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- D. G. Hart and John Muether, “Turning Points in American Presbyterian History”
- Peter Schickele died on January 16.
- A reminder about the importance of living life with “in-person” people.
- Fish and Ships: Zach Purvis takes us to sixteenth-century Brazil with French Reformed missionary Jean de Léry.
- How to prevent someone from stealing your iCloud account.
- What are we eating in ancient Roman Palestine?
- This internet train station will get you to some of the more interesting and fun parts of the web.
- Help for those who have a hard time telling people about Jesus.
- What does it take to develop your own ideas/style/taste? Answers from the world of watercolor.
- Tucson 1: Wow. This photo of Adam Sandler playing basketball at the McKale Center is amazing.
- Tucson 2: A video of a coyote howling on top a Mustang went viral this week. It’s cool. Next time, make the Mustang a horse instead of a car.
- Honoring the “Weaker Vessel”: explanation and advice
- Music: The Incomparable Bola Sete by Bola Sete.
- Learn about Theo Global. I’m excited to see what they do in 2024.
- AI hallucinations are not a problem. (Via Tyler Cowen)
- Fredx3: 18 Theses on the Father and the Son
Wavelength has an Android app available now. They are polishing the app and asking for feedback. I hope they can get things working smoothly soon. Having access to both Apple and Android users makes Wavelength much more useful.
Selfie-portrait! 🤓🎨 This was a fun change of pace this evening. I liked painting the blue so much I decided to put the cactus in the border instead of the background.
Among liberals, there’s just way higher levels of anxiety. The only level of religious attendance where that abates is those liberals who attend religious services every week. Conservatives are just less mentally anxious, and that goes even lower when it comes to those who attend monthly or more.
Ryan Burge writes about this and other interesting stats in “Political Ideology, Religious Attendance And Mental Illness.”
I Rode El Burrito Sabanero All December: 5 Things I Learned
If you’re looking for a good commentary on Revelation, you already have one if you have an ESV Study Bible. The notes on Revelation are written by Dr. Dennis E. Johnson, former NT Professor at Westminster Seminary California and author of Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation.
The bats were out at sunset doing BMX tricks. So cool. The artist is Stephen Fairfield. 🚲
🔗 55 years ago today, Tucson’s Frank Borman saw ‘Earthrise’
As they circled the moon, they read from the Book of Genesis in a live telecast from the orbiter:
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
Borman ended the broadcast with, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth.”
We haven’t gone full Winterhaven yet, but the new Christmas lights we got from Costco are working great, and we love all the decorations in our neighborhood.
Listening to Navidades: Luis Miguel. What a singer! If only the album cover had less cheese rizz. 🎵
Is Bach the greatest achiever of all time? He’s certainly one of the most inspiring.
Currently reading: Scribes and Scripture by John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry. I’m doing this with some others. If you want to read and then join a lunchtime book discussion on December 7 from 12-1pm (MST), I can send you a link. 📚