“When we have built something, the pride of man wants to look out over it all, like Nebuchadnezzar on the walls of Babylon, and somehow to take credit. This is the beginning of insanity.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 97
“When we have built something, the pride of man wants to look out over it all, like Nebuchadnezzar on the walls of Babylon, and somehow to take credit. This is the beginning of insanity.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 97
Letter to the Editor: Re: "On Aspen the Lost Dog and Other Imponderables" Pastor Wilson, your restraint is admirable. When the "other side" has a grievance far less valid or documented than ...
“The kind of ambition that wants to clamber over half-finished work in your initial radius of influence, in order to get that next promotion, is an ambition that is being driven by the wrong kind of motivation entirely.”
Ploductivity, p. 79
“If you want paganism without an attendant contempt for life at the margins, you want something that has never existed.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 95
Introduction: I begin with a disclaimer, but not with the kind of disclaimer that is banned from these November observations of mine. Even though my adversaries believe I run everything in Moscow, ...
So I would like to invite you to peruse this news release, and then mutter holy moly to yourself three times. That should about cover the situation. I am not going to say too much more about this dog’s breakfast at present, but am rather saving up. I am walking around gathering colorful metaphors like …
Letter to the Editor: I'm sure that I am not the first person to say this, but your letters page is a fun place to say things, so I'll say it here, hoping to know whether you think I am onto ...
“Every week you place all your ambitions on His altar and watch them ascend to Heaven in a column of smoke. When you get to your office Monday morning, they will be there on your desk, cleansed and waiting for you.”
Ploductivity, p. 78