An open letter to Dawn French 💙🔴🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 Dear Dawn, I have watched the video that you posted about the war between Hamas and Israel. You are entitled to your view of course and I am sympathetic to the plight of ordinary Gazans who did not participate or endorse the terrorist attacks of

Fascinating decision. How many people were involved making this real? Who took the decisions, and which people were complicit? Innsbruck, Austria

Juan Soto has reached base safely in all six of his plate appearances today. It's the first time in his career Soto has been on base six times. He's 3-for-3 with three walks and three runs scored.

20 games over .500 for the 1st time since 2022. Soto is on an absolute heater. DP throws a CG SO & the pitching is off the charts. And your New York Mets have the best record in baseball. Cinema in Queens. A summer & fall for the ages ahead. #LGM

Perceptive insight from Peter Lee: "Entering the ark, therefore, was a picture of the death experience. The ark was a floating coffin, a sanctuary in which God sealed his people. Once judgment had passed, their disembarkation was a picture of resurrection." thegospelcoalition.org/article/closer…

.Andrew Wilson on the problem of superfluous happiness. (It’s the mirror image of the much more famous problem of evil, which contemporary people are generally more aware of.) Put simply, there’s a lot more joy in this world than there needs to be. thegospelcoalition.org/article/where-…

I am glad our story will be told, and told well. Part of justice for Smyth victims ( who got no justice for Smyth, or for many of the church figures who failed) is just having the story told, making people aware of abuse and institutional failings. channel4.com/press/news/cha…

The man who reimagined the city: farewell to Léon Krier... a brief note from Nicholas Boys Smith "I am very saddened to learn of Léon Krier’s death. He is probably the most consequential urban & architectural thinker of our era. Only Jane Jacobs & Christopher Alexander can compete...

Luxembourg architect and theorist Leon Krier passed away. The designer of Poundbury, among several other renowned urban projects, Leon Krier was a catalyst for the neo-traditional movements, exerting a decisive influence on New Urbanism in the States.

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I'm grateful to Spence Spencer for interviewing me about Helen Roseveare. I loved working on this book from Christian Focus. Check out the interview to find out who shouldn't read Roseveare's books. thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/roseve…

“To lose the scar of knowledge is to renew the wound.” — Wendell Berry

A helpful exposition of Hebrews 2's exposition of Psalm 8: crossway.org/articles/what-… Thank you, Daniel Stevens

Somerset, England, sounding like Tehran

"In the most joyous times, we often feel the stab of passing time." Brandon Cooper Just a beautiful reflection from Brandon Cooper.

Wonderful to meet Wimbledon icon Martina Navratilova at the ladies’ final today. A tennis champion whose courage and clarity has been second to none in recognising that biological sex matters in sport 🙌 She stood firm when others looked the other way. Was an honour to meet her!

Home libraries are the best parenting hack.

Very grateful to Mere Orthodoxy for publishing my review of “Christ in the Rubble” by Munther Isaac. Palestinian Christians and Israeli Messianic Jews (Jewish Christians) find unity difficult. I explore how things might change for the better. mereorthodoxy.com/christ-in-the-…

I wrote a poem… thegospelcoalition.org/article/praise…

Evyatar David's brother speaks to the world: "Evyatar is my brother. His fear in those dark tunnels haunts me, it invades my dreams. Hamas is deliberately and systematically starving him. It scars the very soul of humanity." This must go viral. The world must see the truth.💔🎗️