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Tag Archives: trust
Book Review: Reigniting The Spark
Reigniting The Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, And How To Get It Back, by Dr. Bruce Chalmer [Note: This book was provided free of charge by TCK Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are … Continue reading
Exploring Why The Personal Is Political And Vice Versa
One of the common statements that is made by people, especially those of an activist persuasion, is that the personal is the political. One of the aspects that makes politics so contentious and so fierce, regardless of one’s worldview, is … Continue reading
On The Politics Of Worry
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Coronavirus that I have seen is the way that the interests of many religious leaders and political leaders has coalesced into a shared interest in leading people to worry while at the … Continue reading
In Need Of Self-Defense
Last night I had dinner with one of our congregation’s many retired pastors (who happened to give the sermon yesterday at services) as well as a relatively new family whose daughter is in my Sabbath School class and one of … Continue reading
If You Had Trust, You Would Not Fear
For the last few days quite a lot of panicky people have talked about their fear that they were about to witness the start of a massive war between the United States and Iran. While plenty of potentially provocative incidents … Continue reading
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The Strength Of Local Attachments
One of the more notable ways that maps lie is in the way that they view states as unitary structures. We look on a map and see the United States as one color and neglect to see the massive diversity … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, legitimacy, politics, trust, unity
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Fear And Loathing
This past Sabbath we had a sermon on fear and faith from one of our congregation’s retired pastors (who seemed to take umbrage with the fact that I introduced him as a retired pastor before his message and felt it … Continue reading
Crises Of Legitimacy
There has never been any shortage of disagreement in this world, and some of these disagreements have always had the tendency to go awry. A brother is jealous that God accepts the sacrifice of the other brother and not his … Continue reading
Book Review: Married Roommates
Married Roommates: How To Go From A Relationship That Just Survives To A Marriage That Thrives, by Talia and Allen Wagner [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Reedsy Discovery. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] The … Continue reading
Microaggressions And The Problem Of Proving Oneself Safe
As is often the case, those who have a leftist political worldview and label themselves progressives generally get almost everything wrong. Be that as it may, they often present at least interesting problems to solve that demonstrate the basic symmetry … Continue reading