Conditioned learning . . .

It's the Moon's day . . . Green Country forecasts indicate another hot Summer day. Afternoon temperatures are to reach 100º with an index of 105º. Moderate Southerlies are to maintain Sunny skies. There's a cooling trend on the horizon mid week.

Certainty is the dominant addiction of the modern mind. – Maria Popova, “Breaking Free From The Tyranny Of Certainty,” The Marginalian,

The discoverer and author of conditioned learning theory, physiologist Ivan Pavlov was born in 1849 Ryazan, Russia.

And, today is the birthdate of essayist Barbara Harrison, born in 1934 Queens, New York.

The Sermon on the Mount doesn’t teach a list of beliefs to be memorized and recited. Instead, it teaches a way of life that culminates in a call to revolutionary love. This revolutionary love goes far beyond conventional love – the love that distinguishes between us and them, brother and other, or friend and enemy. Instead, we are called to an unconditional, nondiscriminatory love that includes even the enemy. Before you check the box declaring yourself “Christian,” consider: Are you walking this path, learning its lessons? Is this what your church teaches?