{"id":6861,"date":"2022-04-08T19:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:11:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/04\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-345","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 345"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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>     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<p>This is volume 345, which I am told is the average number of squirts from a cow\u2019s udder needed to produce a gallon of milk. I have not verified this&nbsp;claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/06\/us\/christian-right-wing-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: \u2018This Is a Jesus Movement\u2019<\/a> (Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201c\u2026elements of Christian culture have long been present at political rallies. But worship, a sacred act showing devotion to God expressed through movement, song or prayer, was largely reserved for church. Now, many believers are importing their worship of God, with all its intensity, emotion and ambitions, to their political life.\u201d<ul><li>At the same time: \u201cThe sheer dominance of worship music within 21st-century evangelical culture means that the genre has been used outside church settings by the contemporary left as well. \u2018Way Maker,\u2019 for example, was sung at some demonstrations for racial justice in the summer of&nbsp;2020.\u201d<\/li><li>I have complicated feelings. I like seeing worship as part of all of life. I don\u2019t like seeing worship get hijacked in pursuit of other agendas. Politics can be idolatrous enough without ACTUAL WORSHIP SONGS being in the&nbsp;mix.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine\/2022\/04\/russia-cannot-afford-to-lose-so-we-need-a-kind-of-a-victory-sergey-karaganov-on-what-putin-wants\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRussia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory\u201d: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants<\/a> (Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, The New Statesman): \u201c\u2026Russia cannot afford to \u2018lose\u2019, so we need a kind of a victory. And if there is a sense that we are losing the war, then I think there is a definite possibility of escalation. This war is a kind of proxy war between the West and the rest \u2013 Russia being, as it has been in history, the pinnacle of \u2018the rest\u2019 \u2013 for a future world order. The stakes of the Russian elite are very high \u2013 for them it is an existential war.\u201d<ul><li>I haven\u2019t seen many perspectives from the Russian side. Quite interesting.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Articles evaluating the contemporary sexual ethic:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/consent-not-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why \u2018Consent\u2019 Isn\u2019t Enough for a Sexual Ethic<\/a> (Trevix Wax, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cThe sexual revolution isn\u2019t working. The utopia promised by blowing up old moral strictures hasn\u2019t arrived. What\u2019s more, in some cases the situation seems&nbsp;worse.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/opinion\/sex-consent-dating-boundaries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Straight People Need Better Rules for Sex<\/a> (Christine Emba, New York Times): \u201cGetting rid of the old rules and replacing them with the norm of consent was supposed to make us happy. Instead, many people today feel a bit \u2026&nbsp;lost.\u201d<ul><li>Lost. A good word, that. Better than the author knows.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>LGBTQ-related<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/betonit.substack.com\/p\/lgbt-explosion?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Explaining the LGBT Explosion<\/a> (Bryan Caplan, Substack): \u201cWhile almost all studies find that genetics matters, virtually none asserts that the heritability of sexual orientation is even close to 100%. Ergo, homosexuality must, to some extent, be \u2018acquired.\u2019 While that hardly implies that any specific mechanism \u2014 such \u2018recruitment\u2019 or \u2018media depictions\u2019 \u2014 works, the idea that homosexuality can be spread is the unheralded scientific consensus.\u201d<ul><li> This seems trivially true to me, but I am sure it is a surprise (even an offensive surprise) to some people.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/california-city-universal-income-transgender-150602734.html\" target=\"_blank\">California city to give universal income to transgender, nonbinary residents regardless of earnings<\/a>. (Houston Keene, Yahoo News): \u201cTransgender residents in Palm Springs, California are eligible to receive a UBI of up to $900 per month solely for identifying as transgender or nonbinary \u2014 no strings attached.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/email.mg2.substack.com\/c\/eJxVkl2TmyAUhn9NvNMBxI9ccLGTbFozG9t0t5vslYNyYogErOJa_fUlSW92BjjDe74YnlNxC7XpJtaa3nq3o7BTC0zD2CuwFjpv6KErpGA4JIRQ4glGBU6j1JN9ceoArlwqZrsBvHYolay4lUbfEmIcJtg7sxOJE5GSpKQ8AUxFKaIYEBIIIApjwh9t-SAk6AqY0Wq6F_YUO1vb9ovwaUE2bnEtOveuQSn5yXXQD2VvedUElbk6b-v2eDa-7H1lTCN17ZvB-ifT-TWf_EaK3ud4uQg31jSgF-Eapi2uyPt0JKrJLubvbs6m3WU_vay2Yxnm6L-Od28Z3a0rlK9GyQ8bdIvNL_soX--nfM5GF99W4U7-kNtRHDKbX57nfH6WTp_d_a7f6r0ct-rjkCN-WA6ZRkG6P77ij8332X8y5fh7RKuf79d9-4Fr8UZPl_b8p_hVra_kW1N5khFECKIoxWmIyTIgAcHRMk1CiJOEx5jioKLKtomRC4quNfnyP17HagU6EPxT9s5f36jdHQ5a4ex10NJOBWheKhAPnvYxFXfCRQ0aOjctouCW4ZguKSUJQVGaPvg54BEmKUoo9VxnYVyWZl-R_QOxANI1\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is Looking Out For Gay Kids?<\/a> (Andrew Sullivan, Substack): \u201cThis unavoidable tension between messages that are good for trans kids and those that are good for gay kids is absent from the debate \u2014 in part because the woke conflate both experiences into the entirely ideological construct of being LGBTQIA++. But no one is LGBTQIA++. It\u2019s literally impossible. And the difference between the gay and trans experience is vast, especially when it comes to biological sex.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jessesingal.substack.com\/p\/researchers-found-puberty-blockers?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Researchers Found Puberty Blockers And Hormones Didn\u2019t Improve Trans Kids\u2019 Mental Health At Their Clinic. Then They Published A Study Claiming The Opposite<\/a> (Jesse Singal, Substack): \u201cI wanted to double-check this to be sure, so I reached out to one of the study authors. They wanted to stay on background, but they confirmed to me that there was no improvement over time among the kids who went on hormones or blockers.\u201d<ul><li>It\u2019s like there is a concerted effort to make me a cranky middle-aged man who doesn\u2019t trust the media. This article is long and probably only worth reading in detail if you knew you wanted to read it all as soon as you saw the headline.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/ken-ham-announces-new-movie-where-dinosaurs-get-loose-on-the-ark-jurassic-ark\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Ham Announces New Movie Where Dinosaurs Get Loose On The Ark \u2018Jurassic Ark\u2019<\/a> (Babylon Bee): that would actually be a great&nbsp;movie<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=89NLeqkJchs\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing is Funnier Than Tripping A Child<\/a> (Mike Paramore, YouTube): four minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/local\/article\/Gray-whales-appearing-in-San-Francisco-Bay-17058931.php\" target=\"_blank\">More gray whales, including a baby, spotted in the San Francisco Bay<\/a> (Amanda Bartlett, SF Gate): \u201cFleeting glimpses of gray whales are about to become much more frequent in the coming months as they stop in the San Francisco Bay during their migration from their breeding grounds in Mexico to their feeding grounds in Alaska.\u201d<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/07\/19\/the-problem-with-tourist-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tourist Journalism Versus the Working Class<\/a> (Kevin Mims, Quillette): \u201cTo university\u2010educated media professionals like Carole Cadwalladr, James Bloodworth, and John Oliver, an Amazon warehouse must seem like the Black Hole of Calcutta. But I\u2019ve done low\u2010paying manual labor for most of my working life, and rarely have I appreciated a job as much as my role as an Amazon associate.\u201d I learned many things from this article. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/07\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-212\" target=\"_blank\">volume 212<\/a>, with a follow-up shared the next week: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/08\/06\/how-and-why-to-kissass\/\" target=\"_blank\">How (and Why) to KISSASS<\/a> (Kevin Mims, Quillette): \u201c\u2026if you\u2019re not a member of the professional class, the key to getting your personal essays published in prominent publications is KISSASS\u2014Keep It Short, Sad, And Simple, Stupid.\u201d<\/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>. 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