In/Not Of
Unfortunately, for the masses trying to determine their reality, the greatest temptation of this age is illusion: the illusion of self, the illusion of value, and the illusion of desire. – Joshua Weir
A Chosen Generation
“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.” – Ronald Reagan
The Truth About Charlie
“The truth isn’t always popular, but it’s always worth it.” – Charlie Kirk
Billions of Details and the Infinite God
“The years teach much the days never know.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Running on empty…
“We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to our lives, but not life to our years. We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. These days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It’s a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the storeroom.” – Norris Peters
The Thrice Omni God
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, and in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
– St. Patrick
Followers of the Asterisk…
“The truth shall set you free.” The words of Christ to those who believe in Him to understand what it is to be his disciple. These days the truth seems harder and harder to find.
Lunatic Justice
“The absolutely unpardonable thing was not (Jesus’) concern for the sick, the cripples, the lepers, the possessed… not even for his partisanship for the poor, humble people. The real trouble was that He got involved with real moral failures, with obviously irreligious and immoral people: people morally and politically suspect, so many dubious, obscure, abandoned, […]
In the path of brokenness
“To embrace one’s brokenness, whatever it looks like, whatever has caused it, carries within it the possibility that one might come to embrace one’s healing.” – Robert Benson A consistent platform for politicians is to offer solutions which will fix what has gone awry in society. When these men and women are then afforded these […]
A Monopoly on Evil, a Republic of Peace
“If the fact of my adhering to laws does not further the goal of my life, which is to know Christ Jesus and live his gospel, then merely external conformity does little if anything.” – John McKenzie Culturally, we like to make war when it comes to what we believe. As a society we like […]