Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on seeing a tall beacon light or some mountain peak coming into view, so Scr...
Workers who can consistently decide with clarity and ease which tasks are most important when under pressure are the most prized in every organization. Highly focused in pressure-cooker situations, th...
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.
Just do the right thing for the next 15 minutes." And Dugger's guideline for dealing with infidelity and transition one step at a time.
It doesn't get any easier. You have to stay close to the people you trust so they can put you back together again.
We entertain God's Truth not as a guest but as master of the house.
The more broken you are, the more light gets through.
Bob Dylan's Christianity has been allusive, idiosyncratic, and never the sort to place him on anyone's side in any Kulturkampf.
We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
You can't counter a heroic impulse with a mundane and bourgeois response. You can counter it only with a more compelling heroic vision.
Students are taught how to do things, but many are not forced to reflect on why they should do them or what we are here for.
The altar must be built in one place so that the fire may come down in another place.
Mine is to chew on the appropriate texts and make them delectable.
The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.
There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.
Expect progress, not perfection.
watch out for schools that promise your kids will "experience success." I'm teaching Plato's Dialogues these days, and I noticed that Socrates never let his students experience success. Socrates won t...
When in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capabilities perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordain...
The further you go, the more you're going to need the people you started with.
A book isn't worth reading if it's not worth discussing.
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