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  • Twelve Ways to Christmas December 26, 2024 11:49 pm The Imaginative Conservative - Texas If Christmas is anything, it is a revolution of the heart against the tit-for-tat of this world, against the demands of this world for balancing the scales and righting every wrong with a hard justice. Ultimately, if this world is saved, it will be mercy, …
  • Miketz: The Brothers December 26, 2024 10:17 pm The Times of Israel We’re right in the middle of the story of Yosef (Joseph) and his brothers, a story that takes up about a third of the book of Bereshit (Genesis) and is probably the longest narrative in Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). As Robert Alter writes in The Art of Biblical …
  • Faith leaders who died in 2024: Pastors and pioneers, authors and theologians December 26, 2024 9:08 pm Religion News Service (RNS) — Religious leaders known for speaking, writing and, sometimes, scandals were among those whose deaths were noted in 2024. Across faiths and across the globe, prominent individuals whose legacies are likely to continue to shape their ministries and …
  • Like your pet more than people? So did some of the Greco-Romans December 26, 2024 8:15 pm The Conversation The Roman writer Claudius Aelian (2nd–3rd century CE) tells us a curious story about a boy and a pet snake: A boy bought a small snake and reared it with great care. When it grew he spoke to it as if it could hear, played with it and let it stay in his bed …
  • From Cleopatra to Wellington, leaders have always taxed beer. But Australia’s system has made beer extra pricey December 26, 2024 8:15 pm The Conversation Beer has existed for thousands of years. It was the drink of choice in ancient Egypt, in northern Europe in the Middle Ages and, of course, remains popular around the world today. And, since it was so widely consumed, it was the perfect target for taxation …
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