Eyes can miss what’s really there and ears can fear what’s not. Deceived By Our Senses Sometimes we focus on bad things not really there. Witness: the bogeyman under the bed, the boss who seems like he’s out to get you, the failure ahead if you miss this chance. A loud sound of enemy chariots that…
There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. –C.S. Lewis He’s a hedonist at heart. All those fasts and vigils and stakes and crosses are only a facade. Or like foam on the seashore. Out at sea, there is pleasure, and more pleasure. He makes no secret of it; at His right…
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:43 Hey, Mom, Gabe-Age-Eight hollers, a Yertle atop his big brother and Papa.Take a picture of this. It would be really good on Facebook. People would really like to see it. Mom squirms. The apple has landed. Not too far. I smile…
“In friendship…we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years’ difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another…the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting–any of these chances might have kept us…