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I started reading some political philosophy recently and it amazed me how many terms I'd heard a million times but never really thought about. I knew them by their connotations and the context they normally show up in but if someone had asked me what any of them meant my answer would have been very far from precise. I'm thinking of terms like Radical, E… ncG1vNJzZmismJq5qsLIp56poJmhvLS7z6GwZ6ull8C1rcKkZZynnWS9cMPHmqtmoaNirm6%2BwJ2gnJmcYsGpsYyppqWhpJ6woriMmqmcoJWpxrGx

Today will consider the first question from two questions about the Holy Spirit someone asked me recently. Lord willing, we will study the second question in tomorrow’s article. The question about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit comes from Matthew 12:22-32. Parallel accounts are found in Mark 3:23-30 and Luke 11:14-22; 12:8-10. Since Matthew provides the most information, we’ll follow that account. Matthew 12 is when the religious leader’s hostility toward Jesus began to be shown in a more public way.

Think of someone you admire for his or her charisma. What makes that person so mysteriously compelling? In all likelihood, you’re picking up on three things: Conviction: There’s a powerful energy that springs from their commitment to an idea. They see clearly what others see only through a clouded looking glass. In many cases, their inner power transcends rank and status, as when Gandhi brought down the British Empire with the force of his devotion to justice.

As most people know, I am an ethnobotanist. Starting my journey with a Master’s of Science from the University of Kent, I am lucky enough to travel the world researching, studying and lecturing about botanical and environmental subjects. My work has taken me across Oceania through New Zealand, Indonesia, The Cook Islands, and Australia, over to the British Virgin Islands, California, Quebec, Vermont, England and soon to be Brazil. Hilariously, the question I get the most often is…WHAT IS ETHNOBOTANY?

Hi everyone, A week late (whoops!), we are back to welcome the lovely Hanna Flint, a London-based critic, author and host who has been covering film and culture for nearly a decade. I have been following Hanna’s work for a while now and I was sooooo excited that she agreed to come onto the newsletter. In this candid chat, we talk about grieving for lost family members, the films that stick with you forever, and the people who are changing the narrative in the movie biz.

Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask! Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor! A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 platform.

It was August 8, 2023, when wildfires erupted in the Hawaiin community of Lahaina. More than 100 people have died according to government officials. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said a few days after the fires broke out that there was "very little left" of Lahaina, where more than 2,700 structures have been destroyed in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Green said he expects the death toll to keep climbing.

This is part of a weekly music newsletter shouting out new releases, spotlight artists, and share playlists. It will come out every Wednesday I included Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s two comeback songs in my releases roundup last week. Apparently, some fans aren’t fans. The recently TikTokified folk band behind songs "It's Called: Freefall" and "Cocaine Jesus" ("When you find an old picture of us….” You know, that one) has been on hiatus since last summer due to lead singer Ela Melo’s mental health.

"The student who can begin in early life to think of things as connected.....has begun the life of learning". Mark van Doren (poet, writer, critic) 1943. Interdisciplinary learning (IDL) is a way of thinking and learning in which learners draw on knowledge, understanding and skills from two or more subjects in order to solve a problem or advance our understanding of a concept or idea that extends beyond the scope of any one subject.