book reviews
Reviews of books by relationship gurus, dating experts, and cautionary tale-tellers.
Digital Integrity
The Storm Of The Modern World The digital world is both a miracle and a battlefield. It connects people across continents, gives voice to the voiceless, and allows truth to travel farther than any single messenger could reach in a lifetime. Yet it also magnifies pride, anger, and cruelty. What once required courage to say face to face now pours out through keyboards without restraint.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Power of Silence
In a world buzzing with notifications, conversations, constant activity, and endless digital noise, silence has become rare—almost uncomfortable. Many people fear silence because it feels empty or lonely. Yet, silence is not a void. It is a powerful space where the mind breathes, the heart heals, and true understanding begins. Silence is not the absence of sound; it is the presence of clarity.
By darus sahil3 months ago in Humans
UNDER THE BAOBAB TREE
**Under the Baobab Tree** The baobab tree stood alone at the edge of the village—wide-bellied, ancient, and dignified, as though it had been planted by the first breath of the world. Children claimed its roots were alive, shifting at night like the coils of a sleeping giant. Elders insisted its trunk held memories the way a clay pot held water: quietly, patiently, without complaint.
By charles chaiko3 months ago in Humans
Necessary Truth
The Foundation Of All Thinking Every human act of reason begins with an assumption. The assumption is that logic exists. When we say something is true or false, when we draw conclusions or recognize contradictions, we rely on fixed laws of thought that we did not invent. These laws are universal, consistent, and independent of personal opinion.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
When Logic Becomes A Weapon
The Rise Of Performative Reason We live in an age where people worship logic but rarely use it with integrity. Reason has become a stage performance rather than a search for truth. Arguments that once served to clarify reality now serve to elevate ego. Debate has become entertainment. Outrage has replaced understanding.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Good Faith in a Bad-Faith World
The Collapse Of Civil Discourse Everywhere you look, conversation is breaking down. Words that once served as bridges are now weapons. People no longer speak to understand; they speak to win. To admit uncertainty is to invite ridicule. To ask a question is to be branded as weak or ignorant.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The X and the Treasure
There is a story that exists in almost every culture on earth. It is the story of a map, a mark, and a treasure buried beneath the ground. The map is dismissed as myth, the mark is ignored or defaced, and the treasure waits in silence for the one person patient enough to dig. I have come to see truth the same way.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Restoration of Order
Civilization rises or falls upon one foundation: the moral order that governs the human heart. When truth is exalted, families thrive, justice endures, and love becomes the highest expression of unity under God. When truth is abandoned, chaos fills the vacuum. The world does not collapse from external enemies first. It collapses from within, when its people forget the sacred laws that make harmony possible.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Mary Oliver: How Poverty Forged a Voice That Reshaped Modern Poetry
Mary Oliver entered childhood with little support or comfort. Her home life carried tension that weighed heavily on her, so she sought refuge outdoors whenever she could slip away. Fields, woods, tide pools, birdsong, creeks, shifting weather, all of it offered relief from an atmosphere that felt too tight for a growing spirit. Those early escapes created habits that defined her entire career. She learned to listen, to watch closely, to follow small traces of movement through grass or across water. She learned to trust perception more than conversation. That trust evolved into a poetic voice treasured by millions.
By Tim Carmichael3 months ago in Humans
Reincarnated as His Own Grandson?
Do you believe in past lives or reincarnation? It’s a concept that always makes you stop and think, right? Because let me tell you, some of these stories are truly wild, and one in particular is pretty neat. It involves a little boy referred to in case studies as Sam, and he showed some truly convincing evidence that he might be the reincarnation of, get this, his own grandfather.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in Humans
