Christian Aphorist.
Irenic Kentucky
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“There is an extraordinary charm in other people’s domesticities.”
~ C.S. Lewis
Lewis places his finger on the magic and privilege I feel whenever I step into someone else’s home. Commonplace to them, each home is a revelation to me.
Ray Hollenbach retweeted
“In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. And it was only when I lay there rotting on prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good.”
#Solzhenitsyn
Just went to a *real* movie theater. They ran 20-30 previews of coming attractions, and I loved them all! I would’ve gone just to see the trailers in the big screen.
As a teenager I applied for a job at the library.
“How are you at alphabetizing?” they asked.
“Fine,” I answered. “How are you with hearing that song all day long?”
King David knew:
One good question is worth more than a thousand easy answers.
"One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." (Ps 27:4)
In my teens and early twenties I had an overwhelming sense that God had destined me for some great thing, some epic achievement.
And I still think it’s true.
But over the last 40 years he has been gently teaching me the meaning of true greatness.
(Mark 9:35-45)
Ray Hollenbach retweeted
Chain restaurants: "we've tried everything to get workers ... dirt wages ... no benefits ... work schedules that are wildly inconsistent ... a free appetizer ... what more can we do?"
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(Regarding living between the ‘now’ and the ‘not yet’ of God’s kingdom. It means receiving and hearing God’s promise.)
“But let me tell you: receiving the promise is much easier than *living with* the promise.”
~ @adamleerussell
“Let me tell you something about the journey: no one sprints to glory.”
~ @adamleerussell
People of California:
Honking your horn at me communicates zero information about what you want, but tons of information about what kind of person you are.
Behind the mistakes of honest men,
Above the malevolence of the wicked,
Even through our own weakness,
God's goodness makes its steady way.
SanFran is breathtaking. Far beyond my expectations. (Truly.)
Kim and I are moving here: we found a lovely tarp over a heating grate for just over $1,000/mo. Not much space but a great location.
Power: we want it. From the power to persuade, to the power to entice, to the power of the people: we think power will save the world. The only problem with power is we always seem to need just a little bit more.
And then we think: God has power. Maybe we can get it from him.
The greatest power in the universe—from beyond the universe, really—came to town and submitted to the puny power of men who traded in swords and gold and crowns and titles. The powerful creator God submitted to a spear thrust into his side.