April 2011
74 posts
“The nomination of Petraeus doesn’t change much; it merely reflects how...”
– Glenn Greenwald, “A more militarized CIA for a more militarized America” (via ryking)
“The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,...”
– Alvin Toffler, quoted here by Tom Peters
“The risen Jesus reveals the true meaning of life’s journey: paradise regained. ...”
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, p. 150, day 159
“…it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive.”
– Audre Lorde
“The resurrection of Jesus offers itself, to the student of history or science no...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot)
“The Risen Jesus is the lasting image and eternal icon of what God is going to do...”
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from classes given in Albuquerque on Mark’s Gospel (out of production)
“Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second...”
– Banksy (via latebloomerblooming)
“Every fall into love involves [to adapt Oscar Wilde] the triumph of hope over...”
– Alain de Botton, Essays In Love (Quoted on Brain Pickings)
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“Today the primary human problem, the core issue that defeats human history, is...”
– Richard Rohr, Wondrous Encounters: Scripture for Lent
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“They took Jesus therefore, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place...”
– John 19:17-22 (New American Standard Bible)
“Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing
There is a field, I’ll...”
– David Wilcox & Nance Pettit, quoting Rumi
“I am immersed in the Christian world and yet I think Lady Gaga’s new...”
– Julie Clawson
Study estimates that illegal immigrants paid... →
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“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence New York City, April 4, 1967 Quoted in Stephen Pressfield’s Do The Work
“Unfortunately, our popular beliefs about heaven are almost as misconceived as...”
– Andrew Perriman, p.ost
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“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting...”
– James Madison (via glynnthomas)
“We have to stop acting like we’re talking about “Christian Art;” what we’re...”
– It’s Christian Kitsch, Not Christian Art, Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, Patrol Magazine
“For these new thinkers, heaven can mean different things. In some biblical...”
– Is Hell Dead?, By Jon Meacham (TIME Cover, April 14, 2011)
“[T]o be honest, calling the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency a...”
– Joe Nocera, Letting the Banks Off the Hook
“One: This is worthless nonsense.
Two: This is an interesting, but perverse,...”
– The four stages of acceptance of controversial scientific ideas, from J.B.S. Haldane, “one of the most brilliant and eccentric British biologists of the twentieth century.” Quoted in Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality, by Jonathan Weiner
I think this can be applied...
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“We could give another name to the insanity of ingratitude: addiction. Just as it...”
– Brian McLaren, Naked Spirituality: A Life With God in 12 Simple Words
“Economic, political, and social culture in America is staggering under the sheer...”
– Joe Bageant (via azspot)
“A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public...”
– Chris Hedges, Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System
“Of course the problem is not poverty, it’s wealth. As long as we live in,...”
– David Lunan, Commissioner, Poverty Truth Commission (quoted by Roddy Hamilton)
“God or not, if I could change one thing for a better world, it would be for all...”
– A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m a good Christian
“The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors,...”
– Joseph E. Stiglitz, Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% (Vanity Fair, May 2011)
“That’s the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that...”
– Noam Chomsky (via silas216)
“Christian willingness to kill other Christians in the name of national loyalty...”
– Stanley Hauerwas, Faith Fires Back
(via oncewild)
“We call a nonviolent man “Lord” and in his name rekindle the arms race. We call...”
– John Howard Yoder, The Priestly Kingdom (via oncewild)
“Dear Internal Revenue Service,
I am filing my 1040 here. As you will see, I...”
– Shane Claiborne, My Letter to the IRS: ‘I Reserve the Right Not to Kill’
“Early-stage religion is more about belonging and believing than about...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation
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“That our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home… To...”
– David Foster Wallace, Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness (quoted by Candy Chang)
“Don’t cry because it’s over.
Smile because it happened.”
– Dr. Seuss (quoted by Presentation Zen)
“So, we have a plan that proposes to cut spending to Calving Coolidge levels,...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot)
“The good news is: You’re not going to die.
The bad news is: You’re...”
– Hugh MacLeod
“Some would have us bow
in bondage to their dreams
of little gods who lay down...”
– Bruce Cockburn, Each One Lost (Quoted by Steve Stockman)
“If ever you wanted proof that extremists of all faiths are the real...”
– Lesley Hazelton, Soul Brothers: The Crackpot Pastor and the Taliban
