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Juneteenth

Juneteenth(2)

June 19, 2009

 
“…in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”

Juneteenth
Why does God sing?

Why does God sing?

The Lord your God is in your midst,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.
— Zephaniah 3:17

Augustine’s Origin of Species

Augustine’s Origin of Species

North African bishop Augustine of Hippo (354–430) had no skin in the game concerning the current origins controversies. He interpreted Scripture a thousand years before the Scientific Revolution, and 1,500 before Darwin’s Origin of Species. Augustine didn’t “accommodate” or “compromise” his biblical interpretation to fit new scientific theories. The important thing was to let Scripture speak for itself.

Perfection in pain

Perfection in pain

At the time of acute self-consciousness at the birth of adulthood, when the soul is still innocent and open, has not been hardened, everything is poured out freely, sometimes too freely, and there is no attempt to guard one’s inner world from being trampled on. The child who has never been hit by a car, if he is not told of the dangers, will have no fear of walking into a busy street.


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