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How ‘Silent Night’ Went from Humble Hymn to Holiday Staple

December 25, 2018June 1, 2020 Sarah Eyerly 0 Comments Christmas, Conflict

Translated into over 300 languages, it originates in a small Austrian village, having been written for a poverty-stricken and traumatized congregation.

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Christmas Truce: Raising Our White Flags with ‘Joyeux Noël’

December 24, 2018June 1, 2020 Erin Moore 0 Comments Christmas, Conflict

The Christmas Truce of 1914 was the final happy memory some soldiers would have. Today, in our polarized culture, ‘Joyeux Noël’ reminds us to soften our social and political barriers.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, taking a pragmatic approach to ideas. We care about ideas that help us to live well together, focusing on their practical consequences.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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