“I stand at the altar of Almighty God, with hatred against any form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
–Thomas Jefferson, etched into the ceiling of the Jefferson Memorial.
Recently, my wife and I had the distinct privilege of taking our children on a vacation to Washington D.C. Inspired by the history, deeply moved by the [...]
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Freedom From, or Freedom For…
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Art and Literature, Freedom, History, tagged American History, Thomas Jefferson on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life in Technicolor
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Art and Literature, Christian Living, Evil and Suffering, Godly Attitude on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If something is easy, you will not enjoy it, really.” Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish Mountain Climber.
“Behind every beautiful thing, there’s been some kind of pain.” Bob Dylan.
“A heart that hurts is a heart that beats.” Bono
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from [...]
Beyond Sentimentality to Action
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Art and Literature on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Postmodern culture has been rightly criticized in recent decades for its relativistic approach to morality and ethics. Relativism is the belief that in our world nothing is objectively, universally, or eternally right or wrong, just different. Right and wrong are simply expressions of our culture’s preferences only, not objectively true moral categories. The [...]
