In part, today’s Treasure Map will be brought to you by men with bushy, grey beards…
Sacred Treasure
- Tim Cooper has a fascinating insight into why the great Puritan contemporaries, John Owen and Richard Baxter, didn’t like each other.
- I’d never heard of Bishop V. S. Azariah of India before. But my colleague Paul Windsor has taken a deep dive into his legacy. Truly remarkable man.
- The relevance of Michael Kruger’s refreshing piece on the desperate need for curiosity in the US church extends far beyond its borders
- Esme Partridge has a fascinating piece of how the analysis of the Turin Shroud points to emerging convergence in the age-old tussles between science and religion.
- I met Ashley Null years ago but had no idea he is involved in Sports Chaplaincy. This letter to Olympic athletes is excellent.
- Nathaniel Peters has a super piece at Public Discourse: Why Should a Christian Study the Humanities?
Topical Treasure
- Kevin Hargaden reflects on the 30th anniversary of the IRA’s ceasefire in Northern Ireland and how it laid the ground for the miracle of the Good Friday Agreement
- Terry Eagleton on how both Trump and Biden are trying to avoid the inevitable: our mortality
- So it transpires that Stonehenge is actually SCOTTISH!
Quirky Treasure
- Some stunning, evocative monochrome images from photographer Helena Georgiou
- 35 of the funniest Olympic Memes
- Photographs from a vanished world: Evelyn Richter captures street life in East Germany
- Just loved this story about Lord Sainsbury’s recovered letter in the National Gallery
