First for social justice: Trade As One. Do something with your discretionary funds that will help those who are living out the true horrors of human existence. The answer to this is not, I believe, to merely throw money at the poor (the liberal response), nor to ignore them (the conservative response), but to incorporate the least of these into the very systems which have brought so many of us such great relief and good in our earthly careers. For someone like me, the journals are the most enticing. But for God’s sake, make choices for the benefit of real men and women.

Secondly: Candy for your brain. Bart Ehrman and NT Wright talking theodicy; there are few discussions among men (=humankind, a word I wish would not have supplanted wer) that I would find more provoking, stimulating, or satisfying. Not satisfying in the sense that it solves any problem, but satisfying in the sense that an excellently cooked meal is satisfying.