June 2009
43 posts
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,...
– Philippians 4:6-7
'Money is not a currency by which we can... →
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A good read.
“Because Michael substituted attention for love he got fans who loved what he did but he never had true compatriots who loved him for who he was. Perhaps this is…
St. Augustine and the Theology of the Body →
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Ah, the wisdom of St. Augustine.
In doing some research in order to answer a question of a commenter I found this article by Monsignor Cormac Burke, whose book on marriage…
Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find...
– Eugene Peterson
If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees, as one has said, he...
– Ruth Bell Graham
The world cries for men who are strong — strong in conviction, strong to...
– Elizabeth Elliot
Pink Sunset →
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Pretty.
Sunset at Maori Bay, Auckland.
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If you want to become the next so-and-so, there’s at least one person...
– Unknown
It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it....
– A League of their Own
Calvin and Hobbes for June 22, 2009 →
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Ah, youth…
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their...
– Shawshank Redemption
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
– Albert Einstein
Moraine Lake →
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Pretty.
Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada. Glacially fed, taken before its peak. Two days after this the rock was nearly under water.
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Wow — pretty amazing what the world looks like slowed way down…
I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel on Vimeo (via Daring Fireball)
Damsels in distress →
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A long, but worthy read.
As one interested in helping to bring about a revival of Christian Chivalry, I have thought fondly of the image of the “damsel in distress” as being…
Fever →
New web-based feed reader from Shaun Inman. It’s gorgeous, of course, and the interaction design is quite different than that of any other feed reader I’ve seen. But what most interests me is the…
M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars →
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There’s something awesome about a great globular cluster of stars.
M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to...
– Helen Keller
I have learned that when you are doing your all for Christ, Satan always tries...
– Jaci Velasquez
We need to find out who we are by ourselves, before we can be anything for...
– Jaci Velasquez
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If...
– Reportedly on a handwritten sign found on the wall of Mother Teresa’s room.
What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are;...
– God’s Little Devotional
[M]ost of what’s called leadership is just the nervous twitching of the...
– Anthony Esolen
In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present—I am...
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
A happy couple: he joying in her, she joying in herself, but in herself, because...
– Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia (1593)
When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
– Theodore Roosevelt
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to...
– Bill Cosby
I’m a listener, not a talker. I know what I know, but I don’t know...
– Charlotte Haugland
None of us are normal, … all of us are strange, wonderful and fearfully...
– Kevin Max
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with...
– Albert Einstein
Anyone who reads a footnote in a judicial opinion would answer a knock at his...
– Burton S. Laub
A tiny architect works inside the human heart drawing sketches of the ideal...
– Fulton Sheen, Love Dreams
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred…let me...
– St. Francis of Assisi