I love learning new things, and am currently, in a desultory fashion, learning the basics of successful blogging. One of the things which strikes me is the application of the 80/20 rule. The first 10 or 20 percent of things you learn on the … [Continue reading]
John Wesley–True Christianity Breeds Diligence, Frugality and Riches
John Wesley on Christians and Money. Wherever true Christianity spreads, it must cause diligence and frugality, which, in the natural course of things, must beget riches! And riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is … [Continue reading]
Heart Surgery
I need you to work on my heart, Lord. It's the deepest thing I need. Come and change its molecular structure. Come and change me. … [Continue reading]
Pangur Ban–A gorgeous and delightful bit of marginalia
Pangur Ban--A Gorgeous and delightful bit of marginaliaScribbled by a 9th century Irish monk, bored of his labours on the margin of St. Paul's Epistles.Translated By Robin Flower:I and Pangur Ban my cat,'Tis a like task we are at:Hunting mice is his … [Continue reading]
Blogs and the marginalia of old
"Blogs are the new marginalia, our annotated lives, riffs on our cultural and political patrimony (like this post), asides on the political drama of the day, knowing winks at perpetuity..." from [email protected] contribution to civilization of … [Continue reading]
In which Zoe reveals her true diplomacy
My mother was always comparing her feet with mine, showing off that her feet were smaller than mine, and talking wistfully of her mother's even smaller feet. The other day, I caught sight of my own feet, which seemed rather small. "Hey Zoe," I … [Continue reading]
I WAS A TEEN-AGE ATHEIST
(Commonweal, Oct 8, 1999 by Anita Mathias) Flames leaped into the horizon. My parents, my sister, Shalini, and I abandoned our dinner to race up to the terrace and watch the blaze. It was Holi, the Hindu spring festival, an explosion of mischief … [Continue reading]
Pangur Ban–A gorgeous and delightful bit of marginalia
Scribbled by a 9th century Irish monk, bored of his labours on the margin of St. Paul's Epistles. Translated By Robin Flower: I and Pangur Ban my cat, 'Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all … [Continue reading]
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