Archive for July, 2010
Weep
the Greeks privileged self-control while the Christians gave love pride of place. the Christian ideal isn’t to be stoical. The goal isn’t emotional resignation, apathy, or detachment. The Christian ideal is to weep.
Where Two or Three Are Gathered in My Name
An encounter with Life in a Soviet death camp.
During one of the winters, a young man was assigned to Father Arseny’s barracks. Aged 23, he was a student and had been sentenced to twenty years in the camp. He had no experience of camp life because he had been sent to this special camp directly from the strict Butirki Prison in Moscow. Still young, he did not fully understand what lay ahead of him.
Portable watermelon cooler/heater
This $230 portable watermelon cooler / heater is a Japanese invention because of course it is.
The beginning of theology
The beginning of theology is not the card catalogue, but doing battle with the passions. And the end of theology is not becoming a professor, but becoming a saint.
Atheists don’t have no songs
Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, from the 2010 New Orleans Jazzfest.
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