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

The Week’s Postings

Monday: Coronavirus
Wednesday: This is injustice
Thursday: Everyone else’s favourite books of the year lists
Friday: My 2021 reading list from everyone’s 2020 reading lists

Related Reading

• The Covid-19 vaccine will need to have a flawless PR strategy
• A Liturgy During a Pandemic

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From the archives

Thankfulness: “The message is clear, be thankful, be thankful, be thankful. Just after I graduated from teacher training a friend and I travelled round Europe by train one summer. One of the habits we cultivated on the many train journeys was to ‘count our blessings’. It’s a good habit.”

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Some interesting things (to me)

Seven posts that caught my eye.

1. Atheism’s Empty Soul by Alan Shlemon
2. Toby Ziegler on Counting the Commandments. It’s so good to see Liam Thatcher blogging again.
3. Despite COVID-19, Evangelicals Mobilize for Mission in Europe
4. Eric Metaxas and the losing of the evangelical mind
5. Why Sweden struggles to curb gang violence
6. The psychology behind ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’ – I have been known to do this.
7. 30+ Tricks, Games, and Stunts to Entertain Your Kids on Long, Dark Winter Nights

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Eye-catching stuff

The beauty of starling murmurations – in pictures. Amazing.

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Seven Twitter highlights

1. What keeps boys & men out of the criminal justice system
2. Do not advocate justice and forget kindness
3. Break out the tissues
4. Jesus v Horus debunked
5. When the wife isn’t looking
6. A chameleon climbing some colouring pencils
7. Old whales

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Something to watch

The 50th Anniversary of the Iconic Exploding Whale

Have a great weekend.