{"id":3823,"date":"2015-06-26T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2015-09-05T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T20:14:59","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors <i>\u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d<\/i> (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal and soci\u00adetal issues (be sure to see the dis\u00adclaimer at the bot\u00adtom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Heads up: in light of today\u2019s Supreme Court deci\u00adsion I\u2019ll like\u00adly include some arti\u00adcles about mar\u00adriage and same-sex rela\u00adtion\u00adships in next Fri\u00adday\u2019s update. If you see any\u00adthing you find help\u00adful, please send it my way.<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From the ongo\u00ading reflec\u00adtions on Charleston depart\u00adment:<a href=\"http:\/\/douthat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/06\/23\/persecution-and-the-black-church\/?_r=0\"> Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion and the Black Church<\/a> (Ross Douthat, NY Times) \u2014 Douthat is a NY Times colum\u00adnist who con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly talks about issues of faith (he is a devout Catholic).<\/li>\n<li>These next two arti\u00adcle\u00adsare linked in that they are about peo\u00adple dri\u00adven by their Chris\u00adt\u00adian faith. One is an out\u00adspo\u00adken lib\u00ader\u00adal and the oth\u00ader an out\u00adspo\u00adken con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive. If you only have time to read about one, read about the one you prob\u00ada\u00adbly dis\u00adagree with.\n<ul>\n<li>From the pos\u00adsi\u00adble Chris\u00adt\u00adian role mod\u00adel (lib\u00ader\u00adal) depart\u00adment:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/kirsten-powers-an-antiabortion-antiwar-liberal-working-for-fox-news\/2015\/06\/17\/65231060-054d-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html\"> Kirsten Pow\u00aders is an antiabor\u00adtion, anti\u00adwar evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal who works for Fox News. Got a prob\u00adlem with that?<\/a> (Kris\u00adsah Thomp\u00adson, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): If you don\u2019t know who Kirsten Pow\u00aders is, you should<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2013\/november\/fox-news-highly-reluctant-jesus-follower-kirsten-powers.html\"> read about her con\u00adver\u00adsion to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From the pos\u00adsi\u00adble Chris\u00adt\u00adian role mod\u00adel (con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive) depart\u00adment:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/29\/prison-revolt\"> Prison Revolt<\/a> (Bill Keller, The New York\u00ader): It\u2019s always a pleas\u00adant sur\u00adprise when an arti\u00adcle in The New York\u00ader quotes Scrip\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the back\u00adsto\u00adry depart\u00adment:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2015\/6\/16\/the-palestinian-bds-movement-getting-a-handle-on-it-ahead-of-deadline\"> Pales\u00adtin\u00adian BDS Move\u00adment: Get\u00adting a Han\u00addle on a Com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded Sto\u00adry Ahead of Dead\u00adline<\/a> (Ira Rifkin,GetReligion): this is an arti\u00adcle for jour\u00adnal\u00adists help\u00ading them pre\u00adpare for cov\u00ader\u00adage of the Boy\u00adcott, Divest\u00adment, and Sanc\u00adtions move\u00adment as it comes to the aware\u00adness of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pub\u00adlic (it hit Stan\u00adford last year, as you no doubt recall).\n<ul>\n<li>Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, it\u2019s real\u00adly hard to get a good under\u00adstand\u00ading of this or of most top\u00adics relat\u00aded to Israel, espe\u00adcial\u00adly as it con\u00adnects to Pales\u00adtine. For an eye-open\u00ading (and dis\u00admay\u00ading) expe\u00adri\u00adence, read<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/11\/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story\/383262\/\"> What The Media Gets Wrong About Israel<\/a> (Mat\u00adtie Fried\u00adman, The Atlantic).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the Chi Alpha world\u00adwide depart\u00adment:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/article\/couple-reacts-negative-comments-bouquet-photo\"> Geor\u00adgia Cou\u00adple Defend Their Love After Bou\u00adquet Self\u00adie Gets Neg\u00ada\u00adtive Com\u00adments: Our Rela\u00adtion\u00adship \u2018Is Not About Looks\u2019<\/a> (Caitlin Keat\u00ading, Peo\u00adple): I include this only because it is about two Chi Alpha stu\u00addent lead\u00aders at Colum\u00adbus State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, which I know because I know their cam\u00adpus pas\u00adtor. On a relat\u00aded note \u2014 if you are ever in the news please feel free to wear your Chi Alpha t\u2011shirt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass<a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"> the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 5\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[120,133,116],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-famous-christians","tag-middle-east","tag-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-ZF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}