Sifting through the ashes, I finally realized something about California politics. Standing in the debris of a former home, I showed a homeowner some objects. He said it was from his sprinkler system which was fully up to code. State regulations mandated it. Then he chuckled and said no one
The first step in being a Good Samaritan is to get off your … eh … donkey.
The Theory of Stupidity was written by Bonhoeffer in a Nazi prison while awaiting execution in 1945. Very insightful! Bonhoeffer’s short essay on stupidity is worth reading. Stupidity is not a lack of intelligence. It is willing ignorance. You can’t argue with a fool.
Church isn't a building Service doesn't happen within Church is the people So go out and let service begin.
I plotted the harmonic series for a major triad, 3rd and 5th against the root. This is what a major chord looks like mathematically. This is just plotting the sine waves for a major triad chord (root, 3rd, 5th). The 3rd is a ratio of 5/4. The fifth is
The inscription on the Liberty Bell is found in Leviticus 25:10, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”. On July 8, 1776, the Liberty Bell rang from the tower of Independence Hall, summoning the citizens of Philadelphia for the first public reading of the Declaration
Latin Hymn By Peter Damiani (1007-1072) For the fount of living waters panting, like the weary hart, Prison'd beats my soul its barriers, madly striving to depart; Walks about, and frets, and struggles homes forsaken to regain, Drags at each remove untravell'd, pilgrim still, a
A little ridin’ music please … I'm gon' run away to Tucumcari Make camp where the land is bare I'm gon' run away to Tucumcari Ain't no one gonna find me there Ain't no one gonna find me there I'
What can we do in times like these? Answer: Live Not By Lies Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center — Solzhenitsyn Live Not by LiesAleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s immortal 1974 essay calling for civic courage.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn CenterThe persistence of the Lie
By A.W. Tozer The loneliness of the Christian results from his walk with God in an ungodly world, a walk that must often take him away from the fellowship of good Christians as well as from that of the unregenerate world. His God-given instincts cry out for companionship
“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy
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