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Situated in History
Situated in History This might be an unusual trait, but I am someone who has trouble knowing who she is, and what life asks of her, until she gets some clarity about her place in history. By “place in history” … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate timeline, biblical archetype, Cain and Abel, cheap grace, Chilul HaShem, Christian forgiveness, curing racism, desecration of the name, ecological solutions, feminine dignity, forgetting wrongs, forgiveness as therapy, forgiving wrongs, global competition, God as Witness, God in history, God's feminine image, history and Jews, history as illusion, Isaiah's vision, Jewish forgiveness, Jewish identity, linear time and narrative, linear time and religion, messianic expectations, original sin, personal transformation, place in history, Plato's Republic, redemption, satyagraha, saving the planet, sibling rivalry, spiritually incurable, stains on conscience, the course of human events, the historical condition, time and Jews, wrestling with the angel
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“Rest”
“Rest” Rest, as I’ve said before in these columns, is hard for me. I don’t know when it got to be so hard. It seems one of the downsides of growing up but, since I’m not in favor of growing … Continue reading
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Tagged battle, combat, emotional work, failure, Faith, feminine self-image, frantic, Furies, God, Greek Lyrics, hurry, identity, introspection, jeopardy, life direction, life plateau, life purpose, life tasks, loss, lost time, memory, mental rape, motivation, narrative, other-directedness, personal history, purposive desire, rape, redemption, rest, Richard Lattimore, self-command, stolen identity, The 300, The Epitaph at Thermopylae, threat, unsuccess, victory and defeat, vocation, wisdom, work
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