Sacred Treasure
- Philip Jenkins is a widely respected and important Church Historian. His recent blog is fascinating and chilling … How America’s Late Imperial Wars Reshaped Religion at Home
- 5 things the global church tha the western church tends not to… if such vast generalisations are possible, of course.
- My boss Paul was back in Cochabamba, Bolivia a couple of weeks ago (where we had our 2024 team meetings earlier in the year, as it happens) and visited this fascinating painted chapel. Just wow.
- My now annual repost of Ian Paul’s annual repost of why Jesus was NOT born in a stable post.
Topical Treasure
- Banish the thought of Feliz Navidad and Whatever Maria Carey wants for Christmas forever with this EXCELLENT Earworm antidote
- Is this the start of something big: the year of the underconsumer?
- If you’re a sucker for a good infographic or chart like me, then you should definitely check in with Visual Capitalist on a regular basis…
- How the Korean War very nearly brought on a nuclear war
- Why Prepping for the End times is so quintessentially AMERICAN
- Some truly splendid bird photography from Tom Nickels
Quirky Treasure
- This has to be the future now that potholes seem to be breeding – HT to one Jim ‘The Pothole Picasso’ Bachor.
- This is about as niche as it gets: for cryptic crossword nuts only: When does a Cryptic become a work of Genius
- Lego (by the way the plural of Lego is LEGO) like you’ve never seen it (nor will): Lego sets generated by AI (so it DOES have a use after all) and then there’s Part 2
- You want to know How the last 747 in the Qantas fleet signed off? Of course you do.
One Response
Totally fascinating as always! I loved Philip Jenkins book as I do everything he writes. Your mix of sacred and topical is wonderful!