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A common enemy
It is a universal principle that people need enemies. Loud protests notwithstanding, people need enemies. It is fundamental to modern politics. The left has the right. The right has the left. The people have the politicians. And the politicians have the people. We all have enemies. And we have them because we need them. Every sports team has its opponents. Every nation has foes. Every city has its critics. Every ideology has its counter. Every
Reading the sources
I was listening to a Yale lecture on American history this afternoon and the professor referenced Jonathan Edwards and his most famous sermon "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God." She took time to read a section from the text so that everyone could get an audible "Jonathan Edwards moment." I enjoyed the reading and I found myself asking the question have I read the sermon? I'm sure at some point in the past
Living under shadows
Ignorance is bliss is probably best summed up in the famous allegory of the cave where Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Plato's Socrates, the shadows are as close
Looking beyond the juniper tree
Have you ever felt like you cannot go on? Have you ever experienced the weights of despair, discouragement and disappointment? Do you ever wonder if there is anybody left who actually cares for your plight? If any of these questions ring true in your heart than you understand to some degree the experiences of the powerful prophet Elijah. There he sits under the desert Juniper shrub having personally experienced one of the greatest evidences of