pop culture
Epic love stories and relationships as depicted in pop culture, though it rarely turns out like that in real life.
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
A parable . Content Warning.
The devil once convinced me that I was his daughter. I fell into deep self-doubt, diminishing myself worth by using OnlyFans. Later, when I learned I am a child of God I slowly tormented myself and abused my body by using it as an outlet. I was caught in the same cycle, misusing my body and mind through that platform. My pride and lust led me to use OnlyFans to seek approval and sell my body online. But this is not the whole story; it's just the beginning to end that chapter in my life.
By Bri Szumera3 months ago in Humans
The Festival of Unburning
The ritual begins at dusk on the winter solstice, when darkness reaches its deepest point and light prepares to return. Across the North Carolina mountains, in cabins and hollers, around fireplaces and outdoor fire pits, people gather with parchment and pen. They have come to practice what their ancestors understood: that sometimes you must burn something away to make room for transformation.
By Tim Carmichael3 months ago in Humans
Why Your Actions Matter: Addressing Able-Bodied Misuse of Disability Resources
Across airports, stadiums, schools, and city streets, one disturbing pattern repeats itself: nondisabled people using disability accommodations for themselves. They request wheelchairs to skip boarding lines, occupy ADA seating at concerts, park in accessible spaces “just for a minute,” or block ramps with strollers and shopping carts.
By Tracy Stine3 months ago in Humans
MY EYES UP
**My Eyes Up** I used to walk with my eyes down. It wasn’t that I feared the world—at least, that’s what I told myself. It was more that the cracks in the pavement felt predictable. Safe. They didn’t ask anything of me. They didn’t require the vulnerability that comes with meeting another person’s gaze.
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
“A dress for poor people!” my daughter said. But at the party, when I walked in, she fainted...
I spent the entire night sewing my daughter's wedding gown, stitch by painful stitch, without even stopping to rest my eyes. Each needle pass was a memory. Every thread, a promise. The
By Umar Farooq3 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
