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A Battle over Sacred Ground: the Knowledges of Evidence and Faith
We are faced with numerous cross pressures. We begin to distrust the police. We no longer rely on our traditional religious communities. More and more, the family unit has been showing signs of wear and tear for at least a generation. Moreover, due to a pandemic, the economic machine that keeps us all moving has… Continue reading
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A Spiritual Worry about Social Justice
“If we stand with others in their reality, rather than focusing on issues, then we are doing much more of what Jesus would do.” Continue reading
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Eternity? Right Here.
What is this melancholy we feel? A shining connection I want to steal. No more dwelling and doubting the way that I eat! No more scattered or tattered 2-second tweets! Let’s ask “How are you?” and wait. Let’s walk together, with a slow gait. No more “Where did you go?”, “What and who do you know?”!Let’s… Continue reading
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New Podcast: Dialogue Maintenance
I was trying to demonstrate pen-ended questions in a live conversation moment, where we just tried to practice dialogue maintenance. On the way, we discussed personal examples of meaningful work, the prison of moving to a wealthy country, and the artistic spark and play that so many people have. How did I do? In comparison,… Continue reading
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95% Authentic: “Be true to yourself,” whatever that means.
For most middle-class people, things are pretty good. We may be dissatisfied with the state of the world, but our personal lives are fairly in order. We have loving people around us; we belong to a fairly stable community composed of a stable job, workmates or church people who are harmless and generally beneficial. We… Continue reading
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Value of “Work”
Amid the seeming disorder – the uncertainty and fear, a silent revolution is happening during the corona crisis: a revolution in the way we assess work. The drumming and clapping for health care workers, the public praise for those who stack supermarket shelves – all of this suddenly appears natural to us. And our applause… Continue reading
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ESL Podcast: Adjectives of States and Descriptions, and Open-ended Questions
In this video, Dr. Oleks and I discuss the purposes of open-ended and closed questions in an interview. We also discuss the grammatical differences in we express feelings vs describing that which cause the feeling. Continue reading
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To Share a Joy
Today I wanted to share a joy, a dream I had when I was a boy. of being valued and receiving care, of embracing love, of breathing air. But I opened up my social apps, typed away, this humble chap. I longed to reach and touch a friend, but closed my laptop in the end.… Continue reading
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The Sickness Beyond the Infection: Social Structures and Work
Part 4 Beyond essential services, has anyone, ANYONE, complained about working from home? I am an instructor, and other than not seeing my students, and missing the occasional conversation near my office with a colleague, I could not imagine how freeing working from home could be. I have become WAY more productive. Probably, this has… Continue reading
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