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C S LEWIS: A Christian for all Christians (H&S 1990)
C S LEWIS: A Christian for all Christians (H&S 1990) Some rough notes after reading this interesting compendium of essays about the great man, in Macao September 2011: In Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Lewis contemplates the possibility that creation is a tragedy, an inevitable separation of creatures from their divine ground. Students of […]
US woman nails world record – for nails
US woman nails world record – for nails September 15, 2011 ‘The Duchess’ shows off record breaking nails Chris Walton, nicknamed The Duchess, has become the new Guinness World Record holder for the world’s longest finger nails. If Chris Walton ever started biting her nails, she’d probably wear her teeth out: the Las Vegas resident […]
CONTEMPLATION
True contemplation is the most subversive of activities because it undercuts the one thing that normally refuses to be undercut ¢â‚¬”our natural separateness and narcissism. We all move toward the ego, and we even solidify it as we get older if something doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t expose it for the lie that it is: not because it is bad, […]
Costly forgiveness
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com Following are some telling comments on forgiveness: “Counselors tell us to forgive people lest we become embittered and twisted. Thus forgiveness itself becomes a fashionable therapy, all about me.” – Kim Fabricius in Ben Myers’ blog And this from Tim Gombis: “Forgiveness is so profoundly powerful and beautiful… Forgiveness doesn’t […]
Clean Humo[u]r
Did you hear about the two radio antennas that got married?The wedding was terrible, but the reception was excellent! ====================== Signs Can Be Funny Too Spotted in a toilet of a London (UK) office: TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE […]
By the Babe Unborn
(Chesterton’s gratitude for the gift of existence): “By the Babe Unborn” by G.K. Chesterton If trees were tall and grasses short, As in some crazy tale, If here and there a sea were blue Beyond the breaking pale, If a fixed fire hung in the air To warm me one day through, If deep […]
Willard, Dallas. Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge
Willard, Dallas. Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. New York: HarperOne, 2009. Reviewed by Murray Hogg Dallas Willard is well known for his works in Christian discipleship. He won Christianity Today ¢â‚¬â„¢s Book of the year in 1998 with The Divine Conspiracy, and again in 2007 with The Great Omission. Such works, along with a number of others on […]
Clean Humo[u]r
A guy runs into the bar and says, “Quick, pour me 5 shots of your best scotch.” The bartender pours them and the man drinks them as fast as he can. “Wow that’s the fastest I’ve seen anyone drink,” says the bartender. “Well you’d drink that fast if you had what I had,” […]
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address
Notes I took while listening… Steve Jobs: I got sacked from my own company, Apple: but then started up a couple of excellent businesses… You can ¢â‚¬â„¢t connect the dots looking forwards, but only backwards. If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you ¢â‚¬â„¢ll be right. ¢â‚¬ËœIf this was the last […]
C S LEWIS: A Christian for all Christians (H&S 1990)
Some rough notes after reading this interesting compendium of essays about the great man, in Macao September 2011: In Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Lewis contemplates the possibility that creation is a tragedy, an inevitable separation of creatures from their divine ground. Students of the second century will hear in these words the voice […]
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