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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. The First Church of Intersectionality<\/span><\/a> (Elizabeth C. Corey, First Things): \u201cIntersectionality is, then, a quasi-religious gnostic movement, which appeals to people for precisely the reasons that all religions do: It gives an account of our brokenness, an explanation of the reasons for pain, a saving story accompanied by strong ethical imperatives, and hope for the future. In short, it gives life meaning.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Nondicrimination For All<\/span><\/a> (Jonathan Rauch, National Affairs): \u201cThe landmark civil-rights bills that broke the back of racial segregation in the 1960s were not absolutist. They provided exemptions for religious organizations. They exempted \u2018Mrs. Murphy,\u2019 the landlady renting a room in her own house. At the time, civil-rights advocates in Congress made the pragmatic argument that exemptions were needed to pass the bill, but they also made the politically principled argument that exceptions would increase social comfort with the legislation while still covering the vast majority of cases\u2005\u2014\u2005a trade they deemed worth making\u2026. In fact, the pop-culture ideal of zero-tolerance nondiscrimination is possible only <\/span>because<\/span><\/i> of the underlying reality of ubiquitous accommodation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The Wasted Mind of Ben Sasse<\/a> (Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate): \u201cWhat is most maddening about Sasse is not his party fealty per se\u2014I\u2019m not expecting a Republican senator to support left-wing policies; that\u2019s not the standard we should hold him to\u2014but the way he has outlined the basis for a path he has yet to take himself.\u201d This is more partisan than most things I share, but since I highlighted Sasse as one of my two favorite Senators back in issue 107<\/a> it seems appropriate. I still like both Sasse and Booker, by the way.<\/li>\n
  4. Some questions I\u2019m asking while off to my white evangelical church<\/span><\/a> (Lisa Robinson, personal blog): \u201c<\/span>Has all this attention on white supremacy maybe pushed down central issues to being part of the kingdom of God together, with its discipleship mandates and being salt and light in the world? Because it seems to me, based on what I read in Scripture anyway, that only through him can true reconciliation happen.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Meet Five Men Who All Think They\u2019re The Messiah<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>Jonas <\/span>Bendiksen<\/span>, National Geographic)  \u201c<\/span>If Christ were to come back to complete his work today, I\u2019ve thought, what would he think of the world we\u2019ve created? And what would we think of him? With these thoughts tumbling around in my head, I decided to start looking for messiahs. I found them the way you find everything these days: through Google.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. \u201cMainline\u201d Churches Are Emptying. The Political Effects Could Be Huge<\/span><\/a> (Lyman Stone, Vox): \u201c<\/span>While progressives are keen to see in the decline of labor unions an important component in the rise of conservative political power, they rarely consider the impact of losing their movement\u2019s soul. Despite mainline denominations commanding as much or more popular support and membership as labor unions, their decline seems to be unmourned within the progressive movement they birthed; the consequences of that decline likewise go unconsidered.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Getting the Rich and Powerful to Give<\/span><\/a> (SSRN, Kessler, Milkman & Zhang): \u201cConsistent with past psychology research, we find that the rich and powerful respond dramatically, and differently than others, to being given a sense of agency over the use of donated funds. Gifts from rich and powerful alumni increase by 200\u2013300 percent when they are given a sense of agency.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n