Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/our-miserable-21st-century/ We already knew from other sources (such as BLS “time use” surveys) that the overwhelming majority of the prime-age men in this un-working army generally don’t “do civil society” (charitable work, religious activities, volunteering), or for that matter much … Continue reading →

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2017/02/24/the-pastor-and-depression/

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/02/what-well-tolerate-and-what-we-wont

http://blog.samaltman.com/what-i-heard-from-trump-supporters “You all can defeat Trump next time, but not if you keep mocking us, refusing to listen to us, and cutting us out.  It’s Republicans, not Democrats, who will take Trump down.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/theres-enough-time-to-change-everything/517209/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/scheidel-great-leveler-inequality-violence/517164/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/troublerofisrael/2017/02/is-genesis-history-is-not-your-dads-creationism/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims

I’m back in the lectionary this week and the text of the Transfiguration is next. This is a VERY big deal in the Orthodox tradition, less so in the West. The transfiguration story has had an especially intensive influence in … Continue reading →

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/december/title-ix-lives-of-christian-colleges-cccu-exemptions.html