review: Developing Female Leaders by Kadi Cole
Related Reading
- 10 strategies to read more books
- How Much Does It Cost to Self Publish a Book for Nonfiction Authors?
- Why Goodreads is bad for books. After reading that article I decided to give The Story Graph a trial. So far I like what I’m seeing.
From the archives
Porn: How to talk about it & what to do about it: “The church’s response needs to engage with culture, sin and holiness and the damage done to women as a result. Pornography is a cultural issue, a sin issue and a justice issue. It must be talked about and dealt with on all three levels.”
Some interesting things (to me)
Seven posts that caught my eye.
- 40 years on… How it all began. Nigel Ring recounts the very earliest days of what became Newfrontiers – the global family of churches I’m a part of.
- The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke. He’s not broke, broke but he has given away around $8 billion. Well done Chuck Feeney, well done. As he said, “It’s a lot more fun to give while you live than give while you’re dead.”
- Sweden’s new epidemic: clan-based crime – this is probably a bit overdone but there no question that Sweden has a problem with criminal gangs.
- China Bans Zion, Beijing’s Biggest House Church
- Rowan Williams: Theological Education Is for Everyone
- Hadrian’s Wall dig reveals oldest Christian graffiti on chalice
- Was “Flash Gordon” the last of the risqué superhero films?
Eye-catching stuff
The 2020 Audubon Photography Awards
Seven Twitter highlights
- Hearing sounds for the first time
- Watching Gladiator again.
- When a book lover leaves Scotland
- Ultraviolet + infrared images of Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars
- A Roman bathhouse still in use after 2,000 years in Khenchela, Algeria
- Life Expectancy By Country, 2019
- The Apocalypse
Something to watch
Have a great weekend.
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