21
Nov
Quote by CS Lewis
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things the beauty, the memory of our own past are good Read more
20
Nov
Why am I a Christian?
Prelude: This thought omits a base believe that God actually exists; but it’s there. That’s a whole other thought process. In the period of preparation for loving God, the soul loves in emptiness. It does not know whether anything real answers its love. It may believe that it knows, but to Read more
2
Oct
A Treason @ Sea – Kevin Max
I am solo in this world of water Only the tip of a sunrise visible Like the morning light in a little girls eyes I crave this freedom I find it only in this little ship Just my soul and this bread and butter I am comfortable But there is a treason at sea Is it me? It is Read more
25
Sep
A Soldier’s Poem
(written in a Vietnam shell hole) Lord God I have never spoken to you, Now I want to say how do you do? You see God they told me you didn’t exist, And like a fool I believed all this. Last night from a shell hole I saw your sky, I figured right then they had Read more
13
Sep
A Poignant quote from Malcolm Muggeridge
“We look back on history and what do we see? Empires rising and falling, revolutions and counter-revolutions, wealth accumulating and wealth dispersed, one nation dominant and then another. Shakespeare speaks of ‘the rise and fall of great ones that ebb and flow with the moon.’ “In one lifetime I have seen Read more
13
Sep
When God Wants To Drill A Man
When God wants to drill a man, And thrill a man, And skill a man When God wants to mold a man To play the noblest part; When He yearns with all His heart To create so great and bold a man That all the world shall be amazed, Watch His methods, watch His ways! How He ruthlessly perfects Whom Read more
12
Sep
A modern day thinker’s creed.
We believe in Marx, Freud and Darwin. We believe everything is okay, as long as you don’t hurt anyone to the best of your definition of hurt and to your best definition of knowledge. We believe that taboos are taboo. We believe that everything is getting better despite evidence to the contrary. The evidence Read more
12
Sep
A new Leaf
He came to my desk with a quivering lip, the lesson was done. “Have you a new sheet for me, dear teacher? I’ve spoiled this one.” I took his sheet, all soiled and blotted and gave him a new one all unspotted. And into his tired heart I cried, “Do better now, my child.” I went to the Read more
