{"id":8158,"date":"2014-03-15T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T01:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8158"},"modified":"2014-03-15T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T01:22:36","slug":"lenten-linkfest-includes-one-actual-lent-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/03\/lenten-linkfest-includes-one-actual-lent-link.html","title":{"rendered":"Lenten Linkfest: Includes One Actual Lent Link."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Mudblood Catholic<\/strong> a) echoes the novel I\u2019m working on and b) frightens me, via CS Lewis:<\/p>\n

Of course, we\u2019re all<\/em> insufferable sometimes and to someone. I think it was C. S. Lewis who speculated that one of the disciplinary aspects of Purgatory might well be perceiving ourselves as others perceived us while on earth. Trying to see ourselves from the perspective of someone who dislikes us intensely \u2014 and perhaps not altogether unfairly \u2014 can be a salutary experience. Though it is admittedly an acquired taste.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013and scroll down for a lovely<\/em> 12th\/13th-century psalm setting.<\/p>\n

BD McClay<\/strong> at AmCon on \u201cGuns, Media, And Mental Illness After Newtown\u201d:<\/p>\n

In the days after Newtown, a friend told me recently, she felt unsafe: \u201cThat week made me really terrified.\u201d That was true for many Americans, of course, and by itself the sentiment might not mean much. But she had cause to feel personally threatened: as a person diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my friend was aware that the association of Newtown with mental illness could dramatically affect her life. \u2026<\/p>\n

As far as facts go, the [New York Times<\/em>] article relies heavily on Dr. Jeffrey W. Swanson\u2019s work in this area, and on his recommendations on gun control as part of the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy. But that list of recommendations doesn\u2019t support the article as much as it might seem at first glance. For instance, the Consortium recommends that people who are involuntarily committed to a hospital be prohibited from possessing a gun for five years\u2014but it also recommends the same penalty for drunk drivers. That\u2019s because mental illness by itself doesn\u2019t predict violent behavior (whereas alcohol abuse by itself does). The consortium\u2019s recommendations are focused on particular patterns of behavior that seem to be good predictors of violence, only one of which (involuntary commitment) is really specific to mental illness. But that shouldn\u2019t be surprising, because they themselves stress that \u201cmost people with serious mental illness \u2026 are never violent toward others, and are in fact more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>; she brings up but doesn\u2019t hammer like I would on the points that a) life and tragedy are unpredictable and uncontrollable, and b) we often replace tragedies of chaos with tragedies of abuse of power.<\/p>\n

Ross Douthat<\/strong>\u2018s final answer in this q&a with readers is right on:<\/p>\n

In the working life of a columnist, then, probably the best way to exercise humility is in one\u2019s choice of topics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (and here\u2019s<\/a> a more extreme and therefore [even] more spiritually-fruitful note from Susan Sontag.)<\/p>\n

If you need a pick-me-up after all that, here\u2019s a blog run by a friend of mine with recipes for Orthodox Great Lent<\/strong><\/a>. I\u2019ve eaten some of her Lenten cooking and can vouch for its deliciousness. (Uh, is that bad? It\u2019s penitentially<\/em> delicious.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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