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The Newberg Report is in its 27th year of Texas Rangers baseball coverage, and its first at Substack. Jamey has grown a loyal readership through his independent writing, as well as his work the last several years for The Athletic and D Magazine, with his combination of insight, analysis, feel, and the passion of a lifelong fan. Whether you are most interested in future, present, or past when it comes to Rangers baseball, The Newberg Report has you covered.

This post may be too long for email. We recommend clicking through to the website for the best experience. Nik: 2003 marked the start of Pixar domination in the Best Animated Feature category. While the studio has had some incredibly well received films that ended up winning, some critics attribute their accolades at least in part to name recognition. As the studio’s first winner, Finding Nemo may have preceded that bias, but was it deserving of the award this year?

I often wonder about the origins of sayings. At present, as I sit in my hotel room looking out over a water-logged Tumon Bay, Guam, I have been contemplating this week’s title. I feel confident that most of you have heard the saying at one time or another (perhaps with ‘between’ in lieu of ‘betwixt,’ but I’m trying to bring betwixt back). You probably understand it to mean being stuck, helpless between two bad choices.

Over the last year, I’ve been exploring the work of Dr. Bob Schuchts and the John Paul II Healing Center. As dioceses continue to hire them (as well as Sr. Miriam Heidland who works collaboratively with them) to teach on healing, sexuality, and gender, it’s important to critically examine their work. Rather than presenting perspectives grounded in professional psychology and Catholic theology, they tend to offer teachings rooted in the protestant prayer healing movement and outdated (or simply inaccurate) psychological claims.

Hey y’all. As promised, act ii is (finally) here with some notes on Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter. I wasn’t able to just sit with it all day on Friday as I typically would and wanted to make sure I gave it its proper due on WHN. I did arrive home to my vinyl + cute tee + CD (which I had to buy to get the tee). I’m nothing if not a merch whore.

Tomorrow’s events: Collective Journaling w/ Peter Limberg and Co-Hosts. Daily @ 8:00 AM ET. Patreon event. 90 mins. Collective Presencing w/ Ria Baeck and Co-Hosts. Every Friday @ 8:00 AM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins. Collective Presencing w/ Ria Baeck and Co-Hosts. Every Friday @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins. Out of the Mind & Into the Body: Mapping Hell to Regain Heaven w/ Jasun Horsley. October 22nd @ 12:00 PM ET.

The Bible is full of imagery. It is the not-so-hidden layer on which so much of the meaning in the Bible lives. Like a tree has its roots in the soil, many of the most important images of the Bible are rooted in biblical cosmology. Cosmology, in this sense, is the way the ancient Hebrew people conceived of the universe as it is unfolded in Genesis 1 and 2. The first two chapters of the Bible reveal a “cross-section” of the earth and the heavens that can help orient us to the Bible’s key images and symbols.

Last week, University of Arizona officials finally presented faculty, staff and the public with an actual plan to address the school’s $177 million deficit, saying the cuts would start in administration. The goal of the “administrative restructuring,” according to Interim Chief Financial Officer John Arnold, is to save money, reduce bureaucracy and improve outcomes. The Arizona Board of Regents has hired a consulting firm to review the UA’s administrative structure and Arnold said UA leadership has already begun to review bureaucratic positions to cut.

It’s spooky time again folks. That means a few things. Wondering what happened to all the kids that used to trick-or-treat, nasty-ass candy corn in every chair's crevices, and The Bizarchives missing our Halloween deadline despite being the top dogs of spooky fiction. Cynical? Yes. As an aging grognard xennial with three kids, I’m a little bit mad at Halloween. I loved it as a youngin and I’m salty that my own children have an objectively inferior age to grow up in.