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How American is “All-American Muslim”?: Not Enough
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Jana Riess
The news is filled today with reports that Lowe’s and other major corporations have pulled advertising from the new TLC series All-American Muslim, caving to the demands of the right-wing Florida Family Association. The FFA says it is concerned that the show is: . . . propaganda clearly designed to counter legitimate and present-day concerns…
Bonhoeffer, Week 2: The “Wonder of All Wonders” in Advent
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Jana Riess
This is our second week of Advent Wednesday devotions from Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas. Today’s theme is how God makes himself meek and lowly in order to be with us. Why can’t I follow his example? Why is humility so hard? –JKR Advent Week 2 God travels…
“Still Alice” and the Specter of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s
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Jana Riess
This month my book club read Still Alice, neuroscientist Lisa Genova’s haunting novel about a Harvard cognitive science professor who discovers, at age 50 and the height of her career, that she is succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. My take on the book was that I learned a tremendous amount about the disease but that…
Flunking Deadlines, Setting Limits
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Jana Riess
Someone told me recently, “I don’t know how you do it all.” I’ve heard this before and it’s nice that I fooled that person, but here is the truth: I am going a bit barmy with overcommitment. This weekend I sat down to my gnawing to-do list and felt entirely overwhelmed. In part that’s because…
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