{"id":7521,"date":"2024-10-04T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:14:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-472","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-472","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 472"},"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><br><br>    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 472. There are (I am told) 472 ways to tile a 5x5 grid with integer-sized squares (1x1 squares mixed with 2x2 squares and 3x3 squares, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r8IKat8FDME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWe Lost Our Baby\u201d: North Carolina Family Loses 3 after Climbing to Roof to Escape Helene Floods<\/a> (FOX Weather on YouTube, 11 minutes long): \u201cI want them to remember that there is joy beyond the pain\u2026 My son couldn\u2019t be more proud at me for hanging on; my parents were probably lifting me up when I was between the two things that were holding me down. They are rejoicing at the fact that I now can tell them what God did for me, because it was God. He said, \u2018Be still. I am in control, and you will pass on.\u2019 This is a backfire for the devil, because he tried to take me out, and her I am sharing the word that my seven-year-old is a hero, and my parents live on in God\u2019s&nbsp;glory.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will absolutely cry watching this. Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/27\/books\/review\/john-hendrix-the-mythmakers-cs-lewis-jrr-tolkien.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk4.cAGb.I3saCAawUEQh&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Tolkien and Lewis Re-enchanted a War-Weary World<\/a> (Lev Grossman, New York Times): \u201c\u2018The Mythmakers\u2019 takes us through 20 years of deep intellectual friendship between Lewis and Tolkien \u2014 which widened to include the social circle around them, known as the Inklings \u2014 but it\u2019s just as interesting when documenting the slow, regrettable shipwreck of that friendship. Jack and Tollers turned out to be not so very, very like each other after all. After his conversion, Lewis, loud as ever, became famous as a radio lecturer on Christianity; this irked the quiet, rigorous Tolkien, because Lewis had never formally studied theology, and Tolkien would never have lectured on anything without earning six advanced degrees in it&nbsp;first.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Also recommended: these two Twitter threads about why modern fantasy is so different from the fantasy of Lewis and Tolkien. Good insights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanner Greer: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Scholars_Stage\/status\/1841491117369327901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/Scholars_Stage\/status\/1841491117369327901<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Long: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HannahGraceLong\/status\/1841527100005646474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/HannahGraceLong\/status\/1841527100005646474<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/10\/what-would-lecrae-do-kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Would Lecrae Do?<\/a> (Christina Gonzalez Ho, Christianity Today): \u201c\u2026to hear one of the most talented and decorated rappers alive name-check an artist whose work has revolved around Jesus was deeply heartening. What moves me is not the idea that someday my own work might be noticed by someone more famous. It\u2019s the thought that a sincere, intelligent, and profound artist like Kendrick Lamar, someone who\u2019s seen no end of good ideas and interesting art, might find something in straightforwardly Christian music that gives him pause, that makes him reconsider.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Christina is one of our alumni: a former worship leader and officer in our ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2024\/09\/30\/held-hostage-overseas-the-irs-wants-your-back-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Held Hostage Overseas? The IRS Wants Your Back Taxes.<\/a> (Emma Camp, Reason): \u201cMany Americans who return home after being illegally detained overseas arrive to find they\u2019ve been billed thousands of dollars by the IRS\u2014including late fees for unpaid taxes.\u2026 \u2018I got one of those bills from the IRS saying, you owe this much on this year, you owe this much on this year because of failure to pay on time\u2014here\u2019s the interest that\u2019s accrued,\u2019 <em>Washington Post <\/em>reporter and former hostage Jason Rezaian told NPR. He faced more than $6,000 in fees for unpaid taxes after his release, following 544 days of detention in&nbsp;Iran.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/justice\/social-justice\/become-slaves-to-one-another\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Become Slaves to One Another<\/a> (John M. G. Barclay, Plough): \u201cPaul understands the world not as an empty space in which individuals carve out their private sphere of freedom, but as a terrain already populated by competing powers greater than human actors, who only imagine that they are free. As far as Paul is concerned, our search for an individuated, atomized autonomy is itself an enslaving delusion, because we are, and are meant to be, free only as we are formed by relationships with God and with others.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a professor of early Christianity at the Durham University in England. He\u2019s a well-regarded Biblical scholar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/tiger-jamie-reed-detransition-wash-u-transgender-affirming-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Spent 13 Years Living as a Man. But After My Spouse\u2019s Expos\u00e9, I\u2019m Detransitioning.<\/a> (Tiger Reed, The Free Press): \u201cFor detransitioners, there is no clear path. Gender-affirming clinicians have been ignoring and dismissing our concerns. While my transition was covered by insurance, my detransition is not. To restore my hairline and remove my body hair will cost me thousands. In the next few years I may have breast reconstructive surgery. There are many questions I don\u2019t have the answers to\u2014such as whether my kids, now ranging in age from two to 16 years old, should still call me \u2018Dad.\u2019 I am planning to change my name back to Roxxanne, and to change my license so it says \u2018female\u2019 again. But I wonder if I\u2019ll ever pass as a woman.&nbsp; The gender-affirming care model relies on vulnerable people\u2019s impatience\u2014rushing them toward major medical changes rather than stopping to understand the root of their pain and suffering.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us\/cannabis-marijuana-risks-addiction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As America\u2019s Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms<\/a> (Megan Twohey, Danielle Ivory and Carson Kessler, New York Times): \u201cThe accumulating harm is broader and more severe than previously reported. And gaps in state regulations, limited public health messaging and federal restraints on research have left many consumers, government officials and even medical practitioners in the dark about such outcomes.\u2026 as more people turn to marijuana for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues, few know that it can cause temporary psychosis and is increasingly associated with the development of chronic psychotic disorders.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is sad, both because of the human suffering involved and also because some people seem genuinely shocked that drugs can have negative side-effects.&nbsp;<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C-OKH1ghurv\/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C-OKH1ghurv\/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==\">Taylor Swift or CS Lewis?<\/a> (Instagram): recommended by a student. This is kinda genius.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/solomon-disappointed-as-wife-saying-come-taste-my-choice-fruits-actually-meant-apples-from-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solomon Disappointed As Wife Saying \u2018Come, Taste My Choice Fruits\u2019 Actually Meant Apples From Garden<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/world\/asia\/china-zoo-painted-dogs-pandas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is That a Panda? Or a Dog in Disguise?<\/a> (Victor Mather, New York Times): \u201cRingling Brothers Circus seemed to have pulled off a coup in the 1980s when it advertised real unicorns at its shows. Ringling insisted the unicorns had just shown up at the circus one day, but it turned out the creatures were really goats whose horns had been fused together by a surgical procedure after&nbsp;birth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/report-perfect-church-ruined-after-being-attended-by-human-being\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report: Perfect Church Ruined After Being Attended By Human Being<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/russell-brand-defends-performing-baptism-in-tighty-whities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell Brand defends performing baptism in underwear: \u2018Are these tighty-whities satanic?\u2019<\/a> (Katelyn Webb, Christian Post): \u201cIn a Sept. 30 post, Brand weighed in on the controversy: \u2018I suppose lookin\u2019 at it now, it does look a bit immodest, me doin\u2019 a baptism in underpants like that. But the truth is, I took off my clothes and my underpants is all I\u2019m wearing underneath my clothes,\u2019 said Brand in a video message. \u2018That\u2019s what I\u2019m wearing right now. It wasn\u2019t a planned photo shoot.\u2026 But the reason I\u2019m in them underpants, cause them\u2019s my underpants, and the reason I\u2019m doing that baptism \u2014 because I love Jesus. Praise Jesus Christ!\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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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