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...oddly enough, in many churches the issue of why Christ died is inert, if ever-present. One reason is that any deviation beyond the rote "He gave his life for us" quickly plunges into metaphysical formulations for which all but religious scholars lack the basic vocabulary. "Most people don't live in the theological nuances, including clergy," says Dr. Philip Blackwell of Chicago's First United Methodist Church. And even if we did, says Jack Graham, pastor of the Prestonwood Baptist megachurch in Plano, Texas, a full understanding might still elude us. "There are many mysteries of atonement that...
...hockey championship, co-captain Angela Ruggiero and sophomore Julie Chu traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia to join Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell and Kelly Stephens—the Minnesota first line that exploded for 10 of their school’s 11 goals in the Frozen Four en rote to the title—amongst others to compete for the U.S against the world’s best...
...years ago, the students and staff clawed their way off it. The percentage of fourth-graders who passed the reading test rose from 58% to 74%; in math, proficiency went from 58% to 86%. Last year Franklin was removed from "the bad list," as one child calls it. Through rote drills, one-on-one test talks and rigorous analysis of students' weaknesses, Franklin has become a reluctant model for the rest of the nation...
Walker is the author of a study published this week in Nature, which argues that rote memorization occurs most efficiently when there is a gap between the initial attempt to learn and sleep...
...Oftentimes there’s this terrible stigma that says that Christianity is boring and rote and stoic, and that is so not the case,”she, says. So far, all 40,000 copies in the original press run have sold out and 120,000 more are on the way. That’s Good News for everyone...