Here are things I’ve read, watched and discovered as my curiosity got the better of me this week.

The Week’s Postings

Monday: The whole life of Jesus
Tuesday: Recommendations that we really want you to follow
Wednesday: Back online
Thursday: Two big problems with Sweden

Related Reading

• What lockdown sceptics get wrong about Sweden
• How deadly is covid-19?
• The Riddle of Sweden’s COVID-19 Numbers
• A Pastor’s Lockdown Dilemma & The Inhumanity of Lockdown
• How the Swedes survive without small talk

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From the archives

The hard graft of church planting: “Everyone works hard to make Sunday happen but the long haul is tiring for the committed. Everyone is doing something all the time and as a result, we want a rest from the church rather than find our rest in the church. I didn’t even know there were other ways of going about it, I thought all you did was start a meeting and then add some midweek groups.”

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Some interesting things (to me)

Seven posts that caught my eye.

1. Bonhoeffer’s Serious Vision of Christ
2. Was the Divinity of Jesus a Late Invention of the Council of Nicea? Short answer: no.
3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Revisiting the Prophetic Work of Neil Postman
4. Is Aging a Disease You Can Reverse? A Look at the Science Behind the Longevity Movement
5. The Queen’s Gambit is the must-watch show on Netflix right now – I thought it was brilliant
6. The rise and fall and rise of British canals – I think canals needed greater restoration.
7. The Flying City: Soviet Techno-Utopian City Plan From 1928 – What vision!

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Eye-catching stuff

Man 2019 feels like a lifetime ago.

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Seven Twitter highlights

1. Trump & his twitter account are still in the White House until January. A predictive thread
2. Greta!
3. The signs of political idolatry
4. Kindly passing it on
5. Current travel options for the holidays or not
6. The first man on the moon was…
7. some Fleetwood Mac

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Something to watch

Have a great weekend.