Lifestyle
Politicians’ Lies
Storms of my grandchildren “When [politicians] tell you that they are going to solve the problem via a ‘goal,’ ‘binding target,’ or a ‘cap,’ you know that they are lying. Yes, lying is a harsh word, so you may instead say ‘kidding themselves,’ but I expect that one day your more perceptive grandchildren will say […]
Peace
A group of American seminarians visited a former student, now a monk at one of the monasteries at Mount Athos. George asked him ‘Have you found peace here?’ The young monk touched him on the chest and replied ‘George, peace is within your heart. If you don’t find it there you won’t find it anywhere […]
Fowler’s Stages of Faith
Sent by a friend (February 2010): Stages of Faith, by James W. Fowler (published in paperback by Harper Collins, 1995.) Stage 1–Magical World ages 2-6, perceives the world through lens of imagination and intuition unrestrained by logic e.g., lives in a magical world in which anything is possible Stage 2–Concrete Family ages 6-12, sees the […]
Brokenness
From a retired pastor-friend: During World War II a bomb scored an indirect hit and shattered the beautiful stained-glass rose window in the Reims Cathedral, France. The members of the congregation got down on their hands and knees and picked up all the small glass fragments of the window. After the war, they hired some […]
Lifestyle conversions
Jim Wallis Founder of Sojourners; speaker, author, activist Posted: February 24, 2010 Last month, I joined tens of thousands of Americans in donating to relief organizations after Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake. Today, we continue to give in many ways — planning rebuilding assistance trips through our churches, picking up the slack for co-workers who are away […]
In Toyota We Trust
*Sightings* 2/25/10 — Frances M. Leap The nearly-blanket news coverage that Toyota and its unraveling have received from all media, but especially NPR, is an indicator of much more than a slow news time, which it is not. The massive recalls seem to be a faith crisis for an entire segment of our population. Who […]
The Auschwitz Album
If this doesn’t make you cry, nothing ever will. ================================ THE ONLY SURVIVING PHOTO ALBUM FROM AUSCHWITZ… This Album memorializes the arrival of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz in May of 1944. It is the only one of its kind, and it is solely due to this album that we have a visual history of what […]
A A A D D
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.. – Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and see that it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the […]
Famous Six-word Sentences
It Is Amazing What People Can Say in Six Words ‘Four years and more than 200,000 six-word memoirs later, we continue to be blown away by what people are capable of saying in just six words.’ February 20, 2010 “The exits were entrances in disguise.” — Shannon B., writer, SMITHteens.com When we launched SMITH Magazine […]
C S Lewis: The Sin of the Gluttony of Delicacy
Screwtape writes:- This has largely been effected by concentrating all our efforts on gluttony of Delicacy, not gluttony of Excess. Your patient’s mother, as I learn from the dossier and you might have learned from Glubose, is a good example. She would be astonished–one day, I hope, will be–to learn that her whole life is […]
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