Book Extract: Holy Reading
From The God of the Growing Edge, pp 81-82
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Dave Black on the Synoptic Problem
Energion author David Alan Black appeared recently as a guest on the Bible and Theology Matters Podcast and discussed the synoptic problem. The “synoptic problem” involves outlining the literary relationships between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. This is nearly an hour of discussion, but it is tightly packed. If you are interested in…
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Memorial Day 2025 – Remember!
From Energion Publications author Elgin L. Hushbeck, Jr.
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Dr. Dolly Says … Ask Your Mama!
Dr Dolly Says …ASK YOUR MAMA! By Dolly Haik-Adams Berthelot © 2025 If you are fortunate enough to still have a Mother this Mother’s Day, let’s consider getting to know her a little better. How do you do that after maybe “knowing her” for decades? ASK SOME QUESTIONS! And listen to her answers. Really listen….
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God Hears the Cries of the Poor
As Amos contends, God hears the cries of the poor, and God’s voice speaking through their pain challenges all of us, but most especially those wielding power and enjoying prosperity, to listen to God’s messages spoken through the voices of the voiceless, homeless, evicted, malnourished, desperate, and hopeless, whether in Appalachian coal country, inner-city Chicago,…
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Empty Nest
I will go through the house and turn on all the lights.Then I will go and turn them off one by one.When I come to yours. I know the tears will fall.I will sadly turn it off and say, “I love you” and say, “good night.” (The Empty Nest, p. 18) Tabitha Edwards-Walton, Poetic Life…
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Book Focus: The Value of Each Person
Similar to Thurman, Whitehead asserted that value and experience are coextensive with reality and that each creature has value apart from their use to others. Disregard and diminishment of another’s value goes against the grain of metaphysics and morality in an experiential universe. Bruce Epperly, The God of the Growing Edge, 21 (emphasis added) Discover…
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Celebrating the World: The Commonwealth of Nations
Today, March 10, 2025, is Commonwealth day. The Commonwealth of Nations includes 56 countries with 2.7 billion citizens. You can find a list of members here. Read about the celebration, with the theme, “Together we thrive,” here. Not at all a bad theme! (Featured image credit: ID 361335081 @ Prakash Shaw | Dreamstime.com)
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Celebrating the World: Brunei
Brunei’s national day is February 23, commemorating independence from the United Kingdom in 1984, which actually occurred on 1 January.
