“The news is not a mirror of social conditions, but the report of an aspect that has obtruded itself.” SocialConditionsNewsAspectMirrorsReportsSocial Conditions Author:Walter Lippmann
“Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the limits of our own imaginations and experience. But meanwhile, . . . we might do well to look upon the inadequacy of our concepts of God as the truest mirror of those limitations that define our condition.” WellsLooksMightAbleImaginationConditionsOne DayLimitsConceptsMirrorsLimitationSufficientLook UpMajestyTruestPossessingInadequacyExpansiveness Author:Ian Tattersall
“Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a mirror so that we can see ourselves. Stories are mirrors of human be-ing, reflecting back our very essence. In a story, we come to know precisely the both/and, mixed-upped-ness of our very being. In the mirror of another's story, we can discover our tragedy and our comedy-and therefore our very human-ness, the ambiguity and incongruity, that lie at the core of the human condition.” KnowsHumansStoriesLyingAnswersComedyConditionsCenturyEssenceTragedyMirrorsAncientCoreHuman ConditionEchoesReflectingAmbiguityIncongruityReflecting Back Book:The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning Source: The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning