“I should tell you that it’s a double first for me to be here at this conference. First of all because this is the first time I’ve ever spoken at a conference in California and it’s the first time I’ve ever eaten a burrito. I hope perhaps to come again to conferences in California, and […]
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In each of the drops That hide this tree You can see A tree turned upside down Reaching down Like roots Seeking water drops
“A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river. The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, they would both drown. Considering this, the frog agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When the frog asks […]
“Son, never do drugs. Unless you get the chance to do peyote.”
“We don’t have Mayberry anymore, if we ever did. Good. Mayberry leads to hell just as surely as Gomorrah does.” from Is Christianity Dying?
The leaf lay on the pavement In its haven of asphalt and iron Underneath its fluorescent suns. Though severed, the leaf still drew life From the cool and efficient lamps Slowly becoming a leaf of iron Cold and resilient But always missing the warmth Of its old radiant sun And the tree to which It […]
“There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write ‘damnation’ with your fingers.” —Charles Spurgeon via Tim Challies
fremdschämen (German). “This is what occurs when you are embarrassed for someone who ought to be embarrassed for himself, but isn’t.” From Douglas Wilson, Whose Ox Is Being Sued
“Cultural assimilation is all too often the prelude to ecclesial extinction.” — from Heresy!
“murder rates in Canada are low, he said, partly because “it’s quite rude to murder someone.”” from Eric Weiner’s article Can Canada teach the rest of us to be nicer? via Tim Challies