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Coincidences and synchronicities are happening around us ALL THE TIME. And they're so magical when we experience them! I'm sure you know the wild feeling that comes with a 'seemingly' random synchronicity that makes you say, "What are the odds?!" 😳

Often times, when we try to figure out what they mean, the common answer from Google or books or gurus is, "You're on the right path..." While I agree, I think it's so beneficial (and fun!) to go a little deeper and interpret our synchronicities, much like we would interpret a dream. I believe these experiences have messages meant specifically for us.

In this episode, I share how I interpreted a series of coincidences that recently happened to me ("What are the odds?!?!" was said many times!). I also share my tips on how you can interpret the hidden meanings and messages in these magical alignments. ✨

But definitely stick around for the CRAZIEST COINCIDENCE OF MY LIFE. I share my insane coincidence/synchronicity that STILL gives me goosebumps years later. I truly believe Tolstoy was communicating with me! 😂

Have you ever experienced a coincidence that completely freaks you out??

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This episode explores the moral system which not only provides us purpose, but secures it as well. 

0:00 - Preface
11:30 - Introduction
18:15 - Incoherence of Current Moral Theories
19:50 - Virtue Ethics & Arbitrariness
20:55 - Consequentialism & Arbitrariness
21:55 - Deontological & Arbitrariness
24:15 - Virtue Ethics & Egoism
30:50 - Deontology & Egoism
33:00 - Consequentialism & Egoism
37:35 - How does the resurrection fix arbitrariness and egoism?
39:10 - Purpose and existence in creation
42:10 - Separation from purpose and existence
45:15 - What the resurrection gets us - theosis
52:10 - Existence and pure nature are required for purpose and morality
57:50 - Privation theory of evil
1:02:50 - Isn't hope in resurrection a self-centered hope?
1:11:35 - Resurrection prevents the sacrifice of other
1:21:45 - Means are concomitant with their ends
1:23:20 - Conclusion
1:25:45 - Implications on Christian Anarchism and Othering

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• Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VSvC0SJYwku2U0awRaNAu?si=3ad0b2fbed2e4864
• Video Interview Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1tsRIJQCw&list=PLNrd6lQRh0iZzSxgMo_zhz69clqkD0W9J&index=12
• Necessity of the Resurrection Article: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/a-morality-of-being
• Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7106065-christian-anarchism?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Fiu9MyYhqw&rank=1
• How Did Sin Originate in a Perfect World? discuss essences and adjoining to God through theosis: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/how-did-sin-originate-in-a-perfect-world
• (96) S6E4 Means and Ends: Purposing: rooting purpose rather than creating it, and how purpose is relational
  https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/means-and-ends-purposing
• Hitchens vs. Hitchens Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlskhOlYBY
• Making Sense out of Suffering: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5813894879

• Philip Does
• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion

00- 1:30: Shottenkirk introduces the project. 
1:30 - 3:05: König clarifies the definition of art to be broadly construed to mean culture at large, and Shottenkirk agrees. König then states that she doesn't really know why other people care about art though she personally cares for literature and for her specific gallery program. Art is like food: we need but we do not ask "do you care about food?" This is just part of our life.
3:05 - 4:28: Shottenkirk notes that every species care about food but we are the only species that cares about art. König says, "Yes, I think so, too, animals don't care about art." But people consume art. We like it and we need it like food. Shottenkirk agrees that there is a need, and then wonders what it is that we get out of it. König states that before she goes to bed she reads literature. "I live everything behind and enter another universe."
4:29 - 10:30: Shottenkirk says, "ok, let's go down that road". We are able to enter into someone else's perspective and that it is empathetic. She uses the example of a book by the Jamaican writer Claude McKay. König agrees that it is the goal of literature. And that brings us into others' worlds more than art. Shottenkirk asks why, and König says it's because it is something one does it alone, and that is something we need. 
10:33 - 14:35: An audience member interjects and says, "Chekov says, 'art is the pain, not the doctor.' It means that Art doesn't have to bring solutions, it has to describe the problem." Other audience members add to this thought. Shottenkirk uses the example of McKay's description of having Trotsky say something racist and how that pain that McKay is, on a small scale, inside Shottenkirk's head now. But König disagrees, and says, "But maybe that not as pain but as knowledge." Shottenkirk agrees. And König says, "but it is a pleasure." 
14:36 - 23:40: König notes that people do not read as much now. She notes an amazing book by Tolstoy "Aufverstehung". Shottenkirk then states that visual art does the same thing that you can get inside someone else's head. But König says, "I'm not so sure if you can compare them...you start reading...but you can start looking at the painting but you look at another painting, but with the book you must stay in the book for some time." She also notes that contemporary art requires prior knowledge of art. Shottenkirk agrees and asks if it true of literature. König says no. Shottenkirk says she has never heard anyone say that but it seems true, and sad. But König disagrees a bit stating that everything requires knowledge. 
23:45 - : König shares a little about the origin of her daughter's name (whose birthday is today) and the literary origins of her names.  König notes that music is a bit like literature as it is easy to "open the door" and enter in to. Yet, still, it requires some knowledge. For music and opera, "you have to tell them the story" and Shottenkirk questions whether that is in art. But König notes that there is in fact a story as it is how the artist came to this point. Shottenkirk agrees, and König states that she always challenges young artists how they are "adding a little piece to art history". It is important that "they all know what has been before." Shottenkirk adds that it is because we are building "social knowledge".  This is why humans like art. We need to empathize in order to build knowledge. König agrees. 

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Welcome back to Everyman Academy! 

Quickly take your seats as we continue our discussion on Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Today's episode dives right back in to the major plot movements of Acts II-III. 

Tune in to discover the events that set Anna's love affair with Vronsky in motion. Her husband Alexy is more than meets the eye, as are the social dynamics in Russian High Society. Professor J.T. leaves no stone unturned in this cinematic re-telling and literary analysis.

Horse racing, scandalous liaisons, existential dread, and communism, are some of the many highlights of this timeless tale. Sadly, things don't turn out so great for Vronsky's beloved horse, Frou-Frou. Nevertheless, we hope you bring your tissues for today's episode of Everyman Academy.

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In today’s episode, I talk with Os Guinness about his new book, “Signals of Transcendence: Listening to the Promptings of Life.” We talk of several notable people who came to faith in Christ by paying attention to these signals.

The modern world is a place of great distraction, and it can be difficult to make sense of our human existence. But at some point in our lives, we may experience particular moments that prompt us to search for something deeper. Sociologist Peter Berger described these hints and clues as "signals of transcendence" that awaken us to unseen realities.

Os Guinness tells stories of people who experienced signals of transcendence and followed them to find new meaning and purpose in life. Notable figures such as Leo Tolstoy and C. S. Lewis as well as lesser-known individuals experienced a variety of promptings that signaled to them that life could not continue as they had thought. Through unsatisfied longings or disillusionments that yet yielded glimpses of beauty or joy, these moments drew people toward epiphanies of transformation. And the same can be true for us, should we have the courage to follow the signals wherever they may lead.

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In this episode, Os Guinness shares about his latest book Signals of Transcendence which is written to provide ten examples of famous atheists who came to know God through a unique moment in their life. Each story gives a brief summary of figures like Chesterton and Lewis highlighting their specific experience that led them to begin to take God more seriously. We also explore what it looks like for Christians to engage culture and politics during revolutionary times. Many Christians today just want to keep their heads down and remain faithful as Western civilization declines. Os counters this idea and suggests a better way for Christians to witness in the American republic. 

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0:00 - Introduction
7:45 - Incoherence of Current Moral Theories
8:20 - Virtue Ethics & Arbitrariness
9:25 - Consequentialism & Arbitrariness
10:15 - Deontological & Arbitrariness
12:45 - Virtue Ethics & Egoism
19:20 - Deontology & Egoism
21:30 - Consequentialism & Egoism
26:05 - How does the resurrection fix arbitrariness and egoism?
27:40 - Purpose and existence in creation
30:40 - Separation from purpose and existence
33:45 - What the resurrection gets us - theosis
40:40 - Existence and pure nature are required for purpose and morality
46:20 - Privation theory of evil
51:20 - Isn't hope in resurrection a self-centered hope?
1:00:05 - Resurrection prevents the sacrifice of other
1:10:15 - Means are concomitant with their ends
1:11:50 - Conclusion
1:14:15 - Implications on Christian Anarchism and Othering

• A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!
• Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/
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• Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/
• My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot
• My Reading List Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10h_yL0vO8-Ja_sxUJFclff11nwUONOG6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103262818858083924733&rtpof=true&sd=true
• Video Interview Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1tsRIJQCw&list=PLNrd6lQRh0iZzSxgMo_zhz69clqkD0W9J&index=12
• Necessity of the Resurrection Article: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/a-morality-of-being
• Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7106065-christian-anarchism?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Fiu9MyYhqw&rank=1
• How Did Sin Originate in a Perfect World? discuss essences and adjoining to God through theosis: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/how-did-sin-originate-in-a-perfect-world
• (96) S6E4 Means and Ends: Purposing: rooting purpose rather than creating it, and how purpose is relational
  https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/means-and-ends-purposing
• Hitchens vs. Hitchens Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlskhOlYBY

• Philip Does
• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion

0:00 - My Introduction and Preface
17:00 - Participant Introductions
20:30 - How did the book come about?
26:40 - Christian Anarchism connected to Liberation Theology
30:40 - Parties cherry-pick critiques of the state
36:30 - Post-anarchism
39:30 - How can CA contribute to modern Christian politics
44:40 - General and specific loves of groups
51:50 - Othering, domination, and hierarchy
58:00 - Anarchy and compulsory vaccinations
1:05:15 - Resource recommendations

• A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!
• Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/
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• Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/
• My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot
• My Reading List Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10h_yL0vO8-Ja_sxUJFclff11nwUONOG6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103262818858083924733&rtpof=true&sd=true
• Video Interview Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1tsRIJQCw&list=PLNrd6lQRh0iZzSxgMo_zhz69clqkD0W9J&index=12
• Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7106065-christian-anarchism?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Fiu9MyYhqw&rank=1
• How Did Sin Originate in a Perfect World? discuss essences and adjoining to God through theosis: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/how-did-sin-originate-in-a-perfect-world
• (96) S6E4 Means and Ends: Purposing: rooting purpose rather than creating it, and how purpose is relational
  https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/means-and-ends-purposing
• Hitchens vs. Hitchens Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlskhOlYBY

• Philip Does
• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion

• A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!
• Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tour
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriber
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ 
• Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/
• My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot
• My Reading List Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10h_yL0vO8-Ja_sxUJFclff11nwUONOG6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103262818858083924733&rtpof=true&sd=true
• Video Interview with Abby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZtSxbk1jQ&list=PLNrd6lQRh0iZzSxgMo_zhz69clqkD0W9J&index=6&t=686s 
• Adin Ballou: https://archive.org/details/christiannonres00ballgoog
• Abby Cleckner Podcast/Article: https://www.thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-49 
• Milgram Experiment: https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html 
• "Ordinary Men": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/647492.Ordinary_Men?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aRJ3vzYP9K&rank=1
• "They Thought They Were Free": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/978689.They_Thought_They_Were_Free?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=wkBRNkaOz3&rank=1
  "Defying Hitler": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler 
• The Bad Roman Project: https://www.thebadroman.com/ 
• Stanford Prison Experiment: https://www.prisonexp.org/ 
• "I Got a Monster": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51171365-i-got-a-monster?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=GES4IA1axW&rank=1
• Hauerwas and the church as politics: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/unsystematictheology/2016/10/hauerwas-on-the-political-task-of-the-church-in-america/

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• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion

Today’s guest has made it his mission to look at the chroniclers who have shaped our understanding of the past by looking at their personal history and taking into account how their personal story shaped their biases and therefore their interpretation of history.

Author Richard Cohen talks to Anne Marie about his new book, Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past. Cohen says “Every author of a work of history is an interpreter, a filter, with his or her own personal input.”

He has thoroughly investigated and compared the published works and private utterances of our greatest chroniclers to discover the rivalries, the religious beliefs, the lost loves, and the cultural pressures that informed their (and, subsequently, our) views of the world.

Richard Cohen is the author of By the Sword, Chasing the Sun, and How to Write Like Tolstoy. He is the former publishing director of two leading London publishing houses, he has edited books that have won the Pulitzer, Booker, and Whitbread/Costa prizes, while twenty-one have been #1 bestsellers. He has written for most UK quality newspapers as well as for The New York Times Book Review and The Wall Street Journal, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Resources:

Mentioned in Interview:
Edward Gibbon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon
Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
Leo Tolstoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago
William Hickling Prescott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott
Hugh Trevor Roper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Trevor-Roper
David Knowles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Knowles_(scholar)
A.J.P. Taylor: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/08/obituaries/ajp-taylor-british-historian-dies.html

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Making History, Simon & Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Making-History/Richard-Cohen/9781982195786

Chasing the Sun, Book Browse Summary:

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Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright. He was born in 1860 and died in 1904. He's regarded as one of the greatest short story writers in history.  In this episode, we discuss his realist approach to art and what he takes an admirable life to be. 

Yes!  You are in!  You smarter than a dead Russian?  I sure hope so.  Yet for this Russian, most of you are not.  Truth, we all could learn from this Russian named Tolstoy.  You'll need to listen to the rest of this before you can properly answer.  Here you go...

Word, special thanks to Dude Greg, G-EZ, Young Buck Alex and Grant the Guide.  In all sincerity, once again thanks for the comedy Alex.  You reminded me of when I was in class, daydreaming and the teacher calls on me.  In your case, you have an excuse.  Puppy duty!  

2 Timothy 3:17 says, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 

Are you tuning in?  Are you asking God what you should do on every decision?  What you should do for the rest of your life?  How do you know that voice is real?  It's the positive voice that encourages you to love God and love others...see Matt 22:36-40.  Get into the Owner's Manual for Life daily to quality control check your decisions and answers.  If I only did that sooner, oh well, learn from my mistakes.  For you that are also haunted for mistakes, Rom 8:28 is your promise.  God will make Good out of bad for those that seek Him.  

If this resonated, hit us up at the 'Contact Us' page at FriDudes.com.  You can also find that letter written by Bob Shank on the blog section of FriDudes.com.  Check out GtSurf.org while you are at it and of course for those with deeper callings, check out the Master's Program at priorityliving.org

Now go, love God, love others, ask what God wants you to do with the rest of your life, keep asking, write it down, share with trusted others, get it done

Sandy and Sam are still talking about Anna Karenina.

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Sandy and Sam discuss Anna Karenina some more.

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Physician and careful reader Richard Gunderman of Indiana University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how Adam Smith and Leo Tolstoy looked at greed. Drawing on Tolstoy's short story, "Master and Man," and adding some Thomas Hobbes along the way, Gunderman argues that a life well-lived requires us to rise above our lower desires. Join Gunderman and Roberts for a sleigh ride into a snowy blizzard, where you won't find your way by following rules, but rather by recognizing what needs to be seen.

Sandy and Sam discuss Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

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Join us as we take a look at the latest updates from Ukraine, while looking back at Vicky Nuland, the Maidan and the influence of The Neocons in Ukraine. We also look at the immediate impacts of this event and where it might all be going.

The Dispossessed is a science fiction novel written by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. It was published in 1974. The story is about radically different societies on two twin planets, Urras  and Annares. Urras is in part a capitalist economy, while Annares is without a government and anarchistic. In this episode, we explore the themes of promise-keeping, beauty, and environmental degradation. 

George Saunders delivers a masterclass in writing in his new book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”.

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