Quote of the Day

"Be not he slave of your own past- plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good Quote of the day

"we don't have to fit into prefabricated moral or mental or religious boxes before we are admitted into the company of God - we are taken seriously just as we are and given a place in his story, for it is, after all, his story; none of us is the leading character in the story of our life."
~Eugene H. Peterson, Introduction to 1-2 Samuel in the Message

Quote of the Year

"When Jesus takes your hand He keeps you tight. When Jesus keeps you tight He leads you through life. When Jesus leads you through life He brings you safely home." --Casper ten Boom
as quoted at the end of "In My Father's House" written by Corrie ten Boom

Blindness

This is taken from the Slice of Infinity newsletter from RZIM for June 8th titled "That I May See." I found it rather thought provoking. Hope you do to. I'd love to hear your thoughts that are provoked!

clipped from by138w.bay138.mail.live.com But that doesn't make it less real. Blindness is as natural to humankind as the desire to understand. We are blind to our own faults, blind to truths we don't want to hear. It is the cure to this blindness that is important. Eugene Peterson writes, "There is widespread interest in living beyond the roles and functions handed to us by our culture. But much of it ends up as a spirituality that is shaped by terms handed out by the same culture."(1) What do you do to see authentically? What do you do to protect yourself from walking blindly down paths shaped by dangerous ideas, down roads paved with misleading promises?

And we still ride horses to school...

Better Save the 'Two Washingtons' Story for Tomorrow

Clerk: Sir, you need to fill out a customs form for that.
Man: What? Why? This is in America.
Clerk: Sir, it's North America, but Oregon is not in the US.
Man: Yes, it is. It's in the northwest.
Clerk: Really? Are you sure? Oh.

--Post office, 99 Macombs Pl

via Overheard in New York, Apr 2, 2007

Grunge Suicide Is Always an Option

Woman: Would you let Michael go to the west coast?
Man #1: What?
Man #2: No! You don't want him to be a freak.
Woman: I didn't mean Oregon.

--Chipolte, 44th Street

via Overheard in New York, May 27, 2005