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Takeaway: There is not yet a reliable way for us to block the craving for sugar. For now, our best option is to try all of the tricks we can to dampen our craving. My recommendation is to resort to a whole fruit when the urge for sugar calls you.
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat
Richard Johnson and David Perlmutter
We don’t belong to the fear-based crowd desperate to control others through political power.
A Farewell to Mars
Brian Zahnd
Anything involving humans living together purposefully is political, a polis. As the people of God, we are building a new society in the shell of the old, a new polis, the New Jerusalem, the city of God. This is essentially a political act. Without a doubt, envisioning the radical countercultural values of God’s kingdom is by its essence political. Imagine the Gospels with every mention of king, kingdom, Lord, Savior, crowns, banners, and thrones (all words from the imperial lexicon) all edited out. A gospel that is not political is no gospel at all. The root of the word allegiance means “Lord”; that’s exactly what the early Christians were executed for, for pledging an allegiance to another kingdom, another Lord—treason.
The Irresistible Revolution
Shane Claiborne
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