“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded […]

“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges.” – Herman Melville [Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Uncompleted Writings] “Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” ― Melville Herman (this makes me think of Aslan …and The Count […]

The prophet Isaiah says, “God gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run […]

“My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.” – CS Lewis “This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.” – CS Lewis “Can a mortal ask questions […]

God relayed a message through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.” If you asked the first century conservative religious community, “Do y’all do this?” They would say, “YES!” If you […]

During my morning meeting with The Boss – The Boss said, “Behold, all you who kindle a fire… walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from My hand: you shall lie down in torment.” This made me think of the scene in The Silver […]

Alan Jacobs wrote a book entitled “How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds.” Here are some excerpts… “T. S. Eliot wrote almost a century ago about a phenomenon that he believed to be the product of the nineteenth century: “When there is so much to be known, when there are so […]

What if there was a person who said stuff that a lot people really hated to hear? And let’s say that (for the most part) what this hated person was saying was actually aligned with stuff that Jesus of Nazareth emphasized. And let’s say someone murdered that hated person. What should the response be? What […]

“A lot of times when I think I’m being self-sufficient, I’m really just learning to live without the things that I need.” – Kevin Wilson “He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.” ― Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) “Anything is better than […]

“You, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.” “God – Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; and the fool cannot understand this.” “God – you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me […]