February 2012
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“You are so young; you stand before beginnings. I would like to beg of you, dear...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letter to a Young Poet (via littlehudson)
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“How we live depends on our relationship with death; how we make music depends on...”
– Paul Hillier (via disobey)
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January 2012
21 posts
Would you give up being an American for Jesus? →
When did Jesus ever concern Himself with how Caesar ran Rome? America at its best is not the Kingdom of God. There is no such thing as a nation that wields the power of sword that looks like Jesus. As a follower of Jesus, I have to look at all of this with eyes wide open. “Christian” means “one who looks like Jesus.” Some good may have been done throughout history by the America. Some of our...
The Deeper Dream: Mark Driscoll and his Idol →
deeperdream:
It seems that some poor radio producer over in the UK thought it was actually a good idea to give Mark Driscoll some airtime on the show Unbelievable recently. An hour of it, in fact.
It went about as well as you’d expect, really.
I have to give some kudos to Driscoll. It takes…
“But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs...”
– MLK quotes you are unlikely to hear on Fox News or Glenn Beck’s show today - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com
(via stfuglennbeck)
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via ontelbaar)
18 Newt Gingrich Quotes That Disqualify Him From... →
adistinguishedvillain:
anticapitalist:
These aren’t even too bad.
1. “I’m not a natural leader. I’m too intellectual; I’m too abstract; I think too much.” ~Newt Gingrich, admitting that he’s an intellectual elite incapable of leading.
2. “If the Soviet empire still existed, I’d be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.” ~Newt Gingrich, saying that it’s okay...
Gregory Stevens: By putting behavior ahead of... →
gregstevens:
By putting behavior ahead of belief in a hierarchy of values, progressive Christians are insisting that followers of Jesus are bound to treat their fellow human beings with kindness and respect. The first disciples of Jesus were convinced that the standard of behavior he expected of his…
odettenoire:
God help the outcasts, the tattered, the torn, seeking an answer to why they were born. Winds of misfortune have blown them about. You made the outcasts—don’t cast them out. The poor and unlucky, the weak and the odd..I thought they all were the children of God.
December 2011
54 posts
“In fairness to the much-maligned GOP field, they face a formidable hurdle: how...”
– Vote Obama – Glenn Greenwald | The Guardian (via p3t3rk3y5)
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“There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the...”
– Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water (via invisibleforeigner)
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“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
– Vincent van Gogh (via rachelalex)
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“I yearn to live and love and burn, and yet so much of my time is spent faking...”
– Jon Foreman (via iammeanttolive)
“As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.”
– George Harrison (via rishima)
“In Christianity, there is no service to God outside of service to others, there...”
– Peter Rollins and Experiencing God | Micah Redding (via p3t3rk3y5)
“Patriotism is a lie, and its potential for evil is continually stoked by...”
– John D. Rich, Jr. (‘patriotism is slavery’)
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