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  • How Christians Used to Fast During Lent

    How Christians Used to Fast During Lent0

    • February 10, 2016

    Today is Ash Wednesday, which signals the beginning of Lent for many Christians. As many of you know, Lent has traditionally been a 40-day period of preparation for Easter accompanied by fasting (going without food and drink) and abstinence (avoiding certain food and drink). However, the practice of fasting and abstinence has largely been abandoned

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  • How Christianity Created Secularism

    How Christianity Created Secularism1

    I’m someone who holds an ongoing interest in the origins of secularism. It’s a fascinating question to me: How did Christianity grow from a small, persecuted movement in Palestine to become the European cultural phenomenon known as “Christendom”, only to be relegated to an ostensibly marginalized position in modern Western society? According to one answer:

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  • How China Weaponizes Mass Migration Against Hong Kong

    How China Weaponizes Mass Migration Against Hong Kong0

    HONG KONG – China has instituted an immigration scheme that allows 150 Mainlanders a day to migrate to Hong Kong, and local officials have no power to vet or control who comes. Protesters say the program is being administered by the Chinese Communist Party in order to dilute Hong Kong identity and make the island more pro-Beijing. What’s viewed in Hong

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  • How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade

    How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade0

    My older children attend a self-directed learning center for unschoolers a couple of days a week. I love to hear the stories they share about what they do during the day. Classes are offered and are generated based on the young people’s interests, but they are entirely voluntary. Kids can attend classes or do their

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  • How Children Are Missing Life’s Meaning

    How Children Are Missing Life’s Meaning0

    I escaped a few weeks ago. I left my job, the city, and – glory, hallelujah! – the internet behind and spent several days at a cabin up north. It was nothing but trees, country roads, a rocky shoreline, and a vast lake. And books. Lots of books. Until the disconnect comes, it’s hard to

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  • How Celebrities Cleverly Evade Responsibility for their Actions

    How Celebrities Cleverly Evade Responsibility for their Actions0

    • November 3, 2017

    Both Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have announced they are going into “rehab” in order to seek “treatment” for the actions that have recently come to light. Weinstein said he, like Tiger Woods and Anthony Weiner, as well as numerous celebrities before him, is going into “treatment” for “sex addiction.” It was not disclosed what

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