Category: Commonplace
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We are beggars
“We are beggars, this is true.” — Martin Luther These are allegedly the last words written before Luther’s death in February 1546
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from “Affections Matter”
“So the last piece in stirring up our affections for Jesus, the last thing that we see the church at Ephesus doing at the beginning that Christ tells them to remember is they are very serious about sin. So I’m not for book burning. That’s not where we’re going. I’m not going, ‘Hey, grab your…
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Thrive
Been fighting things that I can’t see inLike voices coming from the inside of me andLike doing things I find hard to believe inAm I myself or am I dreaming? I’ve been awake for an hour or soChecking for a pulse but I just don’t knowAm I a man when I feel like a ghost?The…
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Where I Belong
Feeling like a refugee Like it don’t belong to meThe colors flash across the sky This air feels strange to meFeeling like a tragedyI take a deep breath and close my eyesOne last timeOne last time Storms on the wastelandDark clouds on the plains againWe were born into the fight But I’m not sentimentalThis skin…
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The magnet and the compass
“A leader is a person with magnet in his head and a compass in his heart.” — Robert Townsend Chapter heading in Leaders Who Last by Dave Craft.
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I finally believed
“Night came and I broke my stride,I swallowed hard, but never cried.When grace was easy to forget,I’d denounce the hypocrites,casting first stones, killing my own.You would unscale my blind eyes,and I stood battered, but more wise,fighting to accelerate,shaking free from crippling weight.With resilience unsurpassed,I clawed my way to You at last.And on my knees, I…
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“He was being kind…”
“He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing… the fury of the Time Lord… and then we discovered why. Why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he had run away from us and hidden. He was being kind… He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains forged in the heart…
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A child cannot do a bad coloring
“A little child cannot do a bad coloring. Nor can a child of God do a bad prayer. A father is delighted when his little one, leaving off her toys and friends, runs to him and climbs into his arms. As he holds his little one close to him, he cares little whether the child…
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Think Different
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t…
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“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” — Steve Jobs, 1998 From Engadget