{"id":5950,"date":"2020-04-10T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2020-04-10T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:44:02","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 245"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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>\n\n    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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list\"><li>Some Easter thoughts:&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scriptoriumdaily.com\/godforsaken-for-us\/?utm_campaign=The%20Path%20Before%20Us&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\">Godforsaken For Us<\/a> (Fred Sanders, The Scriptorium Daily): \u201cThe words of Jesus here make prominent the name God (Eli, Eli). Jesus cries the name of God humanly from a human place. One reason he does [not call God Father], I think, is that what is being enacted here on the cross is the Divine-Human encounter over sin. The one who has taken the place of the sinner is being punished by exile, precisely as a human, precisely by God. To put this in the background and reach out instead for Father-Son language in the paraphrased telling of this story is to tacitly accept the proposition that what is happening on the cross reveals more about the Trinity (God in himself) than about the incarnation (God meeting man) or the atonement (sin meeting justice).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2020\/april-web-only\/matthew-emerson-descended-dead-holy-saturday.html\">Christ Suffered for Our Sins, but He Didn\u2019t Go to Hell for Them<\/a> (Brad East interviewing Matthew Emerson, Christianity Today): \u201cThe biggest [misconception about what happened when Jesus died] is probably the idea that Christ, during his descent, went to hell and was tormented there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Christianity and Coronavirus:&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/04\/uncertainty-and-the-christian\">Uncertainty and the Christian<\/a> (Ephraim Radner, First Things): \u201cUncertainty is at the center of the Christian vocation. Uncertainty may not comprehensively describe that vocation, but it defines it in an essential way. Many Christians will and do reject this claim, I realize. \u2018We know with certainty all that is important to know!\u2019 they will say. God is in control; God is good; God rewards the faithful; Jesus is Lord, and in him death and sin are defeated; the gates of Hell will not prevail against the church, and heaven awaits us. These are indeed Big Picture certainties. But the Big Picture isn\u2019t all there is to God\u2019s reality or to the Christian\u2019s life. Small pictures are the bits that make up the Big Picture\u2019s mosaic.\u201d The author is a professor of historical theology at Wycliffe College in Canada.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/april\/coronavirus-searches-online-converts-pray-cru-bgea-wmo.html\">Coronavirus Searches Lead Millions to Hear About Jesus<\/a> (David Roach, Christianity Today): \u201cMillions of worried people who have turned to Google with their anxiety over COVID-19 have ended up connecting with Christian evangelists in their search results\u2014leading to a spike in online conversions in&nbsp;March.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/03\/opinion\/coronavirus-hospitals-chaplains.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/dBfoyCJ894\">The Men and Women Who Run Toward the Dying<\/a> (Bari Weiss, New York Times): \u201cBefore the plague hit, the primary job of hospital chaplains was tending to patients and their families. Now the emphasis has shifted to caring for their own colleagues.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/04\/03\/supernatural-healing-christian-faith-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">Charismatic Christians who believe in the power of faith healings are trying them over the phone <\/a>&nbsp;(Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post): \u201c\u2018I pray for people on the phone, and there is no difference in the spirit realm,\u2019 he said. \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re touching or not. It\u2019s not about me, it\u2019s about God and releasing his spirit to take control over the elements of the body and speak life into them and to the disease.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/05\/opinion\/coronavirus-church-religion.html\">During the Coronavirus Outbreak, I Miss Singing at Church<\/a> (Tish Harrison Warren, New York Times): \u201cWe must embrace social distancing, for as long is as needed, to protect our health care system and the very real, fleshy bodies of millions of people.But we also need to collectively notice that something profound is lost by having to interact with the world and our neighbors in mostly disembodied, digital ways. This is something to lament and to grieve. And like all grief, it exposes the value and glory of the thing that was&nbsp;lost.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>General Coronavirus:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marker.medium.com\/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0\">What Everyone\u2019s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage<\/a> (Will Oremus, Medium): \u201cIn short, the toilet paper industry is split into two, largely separate markets: commercial and consumer. The pandemic has shifted the lion\u2019s share of demand to the latter. People actually do need to buy significantly more toilet paper during the pandemic \u2014 not because they\u2019re making more trips to the bathroom, but because they\u2019re making more of them at home. With some 75% of the U.S. population under stay-at-home orders, Americans are no longer using the restrooms at their workplace, in schools, at restaurants, at hotels, or in airports.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/04\/california-scales-back-rights-defendants\/609433\/\">Even Now, Criminal Defendants Have Rights<\/a> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): \u201cConsider a poor person arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Normally he would be arraigned and receive a public defender within 48 hours of arrest. Now he could sit in jail for a week without an attorney before getting the opportunity to tell his side of things to a&nbsp;judge.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/4\/10\/21216675\/apple-google-covid-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app\">Apple and Google will make tracking technology to fight coronavirus<\/a> (Adam Clark Estes and Shirin Ghaffary, Vox): \u201cApple and Google plan to build contact-tracing functionality into the operating systems of the phones themselves, which might sound a little tricky for folks who worry about being tracked without their consent. As the New York Times points out, by building the tool directly into the operating system, Apple and Google effectively ensure that the contact-tracing system can run 24 hours a day, rather than only when a particular app is&nbsp;open.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/20\/04\/how-privacy-friendly-contact-tracing-can-help-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19\">How Privacy-Friendly Contact Tracing Can Help Stop the Spread of Covid-19<\/a> (Jason Kottke, personal blog): contains a comic that explains the idea very clearly.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/interface\/2020\/4\/10\/21215267\/covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-bluetooth-coronavirus-flaws-public-health\">Why Bluetooth apps are bad at discovering new cases of COVID-19<\/a> (Casey Newton, The Verge): \u201c\u2018If I am in the wide open, my Bluetooth and your Bluetooth might ping each other even if you\u2019re much more than six feet away,\u2019 Mostashari said. \u2018You could be through the wall from me in an apartment, and it could ping that we\u2019re having a proximity event. You could be on <em>a different floor of the building<\/em> and it could ping. You could be biking by me in the open air and it could ping.\u2019\u201d This is a pretty solid criticism.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/07\/opinion\/coronavirus-science-experts.html\">In the Fog of Coronavirus, There Are No Experts<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c[In the movie \u2018Contagion\u2019] only institutions can be trusted; outsider \u2018knowledge\u2019 leads only to the grave. That\u2019s the movie; the reality has been otherwise. In our actual pandemic, most of the institutions that we associate with public health expertise and trusted medical authority have failed more catastrophically than Trump&nbsp;has.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@rfentonmd\/im-concerned-about-us-a-black-doctor-s-plea-for-racial-covid19-data-1ad40848d18c\">I\u2019m Concerned About \u201cUS\u201d: A Black Doctor\u2019s Plea for Racial COVID19 Data<\/a> (Rebekah Fenton, Medium): \u201cI noticed a trend among the obituaries I read. They feature high numbers of Black people. They look like me, like my family\u2019s friend. A family in Chicago has lost two sisters, Patricia and Wanda Frieson, to coronavirus at 61 and 63. Arnold Obey, an avid marathon runner and retired principal in New York, died at 73. But the ages of Black and brown victims were also lower than I expected. Dez-Ann Romain at 36. Dave Edwards at 48. Kious Kelly, an assistant nurse manager, at 48.\u201d Rebekah is an alumna of Chi&nbsp;Alpha.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4PnSYAqQHU\">Flatten The Curve<\/a> (Ohio Department of Health, YouTube): thirty well-done seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/06\/s-nc-and-the-purpose-of-higher-education\/\">S\/NC and the purpose of higher education<\/a> (Thomas Slabon, Stanford Daily): \u201cAs a Ph.D. candidate in the philosophy department, I have TA\u2019d or taught eight courses, and I want to let you in on an open secret of post-secondary educators: We all hate grading. Every. Single. One of us. Every TA you\u2019ve ever had has contemplated grading piles of problem sets or papers with dread \u2014 and half the reason you had a TA in the first place was because your professor wanted to grade your work even less.\u201d This is a wonderful essay.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-situation-with-viktor-orban-hungary-emergency\/\">The Situation With Viktor Orban<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): \u201cI count myself an admirer of many of the things Viktor Orban has done, especially his moves to protect Hungarian sovereignty, the particularity of its culture, and to resist migration being forced upon Hungary. This does not mean I support everything he does \u2014 I honestly don\u2019t follow Orban closely enough to have an informed opinion \u2014 but I think on balance, he has been good for Hungary, and for Europe. I would have a lot more confidence for the future were I living in a country governed by Viktor Orban than by Angela Merkel.\u201d I don\u2019t know why I find this subject so fascinating. Maybe it\u2019s just because Dreher does and I love reading his writing.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/08\/smart-toilet-can-detect-disease-identifies-user-with-butt-scan\/\">Smart toilet can detect disease, identifies user with butt scan<\/a> (Emma Talley, Stanford Daily)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/03\/americas\/venezuela-navy-cruise-liner-incident-intl\/index.html\">Venezuelan naval boat rams cruise liner, damages itself, sinks<\/a> (CNN): \u201c\u2026the RCGS Resolute is reinforced with steel plating to help it navigate through ice.\u201d Recommended to me by a very amused student.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Efk_z9kg2MU\">13 Levels of Beatboxing: Easy to Complex<\/a> (Wired Magazine, YouTube): seventeen surprisingly interesting minutes.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/modern-day-chanukah-family-celebrates-the-miracle-of-one-roll-of-toilet-paper-lasting-eight-days\">Modern-Day Hanukkah: Roll Of Toilet Paper Miraculously Lasts Eight Days<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2020\/04\/if-i-wrote-a-coronavirus-episode.html?campaign_id=49&amp;emc=edit_ca_20200404&amp;instance_id=17354&amp;nl=california-today&amp;regi_id=59635643&amp;segment_id=23874&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=82bd71d01fd70886e97df691aa12c777\">If I Wrote A Coronavirus Episode<\/a> (various, Vulture)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-04-05\">No Time Before Next Meeting<\/a> (Dilbert) \u2014 this has happened to many of&nbsp;you<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/search-for-the-two-best-possible-candidates-for-president-concludes\">Search For The Two Best Possible Candidates For President Concludes<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7ZJhMEWk8U\">Online Church Is the New Sunday Sport<\/a> (Cedarville Comedy, YouTube): two minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bsXnR9dqBco\">Bless Your Rank: Girl Scout Cookies<\/a> (It\u2019s A Southern Thing, YouTube): sixteen mouth-watering minutes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/ryan-leaf-nfl-letter-to-my-younger-self\/?utm_content=buffer55060&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Letter To My Younger Self<\/a> (Ryan Leaf, The Player\u2019s Tribune): \u201cCongratulations. You officially have it all \u2014 money, power and prestige. All the things that are important, right?\u2026 That\u2019s you, young Ryan Leaf, at his absolute finest: arrogant, boorish and narcissistic. You think you\u2019re on top of the world and that you\u2019ve got all the answers. Well I\u2019m sorry to have to tell you this, but the truth is\u2026.\u201d Such a gripping letter. Highly recommended. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99\">volume 99<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, 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 it.\n\nIf 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 Some Easter thoughts:&nbsp; Godforsaken For Us (Fred Sanders, The Scriptorium Daily): \u201cThe words of Jesus \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 245\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":"Happy Easter weekend! 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