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Daily Archives: November 22, 2011
Longing for Home
For my write-up today on Stephen King’s Needful Things, I will talk about a passage on page 263: “Home, that was the thing to think about. Home and her beautiful carnival glass lampshade. Home and the Sunday Super Movie. Home … Continue reading
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John Shore on Coping with the Holidays
This will be a two-parter on experiencing the Thanksgiving holiday, and I will be using other bloggers’ posts as a launch-pad. Today, I’ll direct you to John Shore’s The Beatitude Attitude: 9 Tips for Avoiding Family Stress Over the Holidays. … Continue reading
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Das Discusses Blamelessness
In my reading of A. Andrew Das’ Paul and the Jews, I appreciated Das’ discussion on pages 142-148 about the concept of blamelessness in Second Temple Judaism. To be honest, I could not tell whether Das was agreeing or disagreeing … Continue reading
