May 2012
2 posts
“Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
With God...”
– Psalm 60:11-12
March 2012
1 post
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more...”
– Philippians 2:3, ESV
January 2012
4 posts
You, Me & ADHD: Why I Hate to Read Fiction →
youmeadhd:
I read. I read all the time, but I read a lot of nonfiction. When a coworker asked me if I read fiction books, I told her I didn’t really like to read fiction books.
“I’m not really interested in reading books….” I told her.
“Well, what about audio books?” She proposed.
“Mm. Yea. I think that…
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
10 posts
“A culture that is rooted more in images than in words will find it increasingly...”
– Ken Myers, All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes (via lifeinthestory)
“Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will...”
– Charles Spurgeon (via lifeinthestory)
“When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be...”
– Bernard Bailey
October 2011
3 posts
“…let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that...”
– Hebrews 12:2
September 2011
13 posts
8 tags
“Just because a wheel doesn’t squeak doesn’t mean it has enough...”
– Deborah Stone
“Ask a politician to define a problem and he will probably draw a battlefield and...”
– Deborah Stone
“Social scientists tend to see complex causes of social problems, while in...”
– Deborah Stone
“If there’s a message, it’s that the unlovable and unattractive parts...”
– Helen Hunt
3 tags
“When my mom was applying to college, she put down being popular as an extra...”
– Quinn Fabray (via stephhhguerra)
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”
– James Madison
JP Morgan Chase Memo: The Euro Debt Crisis... →
“News writers depend upon the world to organize itself into some kind of tale, a...”
– Megan K. Stack, “Every Man in this Village is a Liar”
“None of us is going to get it perfect, but you have to figure, a guy who goes...”
– Donald Miller
“The most difficult temptation … is the temptation to react.”
– Donald Miller
August 2011
5 posts
Fasting from Intimacy →
Fabienne Harford explains why the pain of lacking physical intimacy may be one of the biggest blessings in her life.
“The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American...”
– Donald Miller
“The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is a story about...”
– Donald Miller
September 2010
4 posts
“When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly...”
– Francis Chan, Crazy Love, 110
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Experience must be our guide. Reason may mislead us.”
– John Dickinson, PA Delegate to U.S. Constitutional Convention
August 2010
11 posts
“If love is a blank dart / Shot from a heart-shaped gun, / It only hurts you /...”
– Colbie Caillat, “Bulletproof Vest”
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more...”
– Philippians 2:3, ESV
“To our most bitter opponents we say: ‘We shall match your capacity to inflict...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. from, “Loving your Enemies” in Strength to Love (via Wikipedia)
“I believe that my talent is perseverance.”
– Meisha, Miles Corwin’s And Still We Rise, (80)
“Rain beats on the leopard’s spots, but it does not wash the spots off.”
– African Proverb
