It was conceived out of hubris and anxiety, at a time—1903—when Britain feared it was losing the race for dominance of the passenger-ship industry.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.
What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of info...
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
Self-evaluation and assessment should be a major part of our lives as believers
My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.
Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.
To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.