Category: quotations
Updated on July 31, 2011
Food for thought
Most of us go through life praying a little, planning a little, jockeying for position, hoping but never being quite certain of anything, and always secretly afraid that we will miss the way…There is a better way. It is… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought
The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits. Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought
On those weekends, the river is disquieted from morning to night by people resting from their work. This resting involves traveling at great speed, first on the road and then on the river. The people are in an… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought
A generation of Followers reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of reaching their goals. We have been trying to apply machine-age methods to our relations with the Father. We read our… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought: the Great Stories
Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought
From one of my all time favorite childhood books, Petunia. Now I understand. It was not enough to carry wisdom under my wing. I must put it in my mind and in my heart. Do not conform to the… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday Snapshot: We wait for you to ache
With the energy we have, we begin the day, waiting and watching and hoping. We wait, not clear about our waiting. But filled with restlessness, daring to imagine that you are not finished yet–so we wait, patiently, impatiently, restlessly,… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
The Five Stages of Grading
For all of you teachers out there, this is a must read. Just a little taste to get you to click on over… Everyone is familiar with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and her stage model of coping with grief popularly known as the… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Kids in the kitchen
Creation seems to be delegation through and through. He will do nothing simply of Himself which can be done by creatures. I suppose this is because He is a giver. And He has nothing to give but Himself. And… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
A Broken Hallelujah
Brokenness. Brokenness has been a common refrain echoing through my own life, and perhaps even more so, the lives of those around me of late. A brokenness that leaves an ache, and a feeling of helplessness as you… Read More
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