Today, Reuben has made Top Trumps cards for all of the kings of Israel and Judah, with the categories "Reign", "Strength", "Support" and "Faith Rating" Feel free to visit The Manse if you want a game

FINALLY the UK has some kind of age verification for online pornography. There are obvious issues with implementation, but I'm hopeful this will be one step towards a healthier online environment for both children and adults bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Glad to have this published with Affinity 'An Evangelical Case for Creation Care.' affinity.org.uk/social-issues/…

We’ve reached 1914 in my journey of reading one crime novel for each year of the 20th century! Here are the three most recent reads: bit.ly/MurderAtTheMan…

“There is one chink in the chain-armour of civilised communities. Society is conducted on the assumption that murder will not be committed.” - The Spectator, 28 May 1910

MONDAY QUIZ Which English county did Dorothy L. Sayers once describe with these words: "It is as cold, bleak and stony a county as one could wish to find - very bracing, no doubt, but (I should think) uncommonly disagreeable in the winter."

Congratulations to Phil Butcher, who correctly guessed the answer as Derbyshire

Out blackberrying this afternoon. Our children have started imposing a 50% Blackberry Tax on anything Hannah and I collect, which doesn't seem entirely just.

Always good to read a crime novel that starts with a glossary of Welsh terms

Today on Murder at the Manse, we explore some of the correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers, including her advice on the correct way to pick up a snake: bit.ly/MurderAtTheMan…

When you have to quickly finish your tub of sweets so you have a container for blackberrying

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Just a quick picture of our family culinary project from Saturday:

It's a very good book!

Things churches should do more often #387: Encourage children to join prayer meetings

Holiday time = reading time. Here are reviews of two of the books I read on my non-work week last week: bit.ly/MurderAtTheMan…

One year ago today: