{"id":7837,"date":"2025-11-14T16:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:10:23","slug":"tgfi-volume-530-a-christian-doctor-the-medical-benefits-of-church-attendance-and-campus-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/11\/14\/tgfi-volume-530-a-christian-doctor-the-medical-benefits-of-church-attendance-and-campus-revival","title":{"rendered":"TGFI Volume 530: a Christian doctor, the medical benefits of church attendance, and campus revival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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<\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/11\/nyregion\/manhattan-doctor-anointment-extradition-japan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E8.RBCR.aw23V82LfYNJ&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accused of Des\u00ade\u00adcra\u00adtion, a Doc\u00adtor Faces the End of His Life\u2019s Work<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Weis\u00ader, New York Times): \u201cOne day in March 2015, sur\u00adveil\u00adlance cam\u00aderas at a thou\u00adsand-year-old Bud\u00addhist tem\u00adple on the out\u00adskirts of Tokyo cap\u00adtured a man wear\u00ading a hood\u00aded wind\u00adbreak\u00ader, a white col\u00adlared shirt and black shoes, dab\u00adbing at wood\u00aden pil\u00adlars with oil on his fin\u00adger\u00adtip.\u2026 He is Masahide Kanaya\u00adma, 63, a sin\u00adgle, child\u00adless doc\u00adtor who had devot\u00aded his life to help\u00ading women bear chil\u00addren; a man whose Chris\u00adt\u00adian faith was insep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adble from his work. He has prac\u00adticed in Man\u00adhat\u00adtan for near\u00adly three decades and is an expert in endometrio\u00adsis, a con\u00addi\u00adtion in which cells sim\u00adi\u00adlar to the uter\u00adine lin\u00ading grow out\u00adside the uterus. His patients describe how his surg\u00aderies end\u00aded years of crip\u00adpling pain and, in some cas\u00ades, allowed them to have chil\u00addren.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading sto\u00adry, brought to my atten\u00adtion by an alum\u00adnus. Pray for Dr. Kanaya\u00adma. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldviewbulletin.substack.com\/p\/church-could-save-your-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Church Could Save Your Life<\/a>? (Rebec\u00adca McLaugh\u00adlin, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn oth\u00ader words, if you aren\u2019t cur\u00adrent\u00adly a church\u00adgo\u00ader and you start attend\u00ading week\u00adly, you reduce your chances of devel\u00adop\u00ading depres\u00adsion by a third. A med\u00adica\u00adtion this effec\u00adtive would be wide\u00adly pre\u00adscribed. But while your ther\u00ada\u00adpist or doc\u00adtor may encour\u00adage yoga, med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, or more time out\u00adside in nature, he or she almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly won\u2019t rec\u00adom\u00admend you go to church. The ben\u00ade\u00adfits of \u2018orga\u00adnized reli\u00adgion\u2019 don\u2019t fit with the big sto\u00adry we are telling in the West about the good\u00adness of aban\u00addon\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal beliefs.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/gen-z-revival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Here: Gen\u2011Z Revival Hits Cam\u00adpus\u00ades This Fall<\/a> (Sarah Eekhoff Zyl\u00adstra, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cOver the last cou\u00adple of years, per\u00adhaps you\u2019ve heard the sto\u00adries of revival here and there\u2014Asbury, the Salt Com\u00adpa\u00adny, and var\u00adi\u00adous col\u00adlege min\u00adistries across the coun\u00adtry. Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics also sound\u00aded promising\u2014from Eng\u00adland to the Unit\u00aded States, more young peo\u00adple report mak\u00ading a per\u00adson\u00adal com\u00admit\u00adment to Jesus and attend\u00ading church. The num\u00adber of peo\u00adple with no reli\u00adgious affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion, which had been increas\u00ading for decades, seemed to stall. To me, it felt like watch\u00ading a pot of water heat up\u2014there were iso\u00adlat\u00aded bub\u00adbles but not enough to real\u00adly call it a boil.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An encour\u00adag\u00ading arti\u00adcle. Two notes:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019m not hear\u00ading sim\u00adi\u00adlar reports from any min\u00adistry at Stan\u00adford (note the Chica\u00adgo anec\u00addotes, though)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gospel Coali\u00adtion\u2019s the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00admit\u00adments mean that this arti\u00adcle is focused on cer\u00adtain min\u00adistries. I believe oth\u00ader min\u00adistries are see\u00ading sim\u00adi\u00adlar things nation\u00adwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/john-fetterman-i-should-have-quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018I Should Have Quit\u2019<\/a> (John Fet\u00adter\u00adman, The Free Press): \u201cGise\u00adle looked over at me. The cor\u00adner of my mouth was droop\u00ading ever so slight\u00adly. The droop\u00ading last\u00aded only a sec\u00adond or two, but she had watched a pub\u00adlic ser\u00advice announce\u00adment on strokes, and it had stayed with her. She spoke to the state troop\u00ader who was dri\u00adving us. \u2018I think he\u2019s hav\u00ading a stroke. We have to get to the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal now.\u2019 I thought she was crazy: \u2018What are you talk\u00ading about? You\u2019re nuts. I\u2019m fine.\u2019 She thought I was crazy: \u2018We have to get to the emer\u00adgency room now!\u2019 The troop\u00aders switched on the police lights. We hap\u00adpened to be 10 min\u00adutes from Lan\u00adcast\u00ader Gen\u00ader\u00adal Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal, which spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in strokes and prob\u00adlems of the heart. Had we been in a rur\u00adal area of the state, with\u00adout close access to a hos\u00adpi\u00adtal, I would have died. I did any\u00adway. I am not entire\u00adly sure of the sequence, but dur\u00ading surgery, my heart stopped for sev\u00ader\u00adal sec\u00adonds.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tears came to my eyes while read\u00ading this. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded regard\u00adless of your polit\u00adi\u00adcal affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/infinite-scroll\/that-new-hit-song-on-spotify-it-was-made-by-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">That New Hit Song on Spo\u00adti\u00adfy? It Was Made by A.I.<\/a> (Kyle Chay\u00adka, The New York\u00ader): \u201cNo realm of cul\u00adture or enter\u00adtain\u00adment remains untouched by arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence: Coca-Cola just released a Christ\u00admas ad made with A.I. visu\u00adals; A.I. actors are being hyped in Hol\u00adly\u00adwood. But the tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy has had an espe\u00adcial\u00adly swift impact on song\u00adwrit\u00ading. A cou\u00adple of years ago, a smat\u00adter\u00ading of A.I. tracks went viral for using tricks like repli\u00adcat\u00ading the voic\u00ades of pop stars, includ\u00ading Jay\u2011Z and Drake. Now we\u2019re in the midst of a full-blown A.I. music moment. This month, an A.I. coun\u00adtry song called \u2018Walk My Walk\u2019 (with per\u00adcus\u00adsive claps and for\u00adget\u00adtable lyrics such as \u2018Kick rocks if you don\u2019t like how I talk\u2019) hit No. 1 on <em>Billboard\u2019s<\/em> Coun\u00adtry Dig\u00adi\u00adtal Song Sales chart, and passed three mil\u00adlion streams on Spo\u00adti\u00adfy; the per\u00adformer behind it is a square-jawed dig\u00adi\u00adtal avatar named Break\u00ading Rust. In Sep\u00adtem\u00adber, Xania Mon\u00adet, an A.I. R. &amp; B. singer cre\u00adat\u00aded by a young poet in Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi, land\u00aded a mul\u00adti\u00admil\u00adlion-dol\u00adlar record deal after sev\u00ader\u00adal <em>Bill\u00adboard<\/em>-chart\u00ading sin\u00adgles.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/ng-interactive\/2025\/nov\/04\/strike-3-porn-copyright-lawsuits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rise of the \u2018porno-trolls\u2019: how one porn plat\u00adform made mil\u00adlions suing its view\u00aders<\/a> (Tarp\u00adley Hitt, The Guardian): \u201c\u2026since Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2017, Vixen\u2019s own\u00aders had been pur\u00adsu\u00ading anoth\u00ader rev\u00adenue stream: fil\u00ading thou\u00adsands of boil\u00ader\u00adplate copy\u00adright law\u00adsuits against indi\u00advid\u00adual \u2018John Does\u2019 and col\u00adlect\u00ading mil\u00adlions in set\u00adtle\u00adment fees \u2013 a mass lit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion cam\u00adpaign one fed\u00ader\u00adal judge likened to \u2018a hi-tech shake\u00addown\u2019.\u2026 Accord\u00ading to West\u00adlaw and Pac\u00ader data from the past three years, Strike 3 account\u00aded for 50% of the fed\u00ader\u00adal copy\u00adright dock\u00adet all on its own. I first heard about Strike 3 in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber, when some legal clerk friends men\u00adtioned that near\u00adly every judge on their cir\u00adcuit was han\u00addling a stack of Strike 3 cas\u00ades \u2013 which are now so con\u00adsis\u00adtent as to have become rou\u00adtine.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I am shocked, SHOCKED, that a porn com\u00adpa\u00adny would be uneth\u00adi\u00adcal in any way. How could they treat their users with any\u00adthing but the utmost respect and cour\u00adtesy? Treat\u00ading peo\u00adple with dig\u00adni\u00adty is prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly their entire busi\u00adness mod\u00adel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/11\/12\/lds-pickleball-sunday-mormon-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pick\u00adle\u00adball on Sun\u00adday: Why some top col\u00adlege play\u00aders are call\u00ading foul<\/a> (Ben Brasch, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe NCAA has a long-stand\u00ading rule that adjusts cham\u00adpi\u00adonship sched\u00adules to accom\u00admo\u00addate play\u00aders or teams from schools with writ\u00adten poli\u00adcies bar\u00adring com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion on Sun\u00addays or oth\u00ader days for reli\u00adgious rea\u00adsons. Twen\u00adty-two of the NCAA\u2019s rough\u00adly 1,100 mem\u00adber schools have such poli\u00adcies this year, the group told The Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post. But pick\u00adle\u00adball is not an NCAA sport. And it\u2019s not clear whether all three orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions at the fore\u00adfront of the col\u00adlege game, which includes more than 100 schools, are ready to make a change. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is cen\u00adtral to the Nation\u00adal Col\u00adle\u00adgiate Pick\u00adle\u00adball Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, which hosts region\u00adal and nation\u00adal tour\u00adna\u00adments, said its founder, Noah Suem\u00adnick. The league\u2019s web\u00adsite promi\u00adnent\u00adly ref\u00ader\u00adences a Bible verse from the Book of Matthew.\u201d<\/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:\/\/xkcd.com\/3164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Met\u00adric Tip<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 this is mali\u00adcious genius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/08\/science\/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stink\u00ading, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spi\u00adder Web Unlike Any Seen Before<\/a> (Adeel Has\u00adsan, New York Times): \u201cEven in a pitch-black cave, what appears to be the world\u2019s largest spi\u00adder web is hard to miss. It stretch\u00ades for about 1,140 square feet, about the size of a small home, hang\u00ading in a low and nar\u00adrow pas\u00adsage in a cave span\u00adning the bor\u00adder between Alba\u00adnia and Greece.\u2026 Inside the spi\u00adder metrop\u00ado\u00adlis \u2014 pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion 111,000 \u2014 were two species that had not been known to live togeth\u00ader har\u00admo\u00adnious\u00adly, main\u00adly because one species tends to eat the oth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8aOamKPz7GE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atl\u00e9ti\u00adco Ottawa\u2019s \u2018ici\u00adcle kick\u2019 lights up bliz\u00adzard-hit Cana\u00addi\u00adan Pre\u00admier League final<\/a> (YouTube): one and a half min\u00adutes of Cana\u00addi\u00adan win\u00adter insan\u00adi\u00adty fea\u00adtur\u00ading impres\u00adsive ath\u00adleti\u00adcism <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newser.com\/article\/86139df5644ef0885a9baf98e9677380\/us-mint-presses-final-pennies-as-production-ends-after-more-than-230-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Mint press\u00ades final pen\u00adnies as pro\u00adduc\u00adtion ends after more than 230 years<\/a> (Maryclaire Dale, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u201cThe U.S. end\u00aded pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of the pen\u00adny Wednes\u00adday, aban\u00addon\u00ading the 1\u2011cent coins that were embed\u00added in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture for more than 230 years as sym\u00adbols of fru\u00adgal\u00adi\u00adty and the price of a person\u2019s thoughts but had become near\u00adly worth\u00adless.\u2026 The last U.S. coin to be dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adued was the half-cent in 1857\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/e-mail-addresses-that-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E\u2011mail Address\u00ades That Would Be Real\u00adly Annoy\u00ading to Give Out Over the Phone<\/a> (Michael Ward, McSweeney\u2019s Inter\u00adnet Ten\u00adden\u00adcy) \u2014 this is 21 years old and still fun\u00adny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A4QcyW-qTUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amaz\u00ading T\u2011Rec Illu\u00adsion!<\/a> (YouTube): two min\u00adutes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An absolute\u00adly WILD illu\u00adsion. You can see the mag\u00adic revealed at around the 1:30 mark. It\u2019s worth watch\u00ading the whole thing straight through.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/st-peter-getting-tired-of-answering-questions-about-the-nephilim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Peter Get\u00adting Tired of Answer\u00ading Ques\u00adtions About The Nephilim<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/congress-prepares-to-pivot-from-doing-nothing-because-of-the-shutdown-to-doing-nothing-because-theyre-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Con\u00adgress Pre\u00adpares To Piv\u00adot From Doing Noth\u00ading Because Of The Shut\u00addown To Doing Noth\u00ading Because They\u2019re Con\u00adgress<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/11\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Prob\u00adlem With Mod\u00adern Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine, Nov 14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/prayer-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prayer<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded 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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? 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