Tag: history
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Place Matters
Acts 18:24-28 – 8/7/2026 Now there came to Ephesus a Jew named Apollos from Alexandria. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the scriptures. Acts 18:24 (NRSVue) The opening verse from today’s New Testament reading reminded me of something I re-learned recently. Alexandria was the center of the Mediterranean world, the Greek-speaking world, for almost…
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Work is not the Answer
by Justin Marquis I reject the dichotomy between work and play. If an activity is intrinsically worthwhile to do while being paid, then it is intrinsically worthwhile to do without pay. Literally the only difference between work and play in late capitalism is that one is paid and the other is unpaid. This comes up…
Dionysus on a Bike 