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Write Better Than You Do: Four Writing Tips From 2000 Years Ago
Want to write better than you do? Consider trying these four ancient tricks: Focus on the sublime. The Greek writer, Longinus (first century CE), is among the first persons to address what would become a recurrent theme in the history … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, creativity, critical thinking, longinus, reading, thinking, writing, yoga
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Hard Tolerance
At the Guardian today, Andrew Brown defines “hard tolerance,” a concept I’d never heard of before, but that I like: After Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech, the most notable response was the decision of 137 Muslim scholars to sign … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, communication, dialogue, hard tolerance, have a meal with a muslim day, Islam, Jesus, love, muhammad
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Your WTF is not necessarily your neighbor’s WTF
A little life reminder that the messages we send, and the messages we think we send, may not be the same: There is an image circulating on the Internet (but that I can’t seem to embed here) of a megachurch promoting … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhists, Christians, communication, have a meal with a muslim day, hindus, irony, Islam, Jews, Muslims, rhetoric, social psychology, wtf
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September 17th, 2010: International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day
In response to the Florida pastor who recently called people to an “International Burn a Koran Day,” I thought I’d set my own International event, a siren call, not to hate, but to love and dialogue: September 17, 2010: International Have … Continue reading
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Blogging UFOs: If UFOs are Indeed Buzzing about in Our Local Skies, Why Wouldn’t We Pick Up Radio Signals of their Interspaceship Communications?
This morning I thought of a rather strong presumptive reason not to believe that UFOs are really visiting Earth: The total lack of radio communication between alleged alien spaceships. You would think that aliens, like humans, would communicate over radio … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Christianity, communication, ETs, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, philosophy, Phoenix lights, radio, religion, science, UFOs
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