Saturday, July 24, 2021

Sermon Gate: The Outdoors Is, Indeed, Great

 

Party like it’s 2019! Lockdown-weary revellers cram into nightclubs at midnight as they finally throw open their doors after 16 months Daily Mail

Scripture, reason, and tradition


Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism Popular Science 


The Outdoors Is, Indeed, Great

Brain science, and gardening!



The inside story of a Covid cluster in an Irish restaurant Irish Times. Lots of hygiene theatre, no coverage of ventilation, miserable absentee management, workers and public kept in the dark. Makes me wonder how Bourdain would have reacted.


Stonehenge: Did ancient ‘machine’ move stones from Wales? BBC 


Aussie Millennials Were Shaped By These 21 Films, But Gen Z Won't Even Recognise Them


A key witness has broken their silence on the 1975 disappearance and suspected murder of Juanita Nielsen.

After almost two decades, Loretta Crawford, the last known person to see Juanita Nielsen alive, has spoken to Ms Nielsen's family as part of the ABC's true crime podcast, Unravel.

Did Juanita Nielsen try to blackmail crime boss Abe Saffron?


A girl wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes dances in a puddle after heavy rain during celebrations of the Kupala night in Pyrohiv, near Kyiv, on July 6. During the celebration, an ancient Slavic ritual related to the summer solstice, people wear wreaths, jump over fires, and bathe naked in rivers and lakes.


A girl wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes dances in a puddle after heavy rain during celebrations of the Kupala night in Pyrohiv, near Kyiv, on July 6. During the celebration, an ancient Slavic ritual related to the summer solstice, people wear wreaths, jump over fires, and bathe naked in rivers and lakes.
7A girl wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes dances in a puddle after heavy rain during celebrations of the Kupala night in Pyrohiv, near Kyiv, on July 6. During the celebration, an ancient Slavic ritual related to the summer solstice, people wear wreaths, jump over fires, and bathe naked in rivers and lakes.



















Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
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Richard Bach

Author Richard Bach wrote several bestselling books in the 1970s, many of which were semi-autobiographical and pulled from his own career as an aviator and Navy pilot. While most of his stories center on the experience of flying, with this quote Bach speaks to us about friendship and love, and the power of giving. He notes that a gift from a friend is more than the object being gifted: The thought behind it is an expression of love, because it’s a genuine wish for you to be happy.