Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 79 (April 2015)

by quaesitor

Sacred Treasure

Emma describes how she and her husband Phil found themselves planting a church in Stockholm
Cranmer has a bold but perceptive take on the Phobia culture that we find ourselves in
Google CFO retires with an important challenge about work/life balance

This is really important: 7 lessons from an evangelical scholar working in the secular academy (Thomas Oden)
This is great for Greek geeks! Robert Plummer on why we shouldn’t read too much into the different words for love.
Tim Wyatt makes an important, if provocative point about female lust and double standards
Some rather amazing children’s books about those childhood (and adulthood, for that matter) taboos, grief and death
Ian Paul asks if Tom Wright’s ‘Paul’ is convincing and follows it up with another critique here

Great tribute to the great Mark Doyle who is retiring after decades of reporting on Africa for the BBC
The candidates in the Israeli elections in March were a bit of a mystery to me – so this is a helpful overview – puts Bibi’s victory into some perspective.
5 Myths about Creativity exposed; and Roald Dahl on how illness emboldens creativity
Wouldn’t university education be so different if grading was done like this
The internet of things is coming…
This is an astonishing innovation: I can’t believe it’s not sunlight
Would be great – London’s disused tunnels could become cycle-paths; and while we’re on London, some proposals for a brand new footbridge across the Thames.

These Gravestones of Russian Mafia in Yekaterinberg are astonishing. Their menace and swagger seems to outlive them!
Rather wonderful – 100 artists in their studios
What’s not to like about these biodegradable coffee cups with seeds already embedded?!
40 great pranks for the cubicled workers
The amazing world of underwater creation in timelapse