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{Beauty | Personal}
“Let us jointly make such works of artistic beauty – small and large, simple and complex – that the world around us will pause for one moment and say, “Truly there must be a God, and He must be here.” {For the Beauty of the Church}
Read More{Up Ahead – Noteworthy Quotes | Personal}
{Taken at the Johnson Shut-Ins, Lesterville, MO} “Ain’t you thinkin’ what’s it gonna be like when we get there? Ain’t you scared it won’t be nice like we thought?”“No,” she said quickly. “No, I ain’t. You can’t do that. It’s too much – livin’ too many lives. Up ahead they’s a thousand lives we might…
Read More{Happiness – Noteworthy Quotes | Personal}
“What is the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when the anthrax bombs are popping all around you? People were ready to have even their appetites controlled then… we’ve gone on controlling since.“It hasn’t been very good for truth.. but it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has…
Read MoreLittle things and a Big God
[A few thoughts from the book I just started reading, ‘The Irresistible Revolution’, by Shane Claiborne] “We are surrounded by unbelieving activists and inactive believers. Where are the true Christians?” “We live in a world that has lost it’s appreciation for the little things… a world that wants things bigger and bigger. We want to supersize…
Read MoreWhy I love Winter: Books
I love long stretches of *very* cold weather, when you have nothing else to do but chill with a whole pile of books from the library. Yes… lovely times. Very lovely. :-) {Yes, the National Geographic is mine… no. Curious George is not.} {In case you were wondering…. the Trial is a *very* good book.…
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