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Jan 31, 2016 ... A conversation on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, about reading books with difficult material surrounding race and gender to your children, sparked a lot of ... A six-part collection of articles that makes the point that the Old Testament is not only essential context for understanding the New, but worth reading for ... Jan 13, 2016 ... Is there any way, then, to speed up reading while maintaining high levels of comprehension? Rayner and colleagues find that modest gains in ... Oct 11, 2006 ... There is a widespread custom to read the book of Kohelet on Sukkot or Shmini Atzeret or Simhat Torah. Why do we read Kohelet at this time of year? The first “Shortcut” engages with the question “Why read the classics?” and offers six varied responses by scholars who deal with how the anthropological canon ... Sep 30, 2022 ... We can appreciate its power, and we can recommend it to others. Below are seven novels our staffers wish they'd read when they were younger. Feb 24, 2023 ... Reading helps you expand your own imaginative world. As you read, your occipital lobe is activated, the area of your brain responsible for ... In reading, we can actually physically change our brain structure, become more empathetic, and even trick our brains into thinking we've experienced what we've ... Sep 21, 2020 ... What Jesus is telling His disciples and us is that the nutrients that we need to grow in our faith do not come from within ourselves. They come ... May 11, 2020 ... I called up Oliver J. Robinson, a neuroscientist and psychologist based at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.