“How could anything as trivial as human politics subvert our minds from the gospel? The danger lies in the fact that nothing is easier than to identify one’s own political, economic, dietary, cosmological, aesthetic, etc., ideas with the gospel, both to please one’s own vanity and to flatten the opposition. Therefore, our prophet was truly [...]
Entries from November 2008
17 November 2008
Modest is the Hottest
“Now therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts; consider your ways…
ye clothe you, but there is none warm…”
How apt of a declaration by the prophet Haggai concerning the high level of immodesty we see in popular culture today.
Modesty is an attitude of humility and decency – not only in what we wear, but also how [...]
7 November 2008
Keep the Change
I try to reserve my political opinions for another medium than my posts here. However, I believe that sometimes the “good fight of faith” can bleed-over out of the religious arena.
I’ve found 4 fundamental points that have kept me from supporting Barak Obama through the Primary process and the Presidential election. I must also add, even [...]
2 November 2008
Carry-on Baggage
Two monks were traveling along a road. They came upon a beautiful young girl who was unable to get across a stream. The older monk offered to help. He picked her up and carried her across. Several miles down the road, the younger monk could no longer contain himself. “Master, we aren’t supposed to associate [...]
