August 2010
4 posts
November 2009
27 posts
“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out....”
– Steve Jobs (via tmblg)
“A cry. A cry lies within us in the depth of a place which we cannot touch....”
– Amena Brown - In Your Pure Light
“Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be...”
– 1 Peter 3:8
“Concerning wandering thoughts in prayer.
YOU tell me nothing new: you are not...”
– Brother Lawrence - The Practice of the Presence of God
“God does not ask much of you. But remembering Him, praising Him, asking for His...”
– Brother Lawrence - The Practice of the Presence of God
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind...”
– Isaiah 30:21
“For the man or woman who has come to know and love the Lord God in the depths of...”
– Phillip Keller
“Center all your attention and desire on (God) and let this be the sole concern...”
– The Cloud of Unknowing
“They will question you saying, “What are you looking for, what do you want?” To...”
– The Cloud Of Unknowing
“Oh, my God
Shine Your light on us
That we might live
Oh, my God
Shine Your...”
– Robbie Seay Band - Shine Your Light On Us
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one”
– Stella Adler
“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose...”
– Hasidic Saying
“Active Waiting
Waiting is essential to the spiritual life. But waiting as
a...”
– Henri Nouwen
“If a pickpocket were to see Jesus, he would only see Jesus’ pockets.”
– Unknown
“After a while, Mother Teresa got up and walked to the altar. She wore a blue and...”
– William J Elliott from “A Place At The Table”
On the Journey to Becoming a Peacemaker by Rabbi...
(Rabbi Lewis has written this reflection using only one-syllable words. It is an old discipline, intended to be simple but not simplistic.)
What if God were to speak to us now; to give us a fresh look at what’s real, true, and the core of our world? Might God say, “Be just, be kind, care, share, give, take, love, laugh, cry, feel the pain, and dance in the time of joy”? And what would we hear?...
“Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream,
or dream. There is...”
– Henri Nouwen
“Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes.
Optimism is the...”
– Henri Nouwen
“There are three lies that one needs to overcome in this life for a full life…...”
– Henri Nouwen
“Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the...”
– – Steve Jobs Stanford University commencement address, June 12, 2005
“Art enables is to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time”
– Thomas Merton
“True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind”
– Mahatma Ghandi
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”
– Pablo Picasso
“Whenever I’m on my computer, I don’t type “lol”. I type “lqtm”: “laugh quietly...”
– Demetri Martin
“Being Humble and Confident
As we look at the stars and let our minds wander...”
– Henri Nouwen
“The Patience of Faith
“Because Thou hast kept the word of My Patience.”...”
– Oswald Chambers
Wonderlost
Tonight Cara, Elijah and I watched Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. Free DVD’s are a perk of working for Disney.
As we were watching it and Tink found herself in the peril we all expect from a good story Elijah leaned over to me and said “I hope that it all works out alright”.
I realized that with youth comes this amazing wonder that somewhere along the line gets pulled from...
October 2009
3 posts
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs (via hrrrthrrr)
September 2009
4 posts
August 2009
3 posts
July 2009
23 posts
Hipster Angst, Big Weapons and Fire
Had an amazing night tonight.
My good friend Luke invited me over to his back yard to sit around a fire (that’s what people do for fun in the midwest). It was a great night. I realized that I missed chatting with someone like Luke. Luke is a quiet, humble intellectual. He is the type of person that is perfect for bouncing theories and questions off of and the best part is that he will not...