July 2012
12 posts
“The life of sensation is the life of greed, it requires more and more. The life...”
– Annie Dillard
“Whatever the reasons behind the collapse of handwriting, college students no...”
– Writing By Hand: the Lost Art - Tenured Radical - The Chronicle of Higher Education
My sister, who taught AP English for seven years, teaches her three sons handwriting as part of their homeschool curriculum. These young lads have stellar penmanship and it always astounds me how well they write. ...
“To respond to the world justly, you first have to perceive it clearly, and this...”
– Iris Murdoch
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Whitney Houston book i worked on with BeBe Winans,... →
Have we lost our creative mojo? →
more than 95 theses: Andy Griffith →
ayjay:
People are going to think this is maudlin or just plain silly, but I think I need to say it: I learned a lot about being a father from Andy Griffith. Or rather from Andy Taylor, the character he played on The Andy Griffith Show. (I owe as much to the show’s writers as to the actor.)
My own…
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“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Clever or Wise?
phileena:
Our lives are spinning at the mind-blowing speed of technology. Let’s dare to make time to surrender and rest in stillness, silence and inner solitude—letting change take root in us, so that change might happen in the world.
In the poetic, enlightened words, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ~ Rumi
(photo credit:...
Men Don't Need Women →
“As rational persons,” Packer writes, “we were made to bear...”
– J.I. Packer, Knowing God
May 2012
1 post
The Work of Timothy Willard - Switchfoot: An... →
From the archive, a great interview I did with Jon Foreman. Good stuff.
