The Curiosity Index: Week 46


Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote anything on this blog. Sometimes things just run away from me and if I have spent a lot of time writing other things then I rarely feel like writing some more here. Hey ho. But things look a little more manageable the next few weeks. He says. Hope you’re doing well.

You Should Read These

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

  1. African Christianity Thrived, Long Before White Men Arrived. This fact needs more airtime.
  2. Coffeehouse Christianity. Important distinction here between informal and casual. Also a bear-garden is exactly what it sounds like.
  3. The Gates of Hell. Good stuff from Tim Suffield.
  4. Consciousness May Emerge Before We’re Even Born, Evidence Shows. Surprise, surprise.
  5. Why Spotify is betting big on the booming audiobooks industry. I probably now ‘read’ more books by listening to them than I do ‘more ‘reading’ them
  6. Charted: Marvel’s Box Office Rise (and Fall?)
  7. And I’m with Alan Jacobs on this one. Very envious.

You Should Look At This

Winners From the 2023 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest – Although the title is a bit of a misnomer. The photos are from everywhere, it’s the photographer who is European.


You Should Listen To This

Your weekend dose of chill


You Should Watch This

I’m in awe of these elite marathon runners and I think Kiptum could be the first!


This Week’s Postings

Nada. Zip. Zilch. Nothing. Ingenting.


From The Archives

This fundamental & to be frank, brutal honesty by each person in their open confession of their most glaring struggle set a tone of incredible acceptance. Churches should take note. We are in the confession of sin business but so often we get in our own way and adopt attitudes which hinder people from being so honest. I know I’m not the first person to make such an observation but it still struck me forcibly. James 5:16 is a practice that too often goes unobserved but the call to confess & pray is clear. The path to holiness runs through the gate of confession.

What I Learned From Going To An AA Meeting

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