Some items I have read and do not have time to more justice to:
Acid Blues (Slight Return): The music of Jimi Hendrix continues to strike a chord
by James McManus (The New Republic)
These Are 10 Local Pizza Restaurants In Indiana Loved By The Community - but no Pizza King!
Why Indiana Democrats are running for office.
Competition And Corruption (Sheila Kennedy) - what is wrong with Indiana's politics = lead me to Independent Indiana.
Two Short Novels by Colette: “Break of Day” & “Duo” (Thornfield Hall) - because I like Colette.
In Pursuit of Peace, Ancient Athens Created a Goddess (JStor Daily)
After decades of war, the Athenians decided peace would no longer be an abstraction. Instead, it would be personified as a deity, the goddess Eirene, and worshipped as such. To be clear, religion in ancient Greece was not “faith” in the way we understand it today. It did not necessarily guide individual’s private thoughts or provide a moral compass. Instead, it was deeply embedded in public life. Practicing religion was a social and civic duty, aimed at maintaining harmony between mortals and the divine. Religious acts such as prayers, libations, and dedication of votive offerings were typically performed at public shrines and altars. These were visible, communal gestures, often tied to festivals, civic events, or transitions in life, such as marriage, war, or death.
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An idea of desirable, all-abiding, permanent peace was a new concept in the fourth century BCE Greek political thinking. Peace agreements had been concluded before, but they were not meant to be permanent and none of them lasted long. Eirene was the embodiment of a newfound hope for a more lasting peace that could unify the country. However, despite the hopes Athenians placed in Eirene to deliver on this goal, appeals to a divinity could not prevent war. Worshipping a deity did not create practical mechanisms for diplomacy or conflict resolution.
Lift A program supporting films that elevate Hoosier stories and raise the spirit of Indiana
A Brief, Disturbing History of Universal Monster (Crime Reads)
Monica Lewinsky: I was called a bimbo and abused on a world stage (London Times) - a little shocked she is now 52 - where did the time go - but a reminder that deserved better, and it is very good to see that she has survived.
“And Ye are Witnesses of These Things” Revisiting “Worship in a Secular Age”: Part Three (Public Orthodoxy) is a series I have been reading in the context of creativity, and I get glimpses of a way forward.
This series of essays attempted to revisit and extend Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s sacramental critique of secularism. Christian life in a secular age requires an askēsis of epiphany—a disciplined way of seeing and living out the sacramental continuity between worship and world-facing witness, fulfilled in the joyous recognition of Christ always in our midst. John the Baptist, St. Maximus notes, leaped for joy in his mother’s womb at the first sight of His Lord. And even now, “just as if He were enclosed in a womb, the Word of God appears only obscurely, and only to those who have the spirit of John the Baptist.”[viii] This spirit of joy, this askēsis of epiphany, leads us to truly grasp the perennial relevance and promise of his resounding proclamation, issued to a world shrouded by darkness and the shadow of death: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” (Mt 3:2).
One more post and I am done for the day.
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