{"id":3962,"date":"2016-03-04T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:51:29","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/03\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-39","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fridays I share articles\/resources I have found helpful recently in thinking about broader cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. This is the research paper behind the story I shared in my sermon this week: <\/span>Spontaneous Human Speech Mimicry By A Cetacean<\/span><\/a> (Current Biology), a readable summary is <\/span>The Whale Who Talked<\/span><\/a> (Nature) and to hear it yourself, here is <\/span>a one minute YouTube video about Noc.<\/span><\/a> (the video describes his voice as kazoolike, which is apt).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. How The Church Helps Black Men Flourish In America<\/span><\/a> (Wilcox and Wolfinger, The <\/span>Atlantic): \u201cThe black church\u2019s success validates the cultural arguments made by conservatives and the structural arguments made by liberals regarding race in America.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Who Are The Gay Evangelicals?<\/span><\/a> (Molly Worthen, NY Times):  \u201c<\/span>In an era when gay marriage is legal and a range of gay Christians are modeling different ways to reconcile sexuality and faith, are the decisions of young believers like Lanira Postell still a result of coercion and confused self-hatred? I asked her what she thought about those liberal critics who might think so. \u2018I understand where they\u2019re coming from, that to them what I\u2019m doing doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u2019 she said. \u2018That\u2019s why being a Christian is not common. It\u2019s weird. It is unnatural for me to deny myself what I desire, but I do it because of the love of God.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Are You A Feminist If You Always Let Him Pay?<\/span><\/a> (Amanda Fitzsimmons, Elle): definitely not written from a Christian perspective. I found it fascinating throughout and insightful at points. \u201c\u2026of all the myriad reasons I\u2019ve entertained as to why a guy didn\u2019t call me or a friend back (and, believe me, I\u2019ve not lacked for creativity in this area), the fact that we didn\u2019t offer to pay the bill never once occurred to me.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. As the election draws ever closer, some stimulating content:<\/span>\n