{"id":4727,"date":"2017-10-13T21:54:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:54:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:54:01","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/10\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>I knew the fires north of us were bad, but this floored me: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/10\/10\/us\/california-wildfires-drone-footage.html?smid=tw-share\">Seen From Above: California Fires Reduced Entire Communities to Ash<\/a> (Josh Haner, Troy Griggs and Anjali Singhvi, New York&nbsp;Times).&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/abcarian\/la-me-abcarian-sonoma-fire-20171012-htmlstory.html\">They survived six hours in a pool as a wildfire burned their neighborhood to the ground<\/a> (Robin Abcarian, LA Times): \u201cShe had tucked her phone into her shoe at the pool\u2019s edge. When she saw it next, it had melted.\u201d I was wondering if this would be an effective survival strategy when I stumbled upon this article.<\/li>\n<li>If you intend to make a donation to help the survivors, I recommend you give through&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/convoyofhope.org\/donate\">Convoy of Hope<\/a>, a faith-based compassion organization that excels at disaster-relief and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&amp;orgid=7276\">an outstanding rating on Charity Navigator<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/10\/a-sneak-peek-at-new-survey-data-on-free-speech\/542028\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America\u2019s Many Divides Over Free Speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An under-appreciated feature of the First Amendment is that even as it assures that almost everyone will hear that which offends them, it spares the country lots of thorny policy fights over speech and expression that would divide an already-polarized country deeply along partisan and racial lines.\u201d This article is full of fascinating statistics. Highly recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2017\/october\/what-trump-religious-liberty-guidance-does-sessions-doj.html\">6 Things Trump\u2019s Religious Liberty Memo Does (and Doesn\u2019t) Do<\/a> (Kate Shellnut, Christianity Today): \u201cWhile critics have characterized such protections as a \u2018license\u2019 to discriminate, religious liberty experts state that the memo\u2014while a major move\u2014does not do everything that advocates have hoped or that opponents have feared.\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2017\/october\/anti-christian-bias-richer-evangelicals-persecution-complex.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Anti-Christian Bias Hasn\u2019t Grown. It\u2019s Just Gotten Richer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kate Shellnut, Christianity Today): \u201cSociologist George Yancey analyzed 30-plus years of data to track approval ratings for evangelical and fundamentalist Christians. His big takeaway: What has changed is not the number of Americans who dislike conservative Christians, but which Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories\">From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein\u2019s Accusers Tell Their Stories<\/a> (Ronan Farrow, New Yorker): This is super-disturbing. I include it only in case you have not heard of the wicked events because the next few entries require an awareness of both the charges and their severity.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/07\/opinion\/sunday\/harvey-weinstein-harassment-liberals.html?_r=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pigs of Liberalism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cConsent alone is not a sufficient guide to ethics\u2026. Older rules of moral restraint were broader for a reason. If your culture\u2019s code is libertine, don\u2019t be surprised that worse things than libertinism flourish.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-integrity-of-harvey-weinstein-work\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Integrity of Harvey Weinstein\u2019s Work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cArtists are very rarely saints, but that does not compromise the worth of the work that they do. Purging his name from the artistic record is an injustice not simply to Harvey Weinstein, but to the truth. We cannot allow ourselves to get into the habit of lying about history for moral reasons. This is corrupt. Yes, this involves standing up for Harvey Weinstein, but more than that, it involves standing up for the&nbsp;truth.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/10\/12\/weinstein-contract-the-weinstein-company-sexual-harassment-firing-illegal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvey Weinstein Contract With TWC Allowed For Sexual Harassment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;(TMZ): Wow. You\u2019d think the board would say, \u201cThat\u2019s an oddly specific provision to add to the contract. Why are you so keen on&nbsp;this?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/bluesky\/originals\/ct-bsi-why-we-sleep-matt-walker-20171003-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productive on six hours of sleep? You\u2019re deluding yourself, expert says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Keri Wiginton, Chicago Tribune): \u201cIf you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more sleep that is needed.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2017\/oct\/05\/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Our minds can be hijacked\u2019: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Paul Lewis, The Guardian): <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRosenstein purchased a new iPhone and instructed his assistant to set up a parental-control feature to prevent him from downloading any apps. He was particularly aware of the allure of Facebook \u2018likes\u2019, which he describes as \u2018bright dings of pseudo-pleasure\u2019 that can be as hollow as they are seductive. And Rosenstein should know: he was the Facebook engineer who created the \u2018like\u2019 button in the first&nbsp;place.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/boy-scouts-allow-old-men-cub-scouts-program\/\">Boy Scouts To Allow Old Men Into Cub Scouts Program<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/75gaz6\/not_quite_as_predicted\/\">When science makes everyone confused and angry<\/a> (reddit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/1901\/\">Logical<\/a> &nbsp;(xkcd) \u2014 I am amused at how often I see science-loving people advocating unscientific solutions to problems. The mouseover on this one is particularly funny (but maybe just funny if you\u2019ve been in the same debates as I&nbsp;have).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pentagon-safety-measure-requires-president-identify-nation-map-nuking\/\">Pentagon Safety Measure Requires President To Identify Nation On Map Before Nuking It<\/a> (Babylon Bee): in related news, Stanford students will be required to identify a nation on a map before having opinions about US foreign policy towards them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/justintaylor\/2016\/08\/09\/how-can-i-learn-to-receive-and-give-criticism-in-light-of-the-cross\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Can I Learn To Receive \u2013 And Give \u2013 Criticism In Light Of The Cross?<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Justin Taylor, Gospel Coalition): \u201cA believer is one who identifies with all that God affirms and condemns in Christ\u2019s crucifixion. In other words, in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judgment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of me; and in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">justification<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of me. Both have a radical impact on how we take and give criticism.\u201d This is based on a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker-ministries.mybigcommerce.com\/content\/The%20Cross%20and%20Criticism.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">longer article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4 page PDF). (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-63\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 63<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n<p>Archives at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting I knew the fires north of us were bad, but this floored me: Seen From \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/10\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 122\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Nor Cal fires, the Weinstein wickedness, free speech, freedom of religion,  and other engaging things.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[152,126,138,147,213,214],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-free-speech","tag-persecution","tag-religious-freedom","tag-sexual-assault","tag-sleep","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ef","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","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=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4731,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}