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… is from Joseph Epstein's February 2017 essay in Commentary, "Hope I Die Before I Get Young: The sixties, forever with us":
If the sixties killed liberalism, it also did a pretty good job on adulthood. Most men and women who went through the sixties even now find it difficult to oppose any doctrine or behavior that is leftist in its origins or inspirations, for to do so would be to betray their youth. Among his many wise political apothegms, Orwell wrote that liberals fear few things more than being outflanked on the left. In the 1930s, this fear brought many liberals into the Communist Party, put them on the side of the Stalinists in Spain, caused them to overlook the monstrousness of Lenin and sanitize the cruelty of Trotsky, and turned the Democratic Party over to identity politics. History has never been an effective teacher, and so 30 and more years later, liberals, out of fear of being outflanked once again, everywhere gave way to radicals, so that dogmatic academic feminism, victimological African-American Studies, and the rest found a secure place in the first watering and then dumbing down and thorough politicizing of university study that eventually seeped through the general culture.
DBx: Note the irony of the photo above. Mindless radicalism has turned to devour itself: In 2020 it's de rigueur to oppose free speech and to accuse those of us who support it of being apologists for the rich, powerful, and privileged.


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The demonstration of an estimated 5,000 firefighters took place in the capital yesterday (Tuesday October 15). Banners and stickers read "Pompiers en Colère (Angry Firefighters)" and "En Grève (On Strike)".
A delegation met with the minister of the interior yesterday, but left with no agreement.
Outside of the main march, some protesters were dispersed using water cannon and tear gas after tensions escalated, and firefighters were pushed back by riot police. Six people were arrested after alleged "violence" and "throwing of projectiles".
Three law enforcement officers were injured.
Violente confrontation entre #pompiers et gendarmes place de la #Nation à #Paris. #PompiersEnColere.— HORS-ZONE Press ⚠ (@HZ_Press) October 15, 2019
- 15 octobre 2019 pic.twitter.com/5VLI9dYHtI
Grievances include complaints about working conditions, not enough professional personnel, lack of pay, and issues caused by too many calls to the Samu on number 18 being passed over to the fire brigade to manage.
The group is calling for a unique firefighter emergency number, as well as a re-evaluation of pay. They said that a junior firefighter earns just €1,500 before tax per month, and claimed that the bonus amounts paid to staff have not increased since 1991.
Groups of firefighters tried to march on the Paris ring road (périphérique), but they were pushed back by law enforcement, who threw tear gas to limit their movements, and forced protesters to stay in the city's Place de la Nation.
Buses of protesters arrived from across France.
Les pompiers en colère ils sont des milliers dans les rues de #Paris. Ce soir de nombreux incidents sur le périphérique, devant l'Assemblée Nationale près de l'Élysée, les forces de l'ordre répriment la manifestation. #SapeursPompiers #PompiersenColère pic.twitter.com/vBCBbvNrsM— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) October 15, 2019
Police have been criticised for their allegedly violent response to the protest, with one photo in particular (below) shared on social media as a symbol of the in-fighting between emergency services.
Place de la Nation à Paris, 17 h 07, les pompiers forcent la ligne de garde mobile pour rejoindre le périphérique. Les gardes mobiles répliquent à coups de gaz lacrymogène. ( Originale de la capture d'écran de mon app photo ➡https://t.co/rpr3VhFhue) #pompiers #PompiersEnColere) pic.twitter.com/6OC4Z1NuIX— Levy Yann (@Yann_Levy) October 15, 2019
#Policiers contre #pompiers, quand les institutions se frappent entre elles, il n'y a plus d'Etat. pic.twitter.com/7I69I4spOb— Gilbert Collard (@GilbertCollard) October 15, 2019
One march leader said: "We have decided to continue the strike action for the next two months."
The firefighters claimed that their working conditions had deteriorated, and they were facing increased danger on call-outs.
One firefighter at the march, Eric Brezault, who said he was from the south of the country, told newswire Reuters: "There is real anger and the problem is, we are not being listened to. That's why people are getting angrier, and it's starting to become violent."
Another firefighter, Julien from Dordogne, spoke to news source FranceInfo. He said: "We do not have enough professional firefighters in stations, and we are forced to find voluntary firefighters. It causes lengthy delays and operational responses are not adequate.
"For example, one station is usually forced to get back up from one or two other stations to call and ambulance, because there is only one firefighter at that station."
Another striker said: "We are called out to help someone, and when we get there, the person pulls out a blade. Caught by surprise, we try to control it, but we could have been injured.
"We are a bit fed up of being called out for whatever: a sore throat, back pain...we are always out, so we cannot train...it endangers our activity and the people we do actually need to help."
A further protester added: "All public services have been abandoned, whether it's firefighters, police, hospitals...today, we are here to save the few services that we still have left in France."
Another anonymous marcher said: "If I had a member of the government in front of me, I would tell them to come do a 12-hour shift with us to see the reality on the ground. Maybe it would change their mind."
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Tour de France daily digest: Mark Cavendish or Eddy Merckx — who ya got?
Mark Cavendish has drawn alongside Eddy Merckx on the Tour de France's all-time stage wins list. So, who you got: Merckx or Cav?
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The champagne droplets had yet to crust on the Tour de France podium Friday afternoon when the cycling world turned its collective attention to the latest, greatest, burning question of our time.
Who you got: Mark Cavendish or Eddy Merckx?
In case you missed it, on Friday Mark Cavendish accomplished the unthinkable by winning stage 13 into Carcassonne and drawing himself equal with Merckx on the Tour's all-time leaderboard with 34 career stage wins. Yep, Cav tied a record that has stood for 46 years.
To put that in perspective, Babe Ruth's MLB record for the most career home runs — a record that baseball fans at the time thought would last forever — stood for 39 years until Hank Aaron tied (and then broke) it in 1974. Yeah, what Cav accomplished on Friday was that historical.
Anyway, the Cavendish celebration came amid a flurry of online chatter about Merckx, who was quoted by the NBC Sports Network telecast as having a typically gracious-yet-grumpy perspective on the situation.
Eddy Merckx's comments re Cavendish and the Tour de France stage-win record, via NBC. pic.twitter.com/w45YH8Zte4
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) July 9, 2021
"I won 34 Tour stages by winning sprints, in the mountains, in time trials, and going on the attack on the descents," Merckx reportedly said. "Let's not forget the five yellow jerseys I've got at home plus the 96 days I wore it. Does that not seem much?"
"Naturally, I'm not trying to play down what [Cavendish] has achieved," he added. "Also, because he's been through a difficult time and has fallen in love with cycling again. That's a great message for young people in the sport."
Of course, we do not know the context of the Merckx quotes, or what specific question prompted this reply from cycling's most decorated rider. In recent years Merckx has carved out a niche as cycling's grumpy uncle, quick to criticize the kiddies for abandoning grand tours early, or other actions that are deemed to be uncouth. Think Charles Barkley on two wheels.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the online response to Merckx's comments has been decidedly split into two camps: the pro-Eddy, and Eddy-is-a-grump groups.
Still, the point Merckx makes brings to the fore a few fun if complicated hypothetical questions that we should absolutely unpack in today's column.
Whose accomplishment is more impressive? Which guy would you rather hold up as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) Tour stage winner?
Unpopular opinion: I don't care about whether Mark Cavendish beats Eddy Merckx's record. It's like comparing apples and oranges. Whether it's 14, 24 or 34 stage wins, the number's almost irrelevant. The wider achievement is his longevity + standing as an epoch-defining sprinter
— Andy McGrath (@Andymcgra) July 7, 2021
It's an apples-to-oranges comparison, of course, but that's what makes it such a fun debate. Merckx won all varieties of stages at the Tour de France, but he did so during the golden age of cycling, when the margin of victory was often 10 minutes or greater, riders pedaled on heavy, antique bicycles, and sports nutrition meant you put a raw egg in your beer.
Cavendish, meanwhile, won 34 pan-flat or lumpy sprint stages, but he did so in a hyper-specialized environment, where cyclists and teams have called on sports scientists, aerodynamicists, nutritionists, and yep, sometimes pharmacists, to squeeze a microsecond's advantage over the competition. Cav won 34 stages, and by doing so he beat millions of dollars worth of engineering, skill, training trips to Tenerife, and fart-inducing protein powder.
So, I'll ask it again: Merckx or Cavendish — who you got?
There's no correct answer here, and your choice likely says more about you than it does Cavendish or Merckx. If your bike has downtube shifters, you probably say Merckx. If you chase Strava records, then it's likely Cavendish. Retro jersey aficionado? Merckx. Wrap-around shades — Cav. King of the town line sprint — Cav. Queen of the local climb — Merckx.
Love a good grumpy quote? Well, you probably like both guys equally.
There's another quality to take into account when choosing which side to take: greatness vs. longevity and durability. It's a similar debate that NBA fans tackle when choosing between LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the sport's greatest of all time.
Those who choose Jordan choose greatness. Jordan won six NBA finals in six NBA finals appearances, and once the victory was at hand, he was nearly impossible to beat. The same can be said about Merckx, whose 13-year professional career brought him 445 wins in 1,585 races. He won stages in all but two of the grand tours he ever started. And of those 16 grand tour starts, Merckx took the overall in 11 of them.
LeBron fans, meanwhile, point to his longevity and durability for why he's the GOAT — he's been awesome since 2003. Likewise, Cavendish fans can point to a similar record.
Cavendish's record for greatness isn't as stellar, however, his success has already spanned three decades. This is Cavendish's 16th season in the pro ranks, and to be honest, he probably has a few more good ones in him. His sprint victories haves spanned multiple generations, and he's beaten everyone from Erik Zabel, to Alessandro Petacchi, to Peter Sagan, to Wout van Aert in bunch kicks. He's been great, fallen from grace, then fought his way back two or three times already. And that has to count for something, right?
How will we settle this debate? Is there any one quality we can really look at to push one man over the line? Sprints vs. climbs, new-age vs. retro, grumpy vs. grumpier?
Perhaps we should take a page from Cavendish's own Instagram account and look elsewhere for guidance.
Yep, Cav is right. Marianne Vos is the only right answer here.


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The Saint Petersburg Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia's Investigative Committee continues investigating a case opened in a crime under part 3 of article 30, part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (attempted fraud).
It has been reported earlier that investigators of the Investigative Committee detained CEO of ZAO Bazis Vladislav Glumov on suspicion of the said crime, who was placed in custody. In addition, by now the investigators have held Olga Cherkes, who has double citizenship in Russia and Israel, she also was remanded in custody and soon she and Glumov are going to be charged. It is now being decided whether to prosecute Alexander Tseitlin, one of organizers of the criminal group, who is the citizen of Israel and is now there.
According to investigators, in 2014, Glumov, Cherkes, Tseitlin and other members of the group committed an attempted fraud by illegal compensation of over 180 million rubles of VAT on a grand scale. According to their criminal scheme, they bought metal scrap in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and in the towns that had metal scrap works – Samara and Saransk, on behalf of ZAO Bazis, and transported it abroad disguised as high-tech alloy at overstate price and using forged documents. Then the accomplices filed a TAT report containing false information on compensation of over 180 million rubles of VAT, being aware that the Russian budget compensates for VAT for export of high-tech alloys, while metal scrap is liable to 18% VAT and no compensation whatsoever. An audit revealed that there was no reason for the tax deduction, so the VAT compensation was denied and the records of the audit were sent to law-enforcement bodies.
According to preliminary information, the accomplices have used the scheme since 2010, and the investigators assess the damage done to the budget at over 3 billion rubles at the moment.
At present, a number of operations are continued to detain all members of the criminal group, the suspects are being checked on having been involved in similar crimes investigated by different bodies of Russia.
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December 8, 2013 11:44 pm at 11:44 pm #611506
there are 10 body parts that are only 3 letters long
10-eyeDecember 9, 2013 2:33 am at 2:33 am #1040245HLMMember
you cannot lick your elbowDecember 9, 2013 3:12 am at 3:12 am #1040246
you can not say the m sound while smilingDecember 9, 2013 3:16 am at 3:16 am #1040247Burnt SteakParticipant
43% of all statistics are made upDecember 9, 2013 3:38 am at 3:38 am #1040248TheGoqParticipant
This is one of many threads about random facts.December 9, 2013 5:42 am at 5:42 am #1040249
I can play music b"h. I can talk b"h. I CAN'T do both together. Why? I cannot figure that out.December 9, 2013 6:13 am at 6:13 am #1040250SaysMeMember
hlm- depends how long ur tongue is!
Nonikname- or b or pDecember 9, 2013 6:42 am at 6:42 am #1040251
Why can't you smile and make an m sound? I can.December 9, 2013 11:44 am at 11:44 am #1040252☕ DaasYochid ☕Participant
LF, you should learn piano or guitar instead of saxophone. Maybe then you'll figure it out.December 9, 2013 2:43 pm at 2:43 pm #1040253Shopping613 🌠Participant
LF you do saxaphone??? Thats my fav instrument!!!!December 9, 2013 2:44 pm at 2:44 pm #1040254Shopping613 🌠Participant
Btw, you kniw gulie is written on the ceiling?December 9, 2013 4:45 pm at 4:45 pm #1040255
DY, I don't play saxophone. I do keyboard (Violin too). And that's the real strange thing. I cannot say a coherent sentence while playing. I could only speculate that both these tasks are originating from the same area in the brain. And it doesn't mulitask.December 9, 2013 5:47 pm at 5:47 pm #1040256
If you prepare the sentence before saying it, then you can say it by rote with the rythm.December 10, 2013 2:29 am at 2:29 am #1040257
WIY- smile without your lips touching
burnt steak- is that a statistic?
shopping- lol did u mean gullible?December 10, 2013 5:53 pm at 5:53 pm #1040258✡onegoal™Participant
The Eiffel Tower is taller in the winter than it is in the summer.December 10, 2013 6:01 pm at 6:01 pm #1040259writersoulParticipant
Little Froggie: same problem, but I play the flute, so…
The Hundred Years War lasted 116 years.December 10, 2013 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm #1040260RedlegParticipant
Froggie, can you play and sing?December 10, 2013 6:30 pm at 6:30 pm #1040261
Heleivi- It's probably easier to prepare the music and play it by rote and then you can actually talk and not just vocalize a sentence that's in your head.December 10, 2013 7:00 pm at 7:00 pm #1040262
Redleg: Yes, I can sing along while playing (only the same song). But I cannot, for the life of me, get out one coherent sentence.
and Writersoul, I do that B"H too. But I don't try talking while fiefing.December 10, 2013 7:27 pm at 7:27 pm #1040263
Gam, good point. I'll have to try that. Using two hands, though, takes more concentration. But for the duration of the sentence I'm sure it can be done. My keyboard is not working currently so I can't try it out that soon.December 11, 2013 5:58 pm at 5:58 pm #1040264✡onegoal™Participant
Random fact: Thread has been hijacked by band nerds:)December 11, 2013 6:20 pm at 6:20 pm #1040265
Oh, sorry. How can I read a text while bungee jumping?December 11, 2013 6:25 pm at 6:25 pm #1040266
HaLeivi- how many instruments require the use of only one hand? Most require two. I can play while talking if it's a song I know well.December 11, 2013 6:33 pm at 6:33 pm #1040267
A trumpet requires one hand. (If you're playing two, that's a different story)
And I think the reason you can talk while playing a song you know well, is because you're not really using your portion of expression in your brain for that, rather just a memorized sequence of key presses – my opinion.December 11, 2013 6:43 pm at 6:43 pm #1040268
Little Froggie- as I said, playing by rote. I know I can do it, because I was teaching someone else how to play and explaining what I was doing as I was doing it.December 11, 2013 7:09 pm at 7:09 pm #1040269WolfishMusingsParticipant
Odd facts:
Booth saved Lincoln's life.
In late 1864 or early 1865, Mr. Booth was waiting on a train platform in Washington DC when he noticed Lincoln had fallen into the gap between the platform and the train when the train began to move. Mr. Booth, who was a well-known actor in the famous Booth acting family, pulled Lincoln by his collar and rescued him from being crushed by the train.
The rescuer was Edwin Booth, the brother of the man who would assassinate the President less than a year later. The man who was rescued was Robert Todd Lincoln, the President's son.
The Story of the Unsinkable Ship.
A book was authored by a man named Morgan Robertson about a luxury ocean liner that was said to be unsinkable. The ship was described as "the longest craft afloat" and "equal to that of a first class hotel" and "unsinkable."
The ship (called the Titan) in the novel hit an iceberg on an April morning around midnight about 400 miles from Newfoundland and sank. The ship had too few lifeboats for all aboard and, in fact, carried, as few as the law would allow.
You might think that Robertson is just a hack who took the story of the ocean liner Titanic and wrote a story surrounding it. Heck, he couldn't even be bothered to come up with an original name for the ship! The Titanic did sink 400 miles from Newfoundland on an April morning around midnight. The Titanic was carrying too few lifeboats. It was regarded as one of (if not the) finest luxury liners in the world at the time. So, Robertson simply took the story, didn't even bother to change the pertinent details, and published a silly book.
Except for one little thing — The Titanic sunk in 1912. Robertson's book was published in 1897.
Unlucky Twice — and Lived To Tell
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a gentleman who had the unfortunate luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was attending a business conference in the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on the morning of Aug 6, 1945. Of course, that was the day that the atomic bomb fell on the city. Yamaguchi was 3 km away from the blast site. He was temporarily blinded, his eardrums were ruptured and he suffered burns over a good portion of his upper boddy because of the blast. Having survived the blast, he found some shelter and spent the night there.
Since it was unlikely that any business was going to be done in Hiroshima for the foreseeable future, Yamaguchi turned to go home — to Nagasaki.
Despite being badly injured, he managed to not only make it home, but to return to work on the morning of August 9. He was describing the blast to one of his supervisors when the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. While he was, again, 3 km from the blast, this time he was unhurt.
You might think that being at the location of not one, but two atomic blasts, that this guy would have suffered from radiation poisoning. As it turns out, he recovered nicely and survived until 2009, when he died of stomach cancer at age 93.
The Lucky Unlucky Nurse
Violet Jessup worked a stewardess/nurse for the White Star line. The White Star line had three famous Olympic-class liners at the time — Olympic, Titanic and Britanic.
She was working as a stewardess aboard the Olympic when she hit a cruiser on Sep 20, 1911. The ship managed to stay afloat as only two forward compartments flooded.
Afterwards, she boarded the Titanic to serve as a stewardess on that ship. On the morning of Apr 14, 1912, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. Jessop was eventually ordered onto lifeboat 16 and survived the sinking.
You see where this is going, right?
She was serving about the Olympic (which had been converted into a hospital ship for the war effort) when it struck a mine in the Aegean Sea on Nov 21, 1916. She was sucked under water and hit her head on the keel before being rescued. Thirty people died in the incident, but Jessop survived.
Jessop eventually died of drowning aboard the… no, I'm kidding. She died of heart failure in 1971, on dry land.
The WolfDecember 11, 2013 7:19 pm at 7:19 pm #1040270
But when you are doing chords you are already putting one part into automatic and juggling conscious focus.
Back to random facts: I forgot what each color band on the resistor stands for. Can anyone remind me?December 11, 2013 7:28 pm at 7:28 pm #1040271
Once you know your chords by heart, your fingers do them almost on their own.December 11, 2013 9:45 pm at 9:45 pm #1040272Torah613TorahParticipant
I play piano poorly, and can talk while I play.December 11, 2013 11:13 pm at 11:13 pm #1040273
Those are fascinating! Thank you.December 11, 2013 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm #1040274
nonikname, great thread. I like your op.
Little Froggie: Don't feel bad. There are many professional musicians who will not either talk while playing. It's not uncommon.December 11, 2013 11:34 pm at 11:34 pm #1040275LevAryehMember
If I'm only playing chords it's not that hard to talk. I find it a lot harder when I'm also playing lead. People think I'm being rude because I won't answer their questions, but really I just can't speak when I play (and I also I'm being rude).December 11, 2013 11:52 pm at 11:52 pm #1040276
"I play piano poorly, and can talk while I play."
I think this belongs in the talent thread.December 12, 2013 2:41 am at 2:41 am #1040277mitzvahgirl613Participant
When you put your hand flat down on a table and you bend your middle finger down, it is impossible to lift your ring finger by itself.December 12, 2013 3:00 am at 3:00 am #1040278🍫Syag LchochmaParticipant
i tried it but i was able to do it. is it supposed to be palm up or palm down?December 12, 2013 3:12 am at 3:12 am #1040279mitzvahgirl613Participant
palm downDecember 12, 2013 3:20 am at 3:20 am #1040280☕ DaasYochid ☕Participant
Syag, was your middle finger bent all the way in?December 12, 2013 3:38 am at 3:38 am #1040281
wofishmusings- i present u with……..
the most random award!!!
tht was so facinating!!!!
is it all true?
little froggie nd torah613- i think its awesome u play (took some lessons but i became 2lazy)
mitzva girl- ouch!! i hurt myself trying lolDecember 12, 2013 4:26 am at 4:26 am #1040282
Although the harmonica is played with only one hand (or none, on some occasions) I find it more difficult to talk while doing the draw notes.December 12, 2013 3:10 pm at 3:10 pm #1040283
HaLeiVi- the harmonica is played with the mouth, but you're right- it doesn't use both hands. It would be impossible to talk while playing it though for obvious reasons.December 12, 2013 7:01 pm at 7:01 pm #1040284
I have seen videos of harmonica playing and it requires 2 hands. You cant really play without 2 hands.December 12, 2013 7:33 pm at 7:33 pm #1040285
WIY- it's generally played with two, but you can manage with one, it just won't be as nice.December 12, 2013 7:46 pm at 7:46 pm #1040286miritchkaMember
Most people cant talk while putting on eyeliner.
mitzvah613 – i was able to do it. palm down, flat, middle finger bent, and ring finger lifted about an inch, not more.December 12, 2013 7:55 pm at 7:55 pm #1040287🍫Syag LchochmaParticipant
if you bend your middle finger against your palm and THEN put your palm down on the table it wont work anymore.December 12, 2013 9:00 pm at 9:00 pm #1040288
I was so frightened from that post. If I bend my middle finger etc. then it won't work anymore?!?December 13, 2013 12:24 am at 12:24 am #1040290
I never use two hands for harmonica. You use two hands when you want the waw waw effect.December 13, 2013 1:12 am at 1:12 am #1040291
Do you play for the CR banned?December 13, 2013 1:16 am at 1:16 am #1040292aishes choverParticipant
miritchka, then I am one of the few who can talk while applying eyeliner!
For example, I can say, "One second," or, "Give me a minute to finish, then I'll talk to you."December 13, 2013 6:08 am at 6:08 am #1040293no longer need seminaryMember
a heres a fact- most pple who read that you can't smile and say 'm' will do it!December 15, 2013 3:24 pm at 3:24 pm #1040294
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A loving God has always been part of my worldview. He was in charge of everything, loved me, was working out some plan that I was supposed to find my way in, and He would eventually set everything that was wrong in this world straight again. Somehow, mixed in with those facts were the facts that some of this rested on me, on my figuring out the plan, on my coming into line with it (whether or not others did).
As I matured, I realized that there were nearly an infinite number of interpretations of "the loving God," "the plan" and how we were to "come into line with it" (if, indeed, we were expected to do anything at all.) These varying interpretations, both across and within denominations, even within families and groups of friends, sometimes created deep hurt and tension. At one broken place in my life, I said both verbally and symbolically—"God, show me who You are." Very soon thereafter, I felt the tiny beginnings of peace, and an inkling of hope for clarity—eventually. And a journey began which included an unfolding life experience and study, across several decades and several disciplines.
The result of that growing understanding is what I want to share on this Website. Some things I share will be a description of my growing understanding. Other things will be more theological, some will be inspired spiritual insights, and perhaps some will even be social science—all of which God has used to give me understanding. The hope is that from my sharing, and other things in your own life, you will develop your own understanding.
Since I speak from the outskirts of the world of academia, I believe each piece of shared understanding should be prefaced with a "research question." So, I would submit that my life research questions are: "Who are You, God?" "How do you relate to me?" and "How should I (we) live?" It is my prayer that, as you peruse this work of heart and mind, you will hear what I believe God has told me in answer to those questions.