Undeniable Logic
I like what Winston Churchill, who hated committees and endless chatter, said in favor of the formation of the United Nations. “Jaw Jaw is better than War War.”
Quotes
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I like this one: “A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” Frank Capra
Hoping for Bedrock
In Act II of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Antonio says to Sabastian, “What’s past is prologue.” I’ve been thinking of that for the last hour or so… what’s past – the trials the difficulties the struggles, are really just the beginning. They are the prologue. They are what the author writes to set the stage for …
Blog Post
Grace Laxson, who is on staff at Antioch helping with worship & arts, sent me a cool e-mail the other day that I was planning on posting. Instead, here’s a link to the same stuff on her blog – no need for duplication!!
Samuel Rutherford
Here’s the complete quote from something I read this morning at Antioch that someone asked me to post. It is from the Puritan Samuel Rutherford whose letters from prison were collected and published after his death. It is in a manner as natural to us to leap when we see the New Jerusalem as to …
On Being Misunderstood
Before I left for vacation, I seemed to be suffering from an epidemic of misunderstandings. Misunderstandings are an interesting thing. They arise from lack of information, the wrong information, the wrong paradigm for interpreting information or, as often is the case, from different communication styles and personalities. All that sounds really sanitary, simple and not …
Augustine on Happiness
I’d love to use all these quotes in my message this Sunday, but don’t know that I’ll be able to get to them all. Posting them here is the second best option!! “Moreover, how can he give eternal life who cannot give happiness? For we mean by eternal life that life where there is endless …
Little Concert Promo
I told Justin I’d throw up a little promo for the Pawn Shop Kings Concert this Sunday night at the Kilns at 7 pm. If you’ve never heard these guys – they are brothers and have the most amazing harmonies and lyrics. Crazy unique! Should be a stellar time!! I told Justin I’d throw up …
Congo Matters
So it’s been a strange and meaningful day of different interactions around the Congo. After hearing the second amazing statement of the day, I started keeping track of some quotes. Here ya go, they speak for themselves: “Congo matters… but it is hard to explain why.” – A conversation between Ann Mara and Don Golden …
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I love what Augustine says in the 22nd book of The City of God about heaven: “… but in that city all the citizens shall be immortal, men now for the first time enjoying what the holy angels never lost.”