Friday, May 23, 2025

"If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters"

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"If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters" ~ H.G. Wells

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something”

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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something,” says Thorin Oakenshield in J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy novel The Hobbit...

Tolkien on the death of his friend C. S. Lewis

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After Lewis' death, Tolkien would say, “So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man my age — like an old tree that is losing all its...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

"Wars tend to cause more problems than they solve."

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"Wars tend to cause more problems than they solve." ~ Howard Zinn
Friday, May 09, 2025

What Is Unique About Christianity?

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http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-martin-dale-stories-love-15299.asp What Is Unique About Christianity? The sto...
Friday, May 02, 2025

"Good relationships keep us happier and healthier."

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quotes: In 2003, the psychiatrist Robert Waldinger accepted a new job at Harvard, where he had long been affiliated, overseeing one of its m...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

“reconcili-action” — moving from words to deeds

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The next pope will inherit Pope Francis' mixed legacy with Indigenous people Story by PETER SMITH, April 29, 2025, Associated Press quot...
Monday, April 07, 2025

“high I.Q.s serve as a force multiplier for both positive and negative traits.”

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quote:  The pollster Nate Silver guessed that Musk is “probably even a ‘genius,’” and theorized that he may not always appear that way becau...
Friday, April 04, 2025

"The Jewish Jesus was a total badass."

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"These days I go to church more than synagogue. But I've learned you can't take the Jew out of the boy. I'm attracted to Je...

“When a clown moves into a palace . . . "

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“When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a sultan, the palace instead becomes a circus." ~ Turkish proverb
Thursday, April 03, 2025

Barack Obama on Change, 2008

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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we...

Elon Musk on "civilizational suicidal empathy"

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Snopes.com fact check: Elon Musk said these words during a Feb. 28, 2025, episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, from arou...

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. . . . "

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“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your s...

"If your God never disagrees with you, you might be worshiping an idealized version of yourself."

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"If your God never disagrees with you, you might be worshiping an idealized version of yourself." ~ Rev. Tim Keller
Tuesday, April 01, 2025

20 LESSONS FROM LIFE

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  20 LESSONS FROM LIFE Life isn't fair, but it's still good. When in doubt, just take the next small step. Life is too short - enjoy...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

from "Bread for the Journey" by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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from Bread for the Journey by Henri J.M. Nouwen: “To console does not mean to take away pain but rather to be there and say, ‘You are not a...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

"The art of practical therapeutics"

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"The art of practical therapeutics involves keeping the patient entertained, while nature effects a cure." ~ Voltaire (1694-1778)
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Late Fragment by Raymond Carver

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Late Fragment by Raymond Carver And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself belove...

'How might you have changed that situation?'

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  2-time CEO always asks this question in interviews: It shows if candidates ‘just want to complain’ Story by Gili Malinsky, 2/27/2025 https...
Monday, March 03, 2025

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

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"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.