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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. Emotions Make Terrible Gods<\/a> (Greg Morse, Desiring God): \u201cWe live in an emoji world where self-expression and \u2018being the true you\u2019 hold highest priority \u2014 no one can tell us how to feel\u2026. In all, the assumption stands: you are <\/em>your emotions \u2014 for better or worse. To repress them is to repress yourself.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. \u2018I Was a TSA Agent, and You Fed Me\u2019<\/a> (Kate Shellnut, Christianity Today): \u201cBut churches, as they join in prayer for a legislative solution, have also stepped up to support community members affected by the budgeting stalemate. Here are 10 places where Christians are reaching out to love their furloughed and unpaid neighbors\u2026\u201d This is an inspiring list. I am struck by both the geographic and the denominational diversity. The extent to which churches bless their communities is difficult to overstate.<\/li>\n
  3. Is Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It<\/a> (David Samuels, Wired): \u201cA national or global surveillance network that uses beneficent algorithms to reshape human thoughts and actions in ways that elites believe to be just or beneficial to all mankind is hardly the road to a new Eden. It\u2019s the road to a prison camp.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far?<\/a> (Christopher de Bellaigue, Guardian): \u201cAltogether, well over a quarter of all deaths in 2017 in the Netherlands were induced.\u2026 suicide leaves scars on friends and family that may never heal. But suicide is an individual act, self-motivated and self-administered, and its force field is contained. Euthanasia, by contrast, is the product of society. When it goes wrong, it goes wrong for everyone.\u201d In case you\u2019re reading quickly, read that first sentence again. Over 25%!<\/li>\n
  5. The Gay Church<\/a> (Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine): \u201cA church that, since 2005, bans priests with \u2018deep-seated homosexual tendencies\u2019 and officially teaches that gay men are \u2018objectively disordered\u2019 and inherently disposed toward \u2018intrinsic moral evil\u2019 is actually composed, in ways very few other institutions are, of gay men.\u201d I find his lack of engagement with Scripture and focus on church history striking and very Catholic.<\/li>\n
  6. A lot of articles about the dustup at the March for Life. I find polarizing situations like this fascinating and frequently revealing.