Category: quotations
Updated on August 2, 2011
Do you see what I see?
Do you see it? How about now? Looks like the dream of fresh basil is very much {for now} alive. If anguish were visible, almost the whole of this benighted planet would be enveloped in a dense dark vapor,… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
The Trouble With “X”
When we see how all our plans shipwreck on the characters of the people we have to deal with we are “in one way” seeing what it must be like for the Father. But only in one way. There are… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Food for thought
The philosopher and the scientist will admit that there is much that they do not know; but that is quite another thing from admitting that there is something which they can never know, which indeed they have no technique for… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Here we go
In ten days I board a plane for the states. Before then, I need to give and grade 125 final exams. I need to grade and edit 52 introduction letters. I need to grade 70 3-page listening to… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
Considering how steep it was, the descent down into the valley seemed surprisingly easy, but perhaps that was because Much-Afraid desired with her whole will to make it in a way that would satisfy and please the Shepherd. … Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
The following excerpt is from Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. In it, the main character Orual has just presented her case against the gods. She is complaining to them of the perceived injustice in her life. “Enough,” said… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
“The first thing the Father does with us is to get us based on the rugged Reality until we do not care what becomes of us individually as long as He gets His way for the purpose of… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
A fundamental mistake in the Western body today is that it takes as its basic goal to get as many people as possible ready to die and go to heaven. It aims to get people into heaven rather than… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
As I was sorting through some documents this week I stumble upon this quote I had jotted down while reading a tragically beautiful book. I highly recommend picking up The City of Joy if you haven’t read it… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Food for thought
A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our… Read More
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