Twitter has hacked my brain. Years ago I was capable of blogging long essays. Now I think in 140 character bursts. This must stop. I have New Age music playing, I’m not looking at Twitter, I’m not reading item after item in Feedly, I’m not curating links endlessly in Pocket or del.icio.us (or whatever linkhoarding tool is current now). It is late evening, it is calm, and I had a pleasant day of errands, eating out with family, playing board games, and laughing. I ate out twice, in fact. Lunch and dinner, spent with family. An older couple, a middle-aged…
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Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. Steve Bannon vows to ‘go to war’ for Trump agenda after sacking: Donald Trump’s former chief strategist has vowed to go to war against the president’s opponents, after being fired from his job at the White House. Steve Bannon, who has returned as head of ultra-conservative website Breitbart News, said he would fight for the agenda that won Mr Trump the election. – by Anthony Zurcher – Tags: politics – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40985180 Finland killings: Stabbings in Turku a ‘terror attack’: Police in Finland say they believe the killing of two people…
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I had noticed several references to Othodox Christianity in some of the nationalist stories coming out of Charlottesville. There’s a connection, and mainstream American Orthodox church leaders have some warning signs to watch for. There are those who would co-opt American Orthodoxy, make it the voice of white nationalism. Churches need to confront the problem head on. Source: White Supremacy and Orthodox Christianity: A Dangerous Connection Rears Its Head in Charlottesville | Religion Dispatches