#OnThisDay July 30, 1864, Union troops under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside detonated a mine full of explosives under the Confederate lines of defense outside Petersburg, Virginia. While the explosion destroyed part of the line, Confederate forces recovered quickly and ultimately repulsed the attacking Union troops. Explore our 360° virtual tour of the crater left by the explosion below ⬇️ https://t.co/bH8vtJIdgk
Last night in Chicago, the Smashing Pumpkins brought out Greg Brady to sing “It’s a Sunshine Day” while Flavor Flav head-banged from the audience. This may be the most Gen X thing ever assembled on one stage.
The deepest word I learned in Islam was tawhid. God, utterly one, utterly beyond. A thousand miles above your head. You keep your distance and you obey.
Nobody ever told me about the tent.
Exodus 25-40. God gives Moses blueprints, obsessive detail, for a tent, and then does the unthinkable: He moves INTO THE CAMP. Glory in the middle of the tents of ex-slaves.
And every detail of that tent was a portrait:
ONE door in. "I am the door." John 10:9.
First thing inside: an altar where a substitute dies. Hebrews 9:22.
Then water for washing. John 3:5.
Inside: the lampstand. "I am the light of the world." John 8:12.
The bread of the Presence. "I am the bread of life." John 6:35. And behind the veil, God Himself.
Fifteen hundred years later, John writes: "The Word became flesh and DWELT among us." John 1:14. The Greek literally says He TABERNACLED among us.
The God I was told stays a thousand miles up pitched His tent in our dust.
The tent was a portrait stitched in fabric and gold, waiting for a face.
The face was Jesus. And the veil? Torn, top to bottom. Matthew 27:51.
The distance I was raised to accept is gone.
@EWErickson The homogeny among the liberals on the court is something to behold, and yet Democrats will insist it is the right-leaning judges who are the partisan ones.
New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.
Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.
Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment.
A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together.
Jefferson gets the acclaim for independence, but it was another Virginian who first proposed a formal break from Britain - Cardinal News https://t.co/ZN7cB0ZqMx
9 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Southern Rock Pioneer Behind Some of the Most Iconic Hits of the 1970s - American Songwriter https://t.co/T5wpK8RZJ4