A batch of the best highlights from what Todd's read, .
If a god is what you turn to when all else fails, violence certainly functions as a god.
The Powers That Be
Walter Wink
One way to prevent the gastric distention that occurs after you eat from placing too much pressure on the LES is to simply go for a walk after meals. This can minimize the pressure by helping accelerate digestive processes, which will empty the stomach and shrink it back to size at a faster rate. It’s likely because of this effect on digestion that a post-dinner walk has been linked to reduced risk of stomach cancer.
The Acid Watcher Diet
Jonathan Aviv
Dusenbury's book defends, through a close reading of the gospels, this second view, that Jesus preached a kingdom of virtue that was rooted in freedom rather than the use of coercive power to achieve political goals.