Thought provoking
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch Matthew 6:11 by Jerry Flowers:
Matthew 6:11
Jesus echoes Israel’s exodus for our daily prayer - God will provide, not pharaoh, trust him.
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread
CREED
We believe in the one High God who out of love created
the beautiful world and everything good in it. He
created man and wanted man to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the
earth. We have known this High God in the darkness,
and now we know him in the light. God promises in
the book of his word, the Bible, that... See more
We believe in the one High God who out of love created
the beautiful world and everything good in it. He
created man and wanted man to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the
earth. We have known this High God in the darkness,
and now we know him in the light. God promises in
the book of his word, the Bible, that... See more
Like this for its language, tone - certainly not written in the standard white, paternalistic vernacular.
Come to the Temple
Come to your Temple here with liberation
And overturn these tables of exchange
Restore in me my lost imagination
Begin in me for good, the pure change.
Come as you came, an infant with your mother,
That innocence may cleanse and claim this ground
Come as you came, a boy who sought his father
With questions asked and certain answers... See more
Come to your Temple here with liberation
And overturn these tables of exchange
Restore in me my lost imagination
Begin in me for good, the pure change.
Come as you came, an infant with your mother,
That innocence may cleanse and claim this ground
Come as you came, a boy who sought his father
With questions asked and certain answers... See more
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”
- Victor Hugo
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
- Romans 12:2
- George Bernard Shaw
“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”
- Victor Hugo
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
- Romans 12:2
Emily Holdman • Deep Roots, Hard Looks, and Change — Permanent Equity: Investing in Companies that Care What Happens Next
Your job might not be to do your job. Your job might be to make the decisions and commitments needed to lead other people who do your (former) job.
Seth Godin • Busy-ness and leverage
"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all."
Source: Words to the Wise (hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan )
Source: Words to the Wise (hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan )
3-2-1: Four questions for life, how to learn like a child, and seeing things in a generous way
race was invented as a way to classify some people as less than human such that they could be exploited by others
Isaiah 55
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
I can feel that diminishment returning to everyday life. Everyone’s wrung out from the news and the terror inflicted by clown oligarchs and mad leaders and the general enshittification that is ensuing.