Grace has found me. Grace will lead me home. ~ Sarah Kelly Sometimes I feel like a slow learner. Do you ever feel like you just don’t quite grasp a concept? You read about it, talk, write, and pray about it, and you think you’ve got it all figured out, but then you look at […]
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How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Bob Dylan Another senseless slaughter in a place dedicated to peace—a church, a school, The Holocaust Museum.
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I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will. Edward Everett Hale The story of Relentless Grace emerged differently than I imagined. I suspect a lot of creative endeavors are […]
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One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe I’ve been thinking a lot about Chris Guillebeau’s insightful analysis of What Makes A Community? We all live, work, and play in a variety of communities, and I guess I’m especially interested because my efforts to contribute via […]
Continue readingThere’s A Top To Every Hill
Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 98 miles THERE’S A TOP TO EVERY HILL A while […]
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A community is a group of people united through a common struggle with the same stories. Chris Guillebeau wrote an insightful article called What Makes A Community? I encourage you to read Chris’ thoughts through the lens of a Christian community.
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A community is a group of people united through a common struggle with the same stories. This definition comes from an insightful article by Chris Guillebeau called What Makes A Community? I highly recommend Chris’ site, The Art of Nonconformity. Chris’ writing makes me think and inspires me to extend my own ideas. I […]
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I’ve noticed that many atheists spend an amazing amount of time thinking about God. In a cult classic from the 70’s called Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig argues that you can identify a person’s doubts and insecurities by the topics about which they shout the loudest. His example: nobody’s running around […]
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“I’ve always admired atheists. It takes a lot of faith.” ~ Chris in “Northern Exposure” When I published Relentless Grace, a marketing expert advised me not to place so many references to God on the cover. “You’re going to lose a lot of sales if they think it’s all about God.” I recall wondering about […]
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What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This is a big week for me. On Friday I completed the final day of a thirty-five year teaching career. I’m officially retired, a former teacher. And since I’m making the formal transfer from one phase of life to the next, this is […]
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The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. How much do you make for writing a blog? When I replied that there’s no pay involved, he asked an even more revealing […]
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One ship sails East, and another West, By the self-same winds that blow, Tis the set of the sails and not the gales, That tells the way we go. ~ Ella Wilcox Occasionally I become a bit frustrated with “inspirational” musings about the blessings of adversity and the magical effects of a positive attitude. When […]
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