some thoughts

This will be the first wedding I’ve ever attended with another person.
But on the phone with her just now I said something very supercilious in reference to [removed].
I am not prideful “to the core;” I am prideful from it.
And the fact that I’m proud of being so clever as to think this up is proof […]

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C. S. Lewis on Joy, Sehnsucht, Longing and True Myth: “‘We must learn the language of our audience. And let me say at the outset that it is no use laying down a priori what the plain man does or does not understand. You have to find out by experience…You must translate every word of […]

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Sometimes we need to lick our wounds; but if we lick too long, we’ll infect our wounds and get sick.
just a thought.

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The image of ‘reforming’ ought not to be that of a ball of clay, always changing with the times, always ‘updating’ its appearance or texture or color.
Reforming means continually bringing back to the standard–the fixed standard. We have a tendancy to stray, to loose our grip, to tire, to relax, etc. Reforming the church is […]

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Challies Dot Com: James White on Apologetics: “Did ye never know a lover of books that with all his first editions and signed copies had lost the power to read them?” - C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
Exactly. This is me.

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The Official Website of Derek Webb
“I’ve got faith in the bankand money in my heart…”
…good line, D-rock.

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When someone intentionally chooses a word that we don’t understand, then we can lovingly criticize, and he should apologize for so hindering communication.
But if the communicator intentionally chooses a word because it best communicates his idea, yet we don’t understand it, then we ought to apologize to him for our ignorance, and for so hindering […]

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“…but you laugh like a little girl, but inside you think like a martyr…” - Alyosha in Brothers Karamazov
What a great line.

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I imagine the description of Eve as a ‘life-giver’ has a completely different meaning for those in love.
I used to think of it in a mere biological ‘factory’ sense; she makes babies. But I’m pretty sure it has much more to do with joy, fullness, beauty, laughter, warmth. A woman brings colors and fragrances […]

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One of the biggest responsibilities of the pastor/shepherd, besides feeding the sheep, is to protect the sheep from wolves without and wolves within. This often takes more time and effort since sheep are always willing and able to eat. They’re not, however, always very willing to change or move.
As far as protecting from the sheep […]

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