{"id":4889,"date":"2018-03-23T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T23:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2018-03-23T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T23:56:46","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/03\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-144","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 144"},"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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/03\/19\/upshot\/race-class-white-and-black-men.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, Adam Pearce And Kevin Quealy, NY Times): \u201cThe authors, including the Stanford economist Raj Chetty and two census researchers, Maggie R. Jones and Sonya R. Porter, tried to identify neighborhoods where poor black boys do well, and as well as whites. \u2018The problem,\u2019 Mr. Chetty said, \u2018is that there are essentially no such neighborhoods in America.\u2019 And, intriguingly, these pockets \u2014 including parts of the Maryland suburbs of Washington, and corners of Queens and the Bronx \u2014 were the places where many lower-income black children had fathers at home. Poor black boys did well in such places, whether their own fathers were present or&nbsp;not.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main takeaway from this research is that American society is failing black men. The sole ray of hope I saw in the article was in the paragraph above: poor black boys apparently do as well as similarly-situated poor white boys if there are black fathers nearby. It\u2019s stunning: a dense gathering of fathers can bring health even into fatherless situations. The family is a basic building block of society and we weaken it at great risk. I\u2019m shocked this result from the study hasn\u2019t received more coverage.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2018\/03\/incredible-everlasting-institution-marriage\/555320\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marriage Has Become a Trophy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Andrew Cherlin, The Atlantic): \u201cFor many people, regardless of sexual orientation, a wedding is no longer the first step into adulthood that it once was, but, often, the last. It is a celebration of all that two people have already done, unlike a traditional wedding, which was a celebration of what a couple would do in the future.\u201d The author is a sociologist at Johns Hopkins.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/17\/style\/zoe-church-evangelical-chad-veach-pastor.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Preacher Would Be Happy to Share Your Bowl of A\u00e7a\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Laura Wilson, New York Times): \u201cPastors today who want to start a ministry for those 40 and under follow a well-traveled path. First, they lease an old theater or club. Next, they find great singers and backup musicians. A fog machine on stage is nice. A church should also have a catchy logo or catchphrase that can be stamped onto merchandise and branded \u2014 socks, knit hats, shoes and sweatshirts. (An online pop-up shop on Memorial Day sold $10,000 in merchandise its first hour, Mr. Veach said.) And lastly, churches need a money app \u2014 Zoe uses Pushpay \u2014 to make it easy for churchgoers to tithe with a swipe on their smartphones.\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I thought this was an odd paragraph: \u201c\u2018Instagram built our church,\u2019 he said one afternoon at his office here a block from the El Rey Theater. \u2018Isn\u2019t that fascinating?\u2019 Mr. Veach believes he can save souls by being the hip and happy-go-lucky preacher, the one you want to share a bowl of a\u00e7a\u00ed with at Backyard Bowls on Beverly Boulevard, who declines to publicly discuss politics in the Trump era because it\u2019s hard to minister if no one wants to come to church. Jesus is supposed to be fun, right? \u2018I want to be loud and dumb,\u2019 Mr. Veach said with a wide, toothy grin. \u2018That\u2019s my goal. If we aren\u2019t making people laugh, what are we doing? What is the&nbsp;point?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/free-speech-issue-cloudflare\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Cloudflare Let An Extremist Stronghold Burn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Steven Johnson, Wired): \u201cLiterally, I woke up in a bad mood and decided someone shouldn\u2019t be allowed on the internet. No one should have that power.\u201d I shared one of the related articles back <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/01\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-136\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in issue 136<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but didn\u2019t realize it was the theme of the whole issue: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2018\/01\/free-speech-issue\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The (Divisive, Corrosive, Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The other articles are worth checking out as well. Recommended by a friend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2017\/12\/20\/terry-crews-how-to-have-do-and-be-all-you-want\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terry Crews: How to Have, Do and Be All You Want<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tim Ferriss Podcast): this is a moving interview. Highly recommended. Worth mentioning: Terry Crews is public about his Christian faith on social media, although it does not come through in this interview. I mention that because he says some things about guilt and shame towards the end that are not quite right theologically, but are still worth thinking about.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2018\/03\/16\/senator-tim-scott-black-republican-trump-profile-217237\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God Made Me Black On Purpose<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tim Alberta, Politico): \u201cA pillar of the area\u2019s African-American community, the shop features aging walls covered in photos, news clippings and other paraphernalia. Two individuals in particular are lionized: Barack Obama, the country\u2019s first black president; and Scott, the first black senator from the South since Reconstruction\u2014and the only African-American ever to serve in both chambers of Congress. Both are children of single mothers, but politically, the pair have little in common: Obama, a liberal Democrat raised primarily by well-off whites in Hawaii before adopting Chicago\u2019s impoverished South Side as his political base; Scott, a conservative Republican who grew up poor in North Charleston, and whose initial ticket to D.C. was punched by affluent voters in the state\u2019s three-quarters-white 1st Congressional District. Still, they are members of a small fraternity\u2014two of just 10 African-Americans ever to serve in the Senate\u2014and both are an immeasurable source of pride for the barber shop and its customers.\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One detail from later in the article that stood out to me: Scott got saved in college at a Bible study. College ministry matters. Also, the way he became a Republican is actually really funny. Search the article for the phrase, \u201cScott knew immediately he would run; what he didn\u2019t know was for which&nbsp;party.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0265407518761225\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many hours does it take to make a friend?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jeffrey Hall, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships): &nbsp;\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken together, results suggest that the chance of transitioning from casual friend to friend is greater than 50% after around 80\u2013100 hr together. Results suggest that the chance of transitioning from friends to good\/best friends is greater than 50% after 119 hr over 3 weeks and 219 hr over 3 months.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d The author is a communications professor at the University of Kansas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/862ee9\/thug_life\/\">Needlepoint Thug Life<\/a>&nbsp;(reddit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/mark-zuckerberg-promises-to-do-better-at-hiding-facebooks-data-mining-activities\/\">Mark Zuckerberg Promises To Do Better At Hiding Facebook\u2019s Data Mining Activities<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/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><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>If this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/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 Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/03\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-144\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 144\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":"Racism, marriage, and some fascinating profiles of a preacher, a performer, and a politician.","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":[120,152,151,160,112,117,172],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-famous-christians","tag-free-speech","tag-friendship","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-marriage","tag-politics","tag-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1gR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","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=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4891,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions\/4891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}