(The following is copied from another blog) The following quote is from John W. Gardner’s “Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?” (W.W. Norton & Company, 1961) pages 101-102 (it is still in print): “We must expect students to strive for excellence in terms of the kind of excellence that is within their reach. Here we must recognize that… Read more »
Isn’t this what all the ‘hipster’ kids do in their photos? (thanks to chad for putting up with us!)
Suppose that a great commotion arises in the street about something, let us say a lamp-post, which many influential persons desire to pull down. A grey-clad monk, who is the spirit of the Middle Ages, is approached upon the matter, and begins to say, in the arid manner of the Schoolmen, “Let us first of all consider, my brethren, the value… Read more »
“I am a firm believer that the best way to learn is through failure, therefore it looks as if I am well on my way to becoming a genius!” or, “Wisdom is the consolation prize you get for failing repeatedly.”
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (which means ‘God with us’).” The Gospel of Christ is simply this: Every person has broken God’s law, condemning themselves to eternal spiritual death. Because ‘doing good’ is not something God accepts as a substitute for… Read more »
This is Mary, the hair sheep Beth bought two falls ago. She was supposed to be Easter Dinner, but we never seemed to get around to it. With Christmas Day being tomorrow, and learning by happy accident that Tyler’s boss was planning to butcher two of their own lambs today, we decided that a lamb roast would be quite nice… Read more »
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. “For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood… Read more »