{"id":7171,"date":"2023-04-07T21:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T04:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2023-04-07T21:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T04:36:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-397","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/04\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-397","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 397"},"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 397, which is a prime number.<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/stanford-needs-easter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford Needs Easter<\/a> (Isabella Grieppe &amp; Diego Garcia-Camargo, Stanford Review): \u201cSo, instead of sheepishly following the cultural status quo, consider the possibility that there is <em>more<\/em> to our lives than our material reality. Consider the existential possibility that the God of the universe sent His only Son because of His Love for <em>you<\/em>; that on this day He took upon himself the brokenness of this world in a tortuous death for <em>you<\/em>; and that He conquered death to offer you hope and purpose in Loving and serving Him by Loving and serving <em>others<\/em>.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Isabella is a student in Chi&nbsp;Alpha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Related \u2014 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o6TRjNisRAM\" target=\"_blank\">The Man on the Middle Cross<\/a> (Alistair Begg, YouTube): four minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Related \u2014 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8gx6_rGLz20\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s Friday\u2026 But Sunday\u2019s a Coming!<\/a> (S.M. Lockridge, YouTube): three and a half minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/examined-life\/the-limits-of-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Limits of Forgiveness<\/a> (Elizabeth Bruenig, The Point Magazine): \u201cIn a forum we both participated in for the <em>Boston Review, <\/em>University of Chicago philosopher Agnes Callard once observed that if a person is wronged and therefore made angry at another person, there\u2019s no logical reason for that anger to be extinguished, ever. Sure, it may run its course, or the angry individual may become bored with the emotion or simply elect to drop it, but there is no <em>logical reason<\/em>, once the anger is felt at the initial offense, that one should ever stop feeling angry\u2014even once one has avenged oneself.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Well worth your&nbsp;time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/april\/nasa-astronaut-artemis-victor-glover-moon-prayer-christian.html\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Astronaut Asks for Prayer for Moon Mission<\/a> (Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today): \u201cThe last time he was in space, Glover said, he really felt closer to God. Not because he was above the sky but because, as James 4:8 says, when you submit yourself to God and come near to God, God comes near to you. Reading the Bible in space was a powerful experience. Glover remembers being in weightlessness in his quarters on the International Space Station and reading Philippians 4. Some of the words were so familiar to him, like verse 13, which says in his New King James Version, \u2018I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u2019 But there were other passages he felt like he was seeing for the first time. Like in verse 12, where Paul writes, \u2018I have learned both to be full and to be hungry.\u2019 Glover had never noticed that before. It expressed exactly how he felt about himself and his training and mission.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3Kqs107\" target=\"_blank\">With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there\u2019s no room for argument<\/a> (Tess Winston, Washington Post): \u201cI often think of one of my first-year professors, who was appalled by these students\u2019 stigmatizing of the prosecutorial role. He asked one: Given that prosecutors decide whether and what charges to bring against a defendant, isn\u2019t it preferable for well-qualified people to fill the role? Without missing a beat, the student responded: No, being a prosecutor is simply evil.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have unlocked the paywall on this one. The author is a third year law school student at&nbsp;SLS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/do-your-political-beliefs-affect-your-parenting-\" target=\"_blank\">Do Your Political Beliefs Affect Your Parenting<\/a>? (Leonard Sax, Institute for Family Studies): \u201cA mom brought her six-year-old daughter into the office with a fever and a sore throat. I asked the little girl to open her mouth and say \u2018Ah.\u2019 She shook her head and clenched her mouth shut. \u2018Mom, it looks like I\u2019m going to need your help here,\u2019 I said. \u2018Could you please ask your daughter to open her mouth and say \u2018Ah\u2019?\u2019 Mom arched her eyebrows and replied, \u2018Her body, her choice.\u2019 Wow. This mom was invoking the \u2018My body, my choice\u2019 slogan of abortion-rights activists to defend her 6\u2011year-old daughter\u2019s refusal to let me, the doctor, look at her daughter\u2019s throat. I have been a family doctor for nearly 34 years. Until recently, I saw no connection between politics and parenting.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Really interesting. Also accurate, if my experience is any guide. There is a marked difference in the parenting philosophies people hold in the Bay Area based upon their politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I just finished <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/witchtrials\" target=\"_blank\">The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling<\/a> podcast and I recommend it. The seven episodes were all engaging and the author comes at everything from a unique perspective. The episodes are around an hour&nbsp;long.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/before-politics-theres-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">Before Politics, There\u2019s the World<\/a> (Freddie deBoer, Substack): \u201cthis piece on adoption by Larissa MacFarquhar in the <em>New Yorker. <\/em>It is, I think, a pitch-perfect example of the contemporary tendency to simply wish away any sort of necessity other than moral or political necessity. The essay is a relentless chronicle of all of the ills of adoption, why adoption is alienating and traumatic for the adopted child, how adoption scars adoptees for life, divides them from their cultures, leaves the without an identity\u2026. Yet what MacFarquhar says in parentheses and half-sentences is the most important point of all \u2014 that adoption is inherently a response to the unavoidable tragedies of human life, a necessarily imperfect solution to very real and persistent problems.\u2026 Almost entirely undiscussed is the fact that the world houses both children who need homes and loving and nurturing adults with homes to share. That\u2019s why adoption exists. That\u2019s always been why adoption exists. Kids need parents and parents need kids. No facile trauma narrative can change that basic arithmetic.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>deBoer is usually a good essayist and he outdoes himself in this&nbsp;one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/top-0-things-you-did-to-earn-your-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 0 Things You Did To Earn Your Salvation<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cosmosmagazine.com\/science\/quantum-physics-explanations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quantum physicists declare they\u2019ve discovered something easy to understand<\/a> (Cosmos Magazine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.slack.com\/archives\/C01H5PL2PNX\/p1680574440460429\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/chatgpt-launches-every-nuke-on-planet-after-being-asked-to-write-another-sonic-the-hedgehog-fanfic\/\" target=\"_blank\">ChatGPT Launches Every Nuke On Planet After Being Asked To Write Another Sonic The Hedgehog Fanfic<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/cooperation\" target=\"_blank\">Cooperation<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/totally-genuine-100-human-scientist-says-ai-totally-safe-and-development-should-continue-rapidly\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018AI Is Totally Safe And Development Should Continue Rapidly,\u2019 Says Totally Genuine, 100% Human Scientist<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/free-will-5\" target=\"_blank\">Free Will<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/04\/07\" target=\"_blank\">We\u2019re broke<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2020\/11\/secularization-and-the-tribulations-of-the-american-working-class.html\" target=\"_blank\">Secularization and the Tribulations of the American Working-Class<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution): \u201cI praise the scholarship and courage of Brian N. Wheaton.\u201d Along with the related: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.undergroundthomist.org\/getting-past-the-gatekeepers\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Past the Gatekeepers<\/a> (J. Budziszewski, personal blog): \u201cYour gatekeepers want you to write a book more like the one they would have written. If you do make revisions, make them in such a way that the book becomes not less your own, but even more your own. That\u2019s not pride. If God condescends to allow certain insights to the historians on your board, how wonderful! Let them write about them! Read and learn from them! But if He condescends to allow certain other insights to you, you should write about yours, not theirs.\u201d The author is a professor of politics and philosophy at UT Austin. From<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/11\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-276\" target=\"_blank\"> volume 276<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">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. 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Things Glen Found Interesting Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/04\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-397\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 397\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":"Some Easter content plus some really thought-provoking articles.","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":[251,113,117,135,137],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-astronomy","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-stanford","tag-thinking-clearly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1RF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","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=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7174,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/7174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}