{"id":101,"date":"2010-02-03T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/02\/book-reading-at-yale-and-an-article-worth-reading.html"},"modified":"2010-02-03T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:54:00","slug":"book-reading-at-yale-and-an-article-worth-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/02\/book-reading-at-yale-and-an-article-worth-reading.html","title":{"rendered":"Book Reading at Yale and an Article worth Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No deep thoughts to record this morning, but two points of possible interest:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One, for anyone in the greater New Haven area, I will be doing a book reading from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Penelope-Ayers-Amy-Julia-Becker\/dp\/143636311X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1226356562&amp;sr=8-1\">Penelope Ayers<\/a> at Yale tomorrow at 4:00 pm at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dwighthall.org\/Contact_Info.\">Dwight Hall Library<\/a>. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\">here<\/a> for directions. To read excerpts or get more information about the book, please visit my website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/www.amyjuliabecker.com\">www.amyjuliabecker.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two, I wanted to draw your attention to a recent oped in the Washington Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/01\/AR2010020102067.html\">Tebow&#8217;s Superbowl Ad Isn&#8217;t Intolerant: It&#8217;s Critics Are<\/a>. Regardless of your position on abortion, the reason I commend this article is because here a pro-choice woman defends the right to air a pro-life ad. I&#8217;m encouraged whenever people from opposing points of view demonstrate a willingness to listen to one another, engage ideas, and even defend one another on points in common (see the explanation of &#8220;thin places&#8221; above&#8230;).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No deep thoughts to record this morning, but two points of possible interest: One, for anyone in the greater New Haven area, I will be doing a book reading from Penelope Ayers at Yale tomorrow at 4:00 pm at the Dwight Hall Library. Click here for directions. 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