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This morning I lit a candle for the being of freedom. For this beautiful entity, which I’m so early in the process of getting to know, this beautiful beacon of hope so many of us hold close, that so many of us strive for. A few days ago, when I was in prayer, I was struck with the message that Freedom—the spirit of Freedom—is calling to us now. It needs us, just as much as we need it.

Patriarchalism in the broadest sense is simply the traditional view of men, women, and family life, grounded in Scripture and nature. It is reflected with varying degrees of faithfulness across Western civilization, and indeed every civilization, since it is built into creation. The term patriarchy comes from the Greek, and simply means father rule. However, this can refer to two different things, which as Christians we should be careful to distinguish between:

Piano by Pictures by Gospel on the Go caught my eye with its promise of fast and easy learning using visual images instead of sheet music. I decided to test it out. Here's my detailed review as an experienced pianist and music educator. Piano by Pictures is an online piano learning course created by "Dr. Kelly" (Ryan Kelly). It aims to teach piano through pictogram notation rather than standard musical staff notation.

One of the first philosophical problems I thought about in college was free will vs. determinism. It was then that I thought of an argument against determinism, which I presented in a term paper. Later, as a professor, I tried to publish the same argument, but it was rejected about fifteen times by different journals. Each time, the referees said to reject it because they could think of some objections to my argument.

Much of Sam Pink’s writing is characterized by small day-to-day moments. His protagonists are regular guys: they work as dishwashers and barbacks, they unclog sinks and toilets and wrangle garbage, they hang out, they fight, they get wild, get pissed, they observe, listen, notice, feel. Like working-class versions of Nicholson Baker’s white-collar narrator in The Mezzanine, they find truth and beauty in the details, even when the details kind of suck.

The history behind today’s politics of “The Taiwan Question,” featuring Taiwan’s perspective on how the world can avoid another war in the Pacific— with insights from the documentary I’ve filmed in Taiwan during two terms of their first female president. By Vanessa Hope · Launched a year agoNo thanksncG1vNJzZmiukaOytL%2FAoaapnV6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpw

Donna Tartt’s 1992 debut novel The Secret History is one of my favourites of all time. I’ve read it three times! I started reading the book at the end of January in 2021 after seeing overwhelmingly positive reviews about it online. Admittedly, I had been sceptical before reading because I was worried that it wouldn’t live up to the hype, but it absolutely did. It’s one of the novels that left a lasting impression on me.

Last month, I was on a press trip in Parma with a few U.S.-based food editors and writers. Naturally, many of our discussions were food-focused and really brought home the cultural differences between authentic Italian cuisine and “Italian” recipes that sometimes appear in American publications. One of my fellow journalists rather gleefully showed our Italian host a slideshow she had curated of pasta recipes with chicken, amused at his shocked and horrified reaction.

Hello! Hello! Today is World Peace Day! On any day, if I hear someone say, “World Peace,” my immediate, almost Pavlovian reaction is to say: Cookies! If you know the cookies, then you’ll understand- you might even be another person who jumps up with glee and shouts the same thing. Here, a short history of how it all started. ncG1vNJzZmicn6e2prPRnpynq6CWu2%2B%2F1JuqrZmToHuku8xop2ivn6e5pXnPnpicnV2YvLC3yJ6qZpldp7Kktc%2BeZJqmlGJ%2FcnmPcmRraQ%3D%3D