Chubmeister 5000

On those who find themselves having others “utter all kinds of evil” against them on account of Jesus or who suffer for carrying the name “Christian,” Jesus is not talking about the so-called war on Christmas, what decorations appear on the winter-season coffee cup, or whether the mall rings with sounds of “Happy holidays” rather than “Merry... See more

I can hear Jesus saying, “Get your hands dirty to build a human society for human beings.” Christianity is not passive but active, energetic, alive, going beyond despair.

It is neither wealth nor poverty that keeps people out of the kingdom— it is pride .

Jesus taught an alternative wisdom that shakes the social order instead of upholding the conventional wisdom that maintains it.

Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such

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Standing in front of all my stuff, it hit me that all of it used to be money, and all of that used to be time.

The strongest indicators that you're about to make a terrible decision: 1. Endless overthinking of pros and cons 2. Chasing certainty 3. Chasing even more data instead of feeling your emotions 4. Trying to manage outcomes vs being who you are Let me... See more

Gall's Law is one of those statements that just keeps hitting harder and more deeply the more time I spend with it. At first it seemed false, then a truism, then an interesting insight, and now a foundational belief about the world. https://t.co/9gfnaeAPqH

Everything is beautiful and I am so sad.

This is how the heart makes a duet of

wonder and grief. The light spraying

through the lace of the fern is as delicate

as the fibers of memory forming their web

around the knot in my throat. The breeze

makes the birds move from branch to branch

as this ache makes me look for those I’ve lost

in the next room, in the... See more