The popular television series The Office ran from 2005-2013. I watched none of the programs during that time, but I watched all of them during the Covid lockdown. The Office was well written and funny, always off the wall and entertaining, sometimes way too crude and vulgar, often heartwarming, and had occasional bits […]
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No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time. We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time we reach home. But the bathrooms are all ready, the towels put out, and the clean clothes are in the airing cupboard. The only fatal thing is to
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In the opening story of yesterday’s meditation on Biblical parenting, a mother was overheard recommending yelling as a way to handle the misbehavior of children. In the following bit of wisdom, Christian author James Dobson describes why anger and yelling are ineffective motivators. Discipline is crucial, said this author of a best-selling book titled Dare
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(…continued) We all approach life with a “worldview;” which is our ‘philosophy’ of life. How we understand the world and everything in it, will, in a big way, determine how we will live our lives. Every world-view has to answer four basic questions: #1) How did we get here?; #2) Why is everything such
2943) Everything You Need to Know About Philosophy (2/2) Read More »
I asked Google: “What are the prospects for college graduates who have majored in philosophy?” Google sent me to an article that contained a quote by comedian Conan O’Brien. In his 2011 Dartmouth College commencement address he said this: “Parents… If your child majored in philosophy, you have good reason
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From Lewis’s letters: I had a tooth pulled out the other day, and came away wondering whether we dare hope that the moment of death may be very like that delicious moment when one realizes that the tooth is finally out. ————————— If we feel we have talents that don’t find expression in our ordinary
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Wisdom from the writings of Gerhard Frost (1909-1987). Frost was a Lutheran pastor, poet, and seminary professor. ******************** Where forgiveness and salvation are at stake, I must not consult my fluctuating feelings. When I say this, I am reminded of my childhood days along the banks of a little local stream, the Riceford
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Here are some quotes and short pieces from my recent reading that made me stop and think. Perhaps something here might do the same for you. **************************** I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but
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God never made a promise that was too good to be true. — Dwight L. Moody A guilty conscience is a great blessing, but only if it drives us to come home to God, from whom we can receive the forgiveness of our sins. — John Stott If any man thinks ill of you, do not be
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(…continued) William Willimon was, for many years, the chaplain at Duke University. He got tired of seeing eighteen-year-old college students who thought they already had it all figured out. He also got tired of hearing professors tell their students that all they had to do was ‘think for themselves.’ The kids had been
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