Family Christmas in the Derbyshire Dales. It’s been lovely, windy and exhausting. Still a few more days to go when we leave. We’ve had erratic internet access the whole time but I picked up an eSim for the rest of our stay here. Still, even that doesn’t always provide access! The process was great though, still not as good as the old EU roaming was but better than high roaming fees.

A new sketchnote summary of an article on 8 ways to end imposter syndrome for good.

A sketchnote of Nick Wignall’s article 8 Ways to end imposter syndrome for good.

We took the kids to see Bluet live at the Southbank Centre. Amazing production and the kids had a great time.

A theory: Christian Nationalists view their country (primarily the US, but also UK, others) as Israel pre-exile. Non christian nationalists view their countries as Babylon and themselves in exile.

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” ― Benjamin Franklin

The word Life made up of the word time written over and over again.

Good morning from the UK 🇬🇧

On imposter syndrome

Two pictures of people at a party. One shows one person thinking “I don’t belong here” and a headline (what it feels like) and the other shows everyone thinking the same thought and rhetoric headline “reality”.

Very excited to be flying into the UK tomorrow.

I wonder if I could put together a London micro blog Meetup in the new year…

Possible historical theology question to explore: are there common ways powerful groups view the Bible and do they contrasts with how weak groups do? For example, their interpretation of romans 13 or the importance they give to romans 13 compared to other passages.

Just me?

A chart that shows productivity is inversely proportional to the number of browser tabs you have open.

I’m trying the pomodorro technique again today. When I first used it 10+ years ago, it was to get me to actually sit and write, now it’s to make sure I take breaks (rather than half working and half breaking at once). Let’s see how it goes.

Something im working on for next week. Not sure it’s quite right (may take out the headings?)Might reread some parts of 4000 weeks too. This is basically about how talking about work-life balance isn’t great because work is still life and it can actually cause more burnout.

Two calendars. One with work and life appointments. The other with just life representing the issue of work life balance.

Assignment on the OT references in Matthew’s account of Jesus' temptation…done! Time for an evening off before getting to work on my final hermeneutics class assignment. A paper on Jonah.

Looks like the kids illness has got to me. Send lemsip!

The IVP bible background commentary (2nd edition) points out that Jesus being led into the wilderness is a common recitation of YHWH leading the Israelites, to which Keener cites Is 63:14 as an example. All good, but he doesn’t mention that Deut. 8:2 (the verse prior to the first verse that Jesus quotes) says that very thing. I would have thought this would be great to highlight as it ads extra depth to the passage as echoing how Jesus faced the same trials but came through faithfully.

“We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting on experience.”

A pithy summary of some of John Dewey’s work (but it seems never actually said by him)

Whole family is ill except* me. This is the darkest timeline.

*I only have a mild headache and no fever.

My sketchy idea newsletter is back. Trying a new, shorter format.

Oh and I’m trying a short sketchy advent devotional too. which you might like. (My goal for those is one a week. I kind of wish I had gone for more of an advent candle theme.

The first draft is always perfect

“Every first draft is perfect because all the first draft has to do is exist. It's perfect in its existence. The only way it could be imperfect would be to NOT exist.”&10;― Jane Smiley

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