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Afresh I seek thee. Lead me once more I pray— Even should it be against my will, thy way. Let me not feel thee foreign any hour, Or shrink from thee as an estranged power. Through doubt, through faith, through bliss, through stark dismay, Through sunshine, wind, or snow, or fog, or shower, Draw me [...]
Religious piety is bankrupt without justice. — Richard Foster (The Challenge of the Disciplined Life) Nothing’s more frustrating than sitting down in front of some mindless TV drama with a fresh bag of chips, only to open the bag and find it half full. I know they sell it by weight, not volume—that doesn’t matter. What [...]
I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, (better) A little better all the time (it can’t get no worse) I have to admit it’s getting better, (better) It’s getting better since you’ve been mine — The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney), “Getting Better” from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Why do we feel so compelled to own [...]
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most human beings live only for the gratification of it. — Aristotle Have you ever been faced with a choice between what you want and what you need? A new CD or rent? A doughnut or a shiny apple? An extra canoe trip or family [...]
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