Flickr Friday
When (K)night Falls http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/02/22/flickrfriday-when-night-falls/.
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Stories by @white_canvas (15)
Changing The World
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy.
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Living
"I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that it is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith..." Bonhoeffer from 'Discipleship'.
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Who Stands Fast?
"Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, or his virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all this when he is called to obedient and responsible...
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Speak For Me
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Trade Unionist.
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The Right Choice
"If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer..
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Martin Luther
"He was an equal opportunity insulter." ~ Eric Metaxas.
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Foxes & Hedgehogs
The foxes know many little things, while hedgehogs know one big thing. The trick is to think like a fox and respect the way foxes think, but remain in the camp of the hedgehogs. ~ Bonhoeffer.
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Imagining More
“You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing or being.” Myles Munroe.
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Divided World
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes.
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Spiritual Disciplines
"The fourteen disciplines most in use in spirituality are: spiritual reading, spiritual direction, meditation, confession, bodily exercise, fasting, Sabbath-keeping, dream interpretation, retreats,...
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Prop For Religious Performance
When we recognise the essential continuity of a prayer-defined life - we are in a position to develop and practice a working, customised askesis that is as suitable for pastors as much as monks in a...
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Necessity For Askesis
In the ordinary course of things God does not appoint a fish to shallow us into the place and time of prayer. We have to find our own place, carve out our own time.
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Response To Suffering
Suffering is an inescapable part of any kind of physical existence, but as free beings, made in the image of God, we can make a creative response as part of our response to God.
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Character Of Boaz
Boaz as 'ish gibbor chayil'. An 'ish' a man; a 'gibbor' is a brave hero in war, a strong man in the city gate, or a rich man, respected and influential.
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