“Why do we put up with love? This despicable person who changes our whole universe and our whole being.”
“And when undone or desperate, alone,
beset by others' hungers and my own,
to speak inaudibly and still be heard.
From "Wish List”
Source: An Abundance of Caution
“Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Impressive technological development makes us capable of measuring almost everything, but measurement error problems still remain.”
“Conformity is a problem for many small groups. Members put a higher priority on cohesion than on coming up with a well-reasoned choice. They pressure dissenters, shield themselves from negative feedback, keep silent when they disagree ...”
Source: Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow
“So often, it's others around us who can see where God wants to grow us even before we see it ourselves.”
Source: Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling: Changing Lives with God's Changeless Truth
“Membership in small groups allows people to feel similar and different at the same time: similar because they are a part of a group in different because the group is separate from the masses.”
Source: The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
“To summarize; salvation is not a reward for being or doing good, but a gift which we claim by faith, as the Apostle Paul stated, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.”
Source: Christianity 101: A Simpler Way Forward
“Redouble your efforts on a daily basis”
“First you point your pea shooter at me; now you want more beer. Hell of a first date.”