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What Makes a Good Writer
Lecturer.
frankbeswick, on 05/06/2023
The Christian View of Political Leadership
The third paragraph to your second subheading, Leadership and the moral life, concludes with the observation that "So a key requirement of a Christian leader is avoid lies, especially lies about other people, which constitute the grave sin of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
The Great British Brexit Mess
Your opening poetry is quite effective. Would there be any more stanzas to share?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
Can Christians Believe in Evolution?
It's interesting what Genesis includes and leaves out in the way of how people advance mentally and spiritually.
For example, the fourth chapter indicates who started building cities, managing livestock and playing stringed instruments and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
What Makes a Good Writer
A doctorate in Religious Education merits a respected professorship in private and public colleges and universities on this, western-pond side.
What would have been the occupational range for you as Religious Education Ph.D.-holder? And which ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
You are quite right about networking opportunities. All diplomatic activity is paid for by the government.
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023
Traditional Ale Flavourings
I have no knowledge about the precise resolution of this issue.
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023
Who were the Druids
The robes are ceremonial and are used for ritual occasions.
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
Your comment dated 12/08/2017 below provisionally concludes that "at the moment the ambassadors will have to make journeys to Jerusalem to speak with the Israeli government."
Do the embassies that moved to Jerusalem still maintain lodgings and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
Traditional Ale Flavourings
The John Derbyshire site describes G.K. Chesterton as having "favored fortified wines -- sherry and port."
The site does not indicate the source that furnishes its observation of the poet as drinking "a lot, though he seemed to hold it well." ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
Who were the Druids
Your introductory paragraph considers modern Druids "clad in generally white robes."
The second paragraph to your first subheading, Ancient Druidry, describes the ancient Druid dress code - ;-D -- as "Druid robes were colour-coded, with bards ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/05/2023
Who were the Druids
Edges of woodlands would be examples of liminal places, where different places meet. The ancient Celtic cultures regarded them as sacred.
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023
Who were the Druids
Stone circles were built approx c3000- 1500 BC and druids were approx 2000 years later.
People with no knowledge of history who consider themselves druids now, go to Stonehenge and other circles to acknowledge their ancestors building stone ...
Veronica, on 05/05/2023
Brexit: a political catastrophe
There is no sequel. People speak up, we are not silenced, but how far are they listened to? They were in the case of Brexit misled by a cynical demagogue who promised a pack of untruths as he wanted to become prime minister. Brexit was the ...
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023
Traditional Ale Flavourings
Ale and beer were traditionally associated with commoners, as was cider. Naturally some higher social orders drank it, but wine and spirits were associated with the u
Paper classes.
frankbeswick, on 05/05/2023