“The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is a body of oral messages, announcements, prophecies, promulgations, recitals, histories, songs of praise, lamentations, etc., which are meant either to be uttered or at least read aloud, or chanted, or sung, or recited in a community convoked for the purpose of a living celebration.” BodyPurposeSongCommunityStudyWrittenMessagesPraiseCellsContemplationEtcCelebrationScholarProphecyPrintedContemplativeAnnouncementsLamentationRecitals Author:Thomas Merton
“Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, you'll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a 'moral value' - 'affordable health care is a moral value' etc., - then you'll appeal to red-state voters.” IfsThinkingStatesSeemsCareValuesWinningMoralMessagesSmartRedFolksMetaphorFavorsHealth CareAppealsEtcVotersDescribingAffordableMoral ValuesAffordable Health Care Author:Eric Liu
“If you have an image of someone cutting off a relationship, it's the cutting off that will lead to your suffering. If you see the action as their need being expressed, then the message is within them, not you. Any interpretation you put onto another person's message (such as passive-aggressive, withholding, etc.), you will pay for because of how you took it.” IfsNeedsPersonsActionSufferingPayCuttingCommunicationMessagesEtcInterpretationAggressivePassiveNonviolent CommunicationWithholdingCutting OffPassive Aggressive Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“I got my deal off MySpace.com. I wrote to J.R. Rotem. He is big producer. He's done a lot of stuff for Rihanna, 50 Cent, Britney Spears and etc. I thought, "Yo, this guy is really talented I want to work with him." Once I sent him message he didn't reply back. I kept on sending the messages. I kept on hitting him back like eight times a day. He eventually replied back like, "Yo, I want to hear more music."” WantDoneBigsGuyStuffDealsMessagesEightProducersEtcCentsHittingThis GuySpears Author:Sean Kingston
“So you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.” PeopleThinkingMayChildrenTurnsGrowsParentDarkGrowing UpColorDrugMessagesDressesSuicideMajorityAlcoholCommitEtcDrugs And AlcoholDark Colors Author:Bernie Siegel
“There's nothing easy or simple or even entertaining (in our contemporary American sense of that word) in disciplining our minds to "see" reality through biblical lenses; it takes effort and time. But Christians who don't take that effort and time will inevitably succumb to some of the anti-biblical and anti-Christian messages that bombard us every day through advertising, entertainment, etc.” MindRealityChristianEasySimpleEffortMessagesEntertainmentContemporaryAdvertisingEtcEntertainingBiblicalLensesAnti ChristianEffort And Time Author:Roger E. Olson