Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 36 (September 2011)

Sorry for the delay and somewhat truncated list this time – just back from holiday. But Q is due back on track v soon!

Sacred Treasure

• “Greed given a spiritual name”: a great, if brief, PBS interview with Eugene Peterson on many things (incl prosperity gospel).
• It is now only a matter of time before another of the 20th Century Church’s greats follows his friend John Stott to glory – here is Billy Graham on facing the end of life.

• Mark Thompson offers a thorough rebuttal of many of the criticisms of Sydney Anglicanism in a recent book.
• Cristina Odone on the current parliamentary hoo-ha about abortion.

Topical Treasure

• A radical approach to parking infringements.
• The obvious question – ‘how did he get away with it?’ A photographer chronicles British organised crime.
• And while we’re on photography, here are some very poignant photographs taken by Esther Bubley in the USA during the 2nd World War

Quirky Treasure

• This is an amazing street level tromp l’oeil
• Happy Feet gets freed
• The art of the pithy Twitter hashtag
• Bonkers but fun – the many guises of Johnny Depp
• Some crucial lessons on leaders, followers and guts – from the dancing guy (HT Philip deG-W)