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"Every mystery of life has its origin in the heart." (Hans Urs von Balthasar) Subscribe to my posts at: https://judsontaylor.substack.com/

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The Music That Would Not Linger Atmosphere, Memory, and the Birth of the Modern Imagination

Listen to “Voiles” tonight with the lights low—then tell me music didn’t change in 1900. open.substack.com/pub/judsonta...

13.03.2026 13:29 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Kierkegaard’s Skepticism of Hegelian Philosophy In one of the first sections of “Fear and Trembling”, Kierkegaard (as his pseudonymous self, Johannes de Silentio) notes,

Kierkegaard challenges Hegel’s system, insisting that true faith isn’t found in the universal but in a solitary, paradoxical relationship with God that places the individual above the crowd.

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12.03.2026 14:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.

The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News. abcnews.com/US/fbi-warns... PPP

11.03.2026 21:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.

The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News. abcnews.com/US/fbi-warns...

11.03.2026 21:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Scrutinizing the Sacred Scruton was acutely aware that, in a society that has largely lost its religion, art can give people a sense of the timeless and transcendental. That is why he spent his life defending genuine art fro...

Art can awaken a sense of the sacred, but as Mark Dooley argues, Roger Scruton’s Kantian “intimations of the infinite” ultimately leave us spiritually homeless—because only religion, not culture, can truly reconcile us to the divine and bring us home.

www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/02/97225/

11.03.2026 14:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What People Really Want—and How Christians Can Help In This Is Strategy, Seth Godin distills human motivation down to three basic desires: affiliation, status, and freedom from fear.

New post today on how followers of Jesus can respond to people’s deepest longings with simple, faithful presence.

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10.03.2026 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It was actually back in 2015 that our country was first divided.

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What we think is a decline in literacy is a design problem | Aeon Essays Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answer isn’t getting rid of our screen time

A university librarian says our shrinking attention spans aren’t proof that screens are destroying literacy but evidence that today’s digital platforms are deliberately designed to fragment focus.

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Why do airlines hate basic economy passengers? Major airlines are cutting frequent-flier miles for basic economy passengers, with United, American and Delta implementing changes.

“What the airlines are basically doing with these changes is telling the basic economy traveler we don’t value you or your business. The actions will not induce many of these travelers to become loyal.”

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10.03.2026 01:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tomorrow’s post explores the real motivations beneath human behavior and how everyday discipleship speaks directly to them.

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The U.S. is the only place Pew Research surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good.

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06.03.2026 23:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Late rising. Long writing. Long walks. Deep faith.

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06.03.2026 21:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Desk by the Window How Kierkegaard Wrote and Lived

New essay: Kierkegaard’s desk was modest—his inward battles were not. open.substack.com/pub/judsonta...

06.03.2026 14:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you think you can “rewire” your brain in 10 minutes a day, this neurologist has some uncomfortable news: your mind isn’t a circuit board—it’s a forest, and forests don’t change overnight.

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05.03.2026 16:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turning a Blind Eye A memoir of daily accommodation to fascism.

What if fascism doesn’t arrive with marching boots but with quiet shrugs—one small compromise at a time—until you wake up and realize you’ve become “a good German”?

www.bostonreview.net/articles/tur...

04.03.2026 20:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Dangerous Rise of Me-Centered Worship - RELEVANT I don't want to be on my phone but I can't be alone / Welcome to the modern way… That's how Hillsong Young and Free's "Best Friend" opens. Not with God —

This is a drift that’s been quietly underway for years, and it runs deeper than the usual critique.

relevantmagazine.com/culture/musi...?

04.03.2026 18:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Francis of Assisi and the Simplicity We Are Afraid to Live Why Obedience Still Matters in an Age of Admiration

New essay: Francis of Assisi and the simplicity we keep avoiding. open.substack.com/pub/judsonta...

03.03.2026 14:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.

B.C. will adopt permanent daylight time after March 8, 2026—ending clock changes but potentially causing time confusion for WA travelers, Canadians heading south, and even between B.C. and the rest of Canada (though Arizona already does its own thing).

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

02.03.2026 20:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why do we admire Jesus so easily—and obey him so rarely?

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The Death of Spotify: Part II Music is now tap water. You should be focused on selling Fiji.

Spotify is not becoming obsolete because people will stop listening to it. It is becoming obsolete as a business model for artists. And more importantly, Spotify is currently shooting itself in the foot by refusing to adapt.

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01.03.2026 01:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media Responsible journalists verify and fact-check information. That can create a lag, leading the audience to believe they’re not just slow but wrong.

In the age of livestreams and viral posts, journalism’s greatest strength—careful verification—may also be its weakness, as the gap between real-time social media and slower, rigorous reporting increasingly erodes public trust. theconversation.com/journalism-m...

28.02.2026 15:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Book on the Table How Kierkegaard Read the Bible

Kierkegaard read the New Testament as a personal summons.

“When you read God's Word,” he said, “you must constantly be saying to yourself, ‘It is talking to me, and about me.’”

—Søren Kierkegaard

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New essay: Kierkegaard read the New Testament as a personal summons. open.substack.com/pub/judsonta...

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The Book on the Table How Kierkegaard Read the Bible

The hardest part of Scripture isn’t understanding it—it’s obeying it. open.substack.com/pub/judsonta...

27.02.2026 14:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete Jimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.

The artists who will survive the next five years are the ones who are quietly shifting their focus away from the “ATM Machine.” They are building their own cultural hangars.

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26.02.2026 14:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What if Scripture is a mirror, not a manual?

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Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday.

US immigration officials picked up a blind Rohingya refugee last week in Buffalo, NY. Then, realizing they had no basis to deport him, they released him five miles from his home. He needed a walking stick and died trying to make his way back to his house.

www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...

26.02.2026 06:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Good Grief! | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now Tim Madigan ponders the philosophy of Peanuts.

From Charlie Brown’s dread to Snoopy’s search for meaning, Peanuts shows how a simple comic strip quietly wrestles with existential questions about suffering, hope, and what makes a life worthwhile. philosophynow.org/issues/172/G...

25.02.2026 14:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Birdbrain' benefits: How being an expert birdwatcher may boost cognition New research shows that seasoned birders — including older adults — had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to attention and perception.

A Canadian study found that expert birdwatchers, including older adults, showed denser brain tissue and stronger activation in regions linked to attention, memory, and perception.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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