F10.Some of the hermits were great scholars known as “ Father of the Church”, whose work is generally considered orthodox. T11.Charlemagne wanted to rule as the emperors ofRomehad done in ancient times and eventually was crowned “ Emperor of the Romans” by himself in 800. F12.Where ...
celebrating the overwhelming presence of God in his life. The book of Romans tells us that sin separates us from God (Romans 1:18-25, 3:23). If God seems distant, it is because we are not pursuing him with our whole selves. If God seems absent,...
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[c] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success” (Joshua 1:8). Those who...
With these considerations in mind, we conducted a review of the literature with the specific objective of identifying studies that capture (intentionally or not) instances of countercultural practices, and, in particular, instances where the use of such practices was not problematic, and sometimes, ...
Saturn ate his first five children, one of whom was Juno, because he didn’t know who would take over as usurper. Rather than developing their own tradition of mythological narratives, the Romans frequently borrowed and appropriated Greek mythology, substituting Roman figures for previously used Gr...
Is Because It’s The Day After That Most Problematic of Holidays[2] That holiday would be Thanksgiving. So, you can enjoy aheartfelt rantthoughtful narrative about how we non-indigenous Americans grew up with a preposterous narrative, as summarized bymoiselfin theDepartment Of The Big Day Nex...
Common to them all and distinguishing him from every other occupant in the pantheon of Roman deities were his two faces opposite each other on either side of his head. He looked both ways with his two faces, and this, the Romans thought, made him the perfect god to preside over the ...
All of them.So, things to remember:-It is only beginning. Someone on Facebook said we’re living through the period of history summarized under “causes leading to” before the map gets all arrowy and scary. And they’re not wrong. What I have a feeling though, is that we’re ...
We have had leaders of decency, integrity, intelligence, equanimity; still, even during the terms of “No Drama Obama” there could be, ultimately, no relaxing. The festering turds of racism and Right Wing Fuckery were stewing in their resentment, fermenting and fomenting their schemes, throwing...
Another confidence-building scripture is tucked into the book of Nahum: “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him” (1:7). If we put our minds to it, every one of us can attest to the truth of those statements, because the Lord is go...