“People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.”
– Dave Barry
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A Simple Prayer
Lord, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; and what we are not, make us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Ft. Pillow, Tennessee
Ft. Pillow, Tennessee
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that…”
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
– Sir Francis Bacon
“True, the gospel lacks visibility if we merely preach it, and lacks credibility if we who preach it…”
“True, the gospel lacks visibility if we merely preach it, and lacks credibility if we who preach it are interested only in souls and have no concern about the welfare of people’s bodies, situations and communities. Yet the reason for our acceptance of social responsibility is not primarily in order to give the gospel either a visibility or a credibility it would otherwise lack, but rather simple uncomplicated compassion. Love has no need to justify itself…”
– John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World
Israeli soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp
Israeli soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp
“Southerners, like New Englanders … are survivors by temperament. But they use talk instead of…”
“Southerners, like New Englanders … are survivors by temperament. But they use talk instead of taciturnity, zaniness instead of stoicism, as their method of getting by, and that’s more fun.”
– Edward Hoagland
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“God never pulls you in without sending you out.”
““God never pulls you in without sending you out.””
– Tim Keller