DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant each of us a deep and abiding love for prayer, both private and communal. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BLACK DEATH: [8:04] – Learn how scientists discovered the original source of the deadly bacterium and how it made its way to Europe in the Middle Ages.
D.C.: [10:06] – This is exactly what the Frankfurt School wanted.
FEMINISM AGAINST PROGRESS: The link is cued up to begin at the speech itself, so you don’t have to sit through introductions etc. [1:28:25] – Mary Harrington, author of Feminism Against Progress, describes herself as a “reactionary feminist.” She argues that the pursuit of progress has, in many ways, undermined the well-being of the majority of women, creating new forms of dependence and inequality.
This talk is long, but worth your time. (If you prefer to read, click the transcript button below the video.) As I listen to it, I am struck by how much of what she describes is what the Frankfurt School promoted. And she does it standing in front of a supremely chaotic and ugly mural, something the Frankfurters would be applauding … if they weren’t all (likely) burning in Hell.
Her summary line is this: “As we stare down the monster of money and technology and ‘no truth, only power,’ Christian theology really is the only place left to stand. … There’s no other body of thought that can make the case for human nature as creatures of both flesh and spirit, capable of directing our purpose beyond the mere pursuit of food, sex, money, and status power.”
MEDIA: [4:35] – “It’s like trying to understand nature by going to the zoo.”
VAXXXINES: [2:22] – HHS Secretary Kennedy explains why 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, totaling about $500 million, and will prioritize ‘safer’ vaccine alternatives.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1100969061964496 for a really clever idea to help young kids deal with long car rides.
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