The weekend! The weather is STILL very pleasant for the end of September, no complaints! I’m slowly beginning to get back into the rhythm of working but it’s an adjustment and I have some 4, count them 4, conferences coming up (here, a quick trip to Cyprus, here & here) in the next month or so. Enjoy Him who loves you.

You Should Read These

Seven articles that might be worth you bookmarking, reading & thinking about

1. Stunning modern-day miracles! Don’t say, but that’s Africa pair that with An Antidote for Functional Atheism by Harvey Kwiyani
2. Why Did Jonathan Edwards Think That Slavery Was Morally Right? (and was wrong to do so of course) Excellent historical analysis here.
3. Store Up Today for Tomorrow’s Crisis by Trevin Wax
4. Strange Mathematical Pattern Found in The Cells of The Human Body. I find this stuff, even though I don’t really understand it, totally amazing.
5. Tracking Antarctica Sea Ice Loss in 2023. Alarming! Pair that with How Creation Care Became a Gospel Issue
6. Movies as old books. (HT: Alan Jacobs)
7. Refurbishment of Hippodromen theatre in Malmö “equips the building for another century of life”

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You Should Look At This

16 Highly Commended Photos From the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest Also the featured photo at the top of this post!

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You Should Listen To This

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You Should Watch This

Hyundai solves parallel parking forever.

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This Week’s Postings

Wednesday: The Vow of Service

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From The Archives

But that’s not the only way men in leadership do damage to women in their church. Probably more confusing is the inconsistency, the gap between theory and practice and the weird stuff that happens that seems to go unchallenged. For example, someone told me of this experience in various Newfrontiers gatherings: 

“I have been in leadership training & been completely ignored by the person teaching, also been to meetings where other females told me to make sure my knees were covered as one of the men ‘struggled’ with women’s knees.”

Does anyone really have to point out say all the ways those two sentences are completely unacceptable?

The Damage We Do