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Memory: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating intricacies of human memory. Is it one thing or many? How does memory change as we age? And what about so-called recovered memories - can they be relied upon as a record of what actually happened in our personal past? This book brings together our most recent knowledge to address (in a scientifically rigorous but highly accessible way) these and many other important questions about how memory works, and why we can't live without it.

On Board: The Modern Playbook for Corporate Governance is the ultimate guide for corporate directors, executives, governance professionals, and students navigating today's fast-evolving business landscape. Written by a seasoned corporate director, investment banker, and expert witness in corporate litigation, this essential resource delivers a historical perspective, data-driven insights and stories from inside boardrooms on board leadership, fiduciary duties, CEO issues, regulatory compliance, and governance best practices.

What if the truth regarding what you’ve been taught about hell is far more beautiful than you ever imagined? In this groundbreaking entry in the micro theology series, you’ll discover 28 powerful ideas to revolutionize your understanding of divine love, justice, and redemption. Through personal stories of loss and profound theological exploration, this book reveals how “love burns like fire”—not to destroy, but to transform and restore everything it touches. Prepare to have your faith challenged, your heart opened, and your hope for humanity’s ultimate destiny completely renewed.

At-One-Ment dismantles centuries of harmful atonement theology while unveiling a breathtaking vision of God’s uncontrolling, non-violent love; one that transforms rather than punishes. Through deeply personal insights and rigorous theological exploration, discover how Jesus didn’t die to satisfy God’s wrath, but to show us we were never separate from the divine in the firrst place. Prepare to have your understanding of salvation, forgiveness, and God’s very nature turned upside down—in the most beautiful way possible.

What if the bible’s most controversial passages about sexuality have been hiding a radical message of inclusion all along? In this ground- breaking micro theology series entry, discover how five key biblical texts—from Sodom and Gomorrah to Jesus’ words about eunuchs—actually open the doors to LGBTQ+ acceptance when read through a lens of love rather than a lens power. This book reveals how “defaulting to love” changes everything about how we interpret scripture. Prepare to leave behind theological baggage you never knew you were carrying and embrace a God whose love truly has no exceptions.

I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuff S2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still... S4: Story S5: F.A.Q.'s S6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon page S7: People I'm listening to S8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions S9: Conversations with authors my friend, Tori and I are having on Substack Track me down at jonathanfosteronline.com Make sure to hit ...

"Great movies are rarely perfect movies." — Pauline Kael

The world is changing, along with our ideas around sexuality, authority, patriarchy, and truth. Despite the Church's best attempts at downplaying the changes, millions of intellectually honest people are entering into a process often referred to as deconstruction. In The Reconstructionist, pastor, and author Jonathan Foster offers up his own deconstruction story, how it stirred up the fear of his denomination, his subsequent expulsion, and how the insights gleaned might just point a way forward. It's based on three simple ideas: people > text, mercy > sacrifice, and love > fear.

When you pull at the thread of questions woven into the fabric of institutionalized thinking, you get a collection of short fictional stories called The Hope and Melvin of Humanity and Other Surprising Short Stories. In the title story, the protagonist, Hope, uncovers common denominators between the powers of big business and the powers of big religion. Along the way, Hope is compelled to decide what she believes.

I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuff S2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still... S4: Story S5: F.A.Q.'s S6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon page S7: People I'm listening to S8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions S9: Conversations with authors my friend, Tori and I are having on Substack Track me down at jonathanfosteronline.com Make sure to hit ...

indigo is the joy and lament of a father, theologian, human being, fashioning new ideas about the divine within the painful loss of his daughter, within the constraints of his own intelligence, within the constraints of what religion had been telling him his whole life—some of which was good and some of which wasn't.

A teaching & preaching feed from Vertical Life Church, Newton, NC