June 2009
56 posts
“Multitasking only makes sense when none of the tasks requires heart-engaged,...”
– John Piper
May 2009
43 posts
“My grandmother never got a college degree. She went to high school. Unlike my...”
– Obama on Education [via ayjay at TAS] (via portraitoftheartistasayoungman)
“I don’t see our history of mass education leading to careers for many as clerks,...”
– Peter Wood. Ouch. (via ayjay) (via portraitoftheartistasayoungman)
(I am surrounded by such people…){A}
when you are not enough
please Lord,
break my heart
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Bono on Karma
Bono: You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics—in physical laws—every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. It’s clear to me that Karma is at the very heart of the universe. I’m absolutely sure of it. And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all...
I'M SO GLAD
that ffffound.com exists so that the average Tumblr-er has something to post.
As if any of this is truly authentic.
And I know why I am still in awe...
There was a piercing scream from the woods, followed closely by a pistol report. “Does it seem right to you, lady, that one is punished a heap and another ain’t punished at all?”
“Jesus!” the old lady cried. “You’ve got good blood! I know you wouldn’t shoot a lady! I know you come from nice people! Pray! Jesus, you ought not to shoot a lady....
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Non-Internet Body
Have I told you lately how happy I am to not be an anorexic adolescent girl in a bikini and big sunglasses wandering listlessly through the hipster fog on your blog? Let me do that this second.
Because I have these hips that are wide and thick- they are not sharp and tight. To see me in that pose is to see both overindulgence and sacrifice. I am a handful and more. I am vital. I am real flesh...
