The Curiosity Index: Week 52


Things are a bit brighter here, the gloom and clouds have blown away leaving cool, crisp days and blues skies. Winter is very different when it’s like this and makes getting out for a last few runs of the year a bit easier. Sundays roll around quick, but there’s just a chance of a few days to catch your breath, clear the decks and slow things down. I’m ready for that. So without any further ado, here’s the last Curiosity Index of 2025.

You Should Read These

Seven handpicked articles. No AI was used in the picking of these posts.

  1. Why Christianity No Longer Feels Necessary—But Might Be Again Soon
  2. Related – Two charts showing the same thing: Where People Trust Each Other Mostand Least in the World
  3. Why People Don’t Leave Social Media. Kind of relevant when lots of people will be thinking about it in a week or so.
  4. Also worth reading ahead of time: How to Execute: The Discipline of Following Through.
  5. Will the most important pop stars of the future be religious pop stars?
  6. A journey into the world’s most mysterious rainforest. Not the Amazon.
  7. Charlie Mackesy’s rules for life. I enjoyed this review by John Gray of the follow up to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
  8. New Year bonus: I love this expansion of a traditional red-painted house in Norway

You Should Look At This

COMEDY! ANIMALS! COMEDY ANIMALS!!

Dancing Gorilla Wins Top Prize in the 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards


You Should Listen To This

No reason to lose the Christmas feel just yet.


You Should Watch This

Exactly the sort of thing that you watch between Christmas and New Year. Some of these are amazing!


This Week’s Postings

One. IS. Still. Better. Than. None.


From The Archives

Pay attention to your heart folks.

God forgave His Son’s killers. God is prepared not only to forgive but to love the ones responsible for His death

Forgiving your son’s murderer

Have a great last weekend of 2025 and see you in the next one.


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