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<\/a> 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\n\n\n

Incidentally, 225 is a very cool number<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Meet the Minnie Church<\/a> (Ted Olsen, Christianity Today): \u201cCast Member Church is truly a church for Disney Cast Members. It\u2019s not a church to attend on vacation. It\u2019s not a church for Disney fans in Central Florida. It\u2019s a church for a certain kind of employee from one company\u2026. Walt Disney World has almost 70,000 employees\u2014a population about the size of Canton, Ohio. It\u2019s the largest single-site employer in the country. At 40 square miles, it\u2019s about as big as Miami or San Francisco.\u201d I did not think I would find this article interesting, but it\u2019s thorough and explores some unexpected angles. <\/li>
  2. \u201cThis Should Be a Wake-up Call to the Whole World\u201d: Inside the Hong Kong Protests<\/a> (Jordan Ritter Conn, The Ringer): \u201cThe street goes quiet. The protesters crouch and face the police together, remaining still. They open their umbrellas and hold them aloft. Seconds later, the explosions begin.\u201d<\/li>
  3. Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled? At the very least, she\u2019s found a new social set.<\/a> (Sylvie McNamara, The Cut): \u201cSulkowicz is telling me about the \u201cpolitical journey\u201d she\u2019s lately been on, a listening tour of ideological positions that she\u2019s always considered too right-wing to engage: centrists, conservatives, libertarians, and whatever Jordan Peterson is \u2014 various and sundry souls that Jezebelhas canceled, whose names chill dinner conversation across progressive New York. Sulkowicz hasn\u2019t been redpilled; she\u2019s still a feminist and an advocate for survivors of sexual assault. What\u2019s changed is her posture.\u201c This article was fun to read and full of surprises.<\/li>
  4. Have 1 in 5 Americans Been in a Consensual Non-Monogamous Relationship?<\/a> (Charles Fain Lehman, Institute For Family Studies): \u201cIn promoting the show, the network tweeted out the eye-catching claim that \u20181 in 5 Americans have been involved in a consensually non-monogamous relationship at some point in their life.\u2019 CBS is far from the only outlet to push the \u2018one in five\u2019 claim: it\u2019s appeared in Rolling Stone, Quartz (as cited by NPR), Time, Men\u2019s Health, and Psychology Today, among others. Where does that number come from?\u201d<\/li>
  5. The Global Protest Wave, Explained<\/a> (Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, New York Times): \u201cOnly 20 years ago, 70 percent of protests demanding systemic political change got it \u2014 a figure that had been growing steadily since the 1950s. In the mid-2000s, that trend suddenly reversed. Worldwide, protesters\u2019 success rate has since plummeted to only 30 percent<\/em>, according to a study by Erica Chenoweth, a Harvard University political scientist who called the decline \u2018staggering.\u2019\u201d<\/li>
  6. And if you haven\u2019t heard Kanye West is now professing Christ and people have opinions. 
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    1. Kanye West Airpool Karaoke<\/a> (The Late Late Show with James Corden, YouTube): first some thoughts from the man himself, 20 minutes. Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n
    2. \u2018Jesus Is King\u2019 and Kanye West is a tax collector<\/a> (Esau McCaulley, Washington Post): \u201cAs an African American Christian trying to make sense of West\u2019s decisions, I have repeatedly reflected on the stories of Jesus eating with tax collectors that upset many of his contemporaries.\u201d The author is a professor at Wheaton. Recommended by an alumnus.<\/li>\n
    3. Yeezus Follows Jesus <\/a>(Nic Rowan, First Things): \u201cI\u2019m good with it. After all, perfectly nice people don\u2019t become saints. God tends to prefer working with jackasses.\u201d<\/li>\n
    4. Kanye West\u2019s Conversion Could Be a Cultural Wrecking Ball<\/a> (Andrew Walker, National Review): \u201cThe Apostle Paul warns in the New Testament about vesting too much hope and confidence in new converts, fearing they would be puffed up with pride (something, let\u2019s be honest, Kanye has no problem exuding). We need to let Kanye be a Christian Kanye without making him into a Christian celebrity.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>
    5. 11 Places Where Persecuted Christians Need Our Prayers <\/a> (Megan Fowler, Christianity Today): \u201cOver 245 million Christians live in the 50 countries ranked on the World Watch List as worst for Christians. Between November 2017 and October 2018, 4,136 Christians were killed for their faith in these countries, over 1,266 churches or Christian buildings were attacked, and 2,625 believers were detained, arrested, sentenced, or imprisoned \u2014 many of them without a trial.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n