A Fable - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And the former called the latter “Little Prig”.
Bun replied,
“You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I’m not so large as you,
You [...]
By Barrett Goldsmith
Baytown Sun
3/20/08
Jesse Shead remembers giving a tour of Exxon Mobil for a group of junior high kids from a Goose Creek, only a few years ago. A group of Hispanic kids walked in, and sat together. Then a group of black kids, who did the same, followed by the white group. They [...]
Somehow, this tree growing from a rock in the highlands of Scotland, reminds me of my son-in-law - determined, alive and flourishing.
A RELUCTANT GRIEVER
by Virgil Fry
I write these words from the raw side of fresh grief. Less than two months ago Caryl, my beloved wife of 33 years, died. A tenacious, vibrant, faithful woman, she finally succumbed to death after two hard years of declining health, and 50 years of being a Type [...]
From fearfullyhuman
From Plane to Soapbox via Taxi
Sitting in my room in a hotel in Entebbe. I lay in bed this morning and watched the sun rise through a bank of cumulus clouds over Lake Victoria before going back to sleep for another hour.
It’s the end of my gruelling three-week assignment and later today I’ll get [...]
What Would Jesus Buy? - The Website
Ten Thousand Villages: Working with over 100 artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to bring you fair trade jewelry,home decor, gifts and more.
A Greater Gift: Beautiful jewelry and fabulous accessories, from scarves and [...]
It was autumn, and the Indians on the reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild.
Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the [...]
Over the years many Christians have grown so suspicious of the more radical environmentalists and their “science” that they (the Christians) have nothing to do with trying to care for and clean up the earth. I think that’s sad. I wouldn’t join Greenpeace if they offered me a free whale, but I recycle my papers, [...]
Some quotes from a new post at a blog I am now reading every day.
C.K. Chesterton once said that the problem when people stop believing in God is not that they will believe in nothing, but that they will then believe in anything.
Without God, all truth claims don’t have any foundation beyond the subjective [...]
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