Monthly Archive: January 2016

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The very first beauty contest

Esther was beautiful. The most beautiful girl in the kingdom. Or so the king thought. And he is the one who matters in this story recounted in the Book of Esther. He’d banished the...

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So what is beauty anyway?

It’s entirely subjective, right? Beauty, that is. This saying’s been around since the 3rd century in Greece and has been explored in poetry and literature and film and art ever since. And life. And...

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Valuing humanity over beauty

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: at that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel...

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The Story of Esther

I hope you enjoyed my little introduction to the Book of Esther over the last few days. It is an incredible story, isn’t it? That a king would fall out with his Queen and...