March 2012
6 posts
The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction (New... →
psychotherapy:
via The New York Times:
Amid the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected quarter: neuroscience.
Brain scans are revealing what happens in our heads when we read a detailed description, an evocative metaphor or an emotional exchange...
About biblical interpretation, a.k.a....
The word “hermeneutics” refers to the art and science of interpreting written texts. Within Christianity, the term generally refers to methods of interpreting the Bible.
The term was derived from the Pagan Greek. Hermes was the son of Zeus and a mountain nymph and the messenger of the gods.
Introduction to Bible interpretation
Method 1. Interpreting passages of the Bible...
For where your treasure is, there your heart will...
Psalms 119 is unique not only because it’s the longest chapter (176 verses) but each segment represents a letter in the Hebrew alphabet. I thought this one sang my heart’s tune today.
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33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.[a] 34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart. 35 Direct me in...
This is inspiring
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.. She said, ‘Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give...
