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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 7: Maleness

Toxic masculinity. The #metoo movement. Sexual harassment throughout the headlines. Cancel culture. What is a person to do? Are the gender definitions changing? Surely they are. Most words and things do change (and in these two episodes I argue for why this is natural and critical: https://chrisburcher.com/2021/09/03/kew-episode-61-the-are-vs-should-problem-change-is-hard-but-resisting-change-is-wrong/, https://chrisburcher.com/2021/09/10/kew-episode-62-change-cont/), so why wouldn’t our definitions of masculinity, femininity, and everything in between? But I’m a male and that’s what I know and have at least a limited…

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KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Paul Gadola (Part 2)

What more can I say about Paul Gadola? I’m lucky to know him. I’ve interviewed him twice for my blog/podcast/YouTube channel. I look at him as someone who has been up the mountain and come back down to share his wisdom with us. I think he’d be a great whatever a pastor/preacher/rabbi is supposed to be. He has written a book you should get from him (see below; because you can’t buy one on amazon…

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Preview KEW Episode 42: Safety

One of our basic human needs is to feel safe. I realized recently that I created my own safety as a kid in response to bullying. My thirteen-year-old self built a protective cocoon my bedroom filled with all the things I loved and valued. Maybe all teenagers do this, but looking back at those years I realized how necessary it was. Here’s this kid who’s feeling alone and isolated because he’s being bullied and doesn’t…

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