Romance–Even though she knows you could live without her, you make her feel as though you wouldn’t want to. -Author unknown
“The greatest privilege, the greatest duty of any man is to be happily married.”
–Theodore Roosevelt
Many years ago, I heard a wise man describe our culture as one of “commitment cripples.” His point was that our [...]
Archive for the ‘Christian Living’ Category
Celebrating Marriage
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Godly Attitude, Marriage, tagged Marriage on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Growing in Wonder
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Evil and Suffering, Godly Attitude on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you stop seeing beauty, you start growing old.–Bono, Summer Rain.
I have thought and written at length about the blessings we receive as we grow older, if we are willing to embrace them– the increased wisdom gained through a life of humble self-correction, the growing appreciation for the things that matter most, the pool of [...]
Active Surrender
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Discipline, Godly Attitude on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you can’t control your peanut butter, how can you expect to control your own life? — Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. –Dale Carnegie, American lecturer, author 1888-1955
Within me is a potent instinct for control. Control of [...]
I Hereby Resolve…
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Discipline, History, tagged Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
Than it should be stifled by dryrot
I would rather be a superb meteor,
Every atom of me in magnificent glow,
Than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste [...]
Reframing Work
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and…play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. …There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were offered wages [...]
Stoutness of Heart
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Discipline, Godly Attitude, History on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Affliction is the good man’s shining time.
–Abigail Adams, quoted in 1776 by David McCullough
The heart is a bloom. It shoots up through the stony ground.
–Bono, U2
I recall having a deep discussion with two of my children a few years ago about a concept we do not hear much of today– being “stout-hearted.” If you read [...]
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 [...]
Relishing The Rules?
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Evil and Suffering on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before removing any fence in life, you need to ask why it was there in the first place…
–adapted from G.K. Chesterton
Rules surround us in life. In nature, there are rules governing the movement of matter and the conservation of energy. Likewise in morality, there are rules managing right behavior and the treatment of others. When [...]
The Immersion Method
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, tagged Appreciation, art, Christian Living, Praise on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went to the theatre
With the author of a successful play.
He insisted on explaining everything.
Told me what to watch,
The details of direction,
The errors of the property man,
The foibles of the star.
He anticipated all my surprises
And ruined the evening.
Never again!—And mark you,
The greatest Author of all
Made no such mistake!”
–Christopher Morley,
“No Coaching,” The Questing Spirit.
Living in the [...]
Love As THE Motivator
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Godly Attitude, tagged love, spiritual motivation on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Our ‘behavior’ will not be changed long with self-discipline, but fall in love and a human will accomplish what he never thought possible. The laziest of men will swim the English Channel to win his woman. …by accepting God’s love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we [...]
