“When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that don’t quite fit our preferences and presuppositions. In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible’s cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more committed to what we want the Bible to say than what it actually says.” WantEndsBeautifulTurnsForceVoiceFrontsFitHolySticksCommittedComplicatedListsToneCreedsDiverseBulletsPreferenceSimplifyLoadedAdjectivesManifestosCacophony Author:Rachel Held Evans
“I think I ended up on 'People”s '50 Most Beautiful People' list just because of eyeliner, which is kind of a bummer. But if you do find the right color, it will make your eyes pop.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindEyeBeautifulColorPopsListsBeautiful PeopleEyelinerBummer Author:Pete Wentz
“One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Roman Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together.” ShouldSaidTogetherBeautifulListsShoppingRadiantBeautiful Day Author:Claudio Ranieri