Persuasion
One of the repeated messages of the book of Matthew is that vested interest blinds. Put another way, humans tend to deflect truth whenever it is costly or inconvenient. The general populace was astonished by Jesus. They were drawn to the power of his words. When Jesus...
Something Happened In Our Town
Something Happened In Our Town is a book written by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard from the Emory University School of Medicine. A Marshall University article about the book commented: “This New York Times and Indiebound bestseller is written by...
John 1.43-51
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote,...
Empowerment
“Empowerment” is a paternalist delusion. We can encourage, we can lend a hand, and we can make sure we’re not blocking the way, but we cannot transmit power. – E.O.
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