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- Neighborhood Walk (2)
Gen X Revert: "My brother lives in Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) and whenever I visit I realize how out of shape I am. Just walking the neighborhood with the large hills…"
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Peter: "gbm3: Weekends are usually when I have the time to participate in blogs. But my office is moving this weekend and I may not have time to respond to…"
Jerry: "Well, you picked a good book to be incensed by, not a strawman. Perhaps you could write up a critique of some key part of the book in the future for…"
Peter: "Introduction to Christianity.…"
- Engaged Encounter Part I: House of God? (8)
whizkidforte: ""Sing of the Lord's Goodness" actually kinda reminds me of "Take Five" by the late, great jazz saxophonist Dave Brubeck. . . Not that that's a good…"
Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages capital accumulation and distorts, unbalances, and shrinks production. Total real wealth and income is made smaller than it otherwise would be. On net balance there is more poverty rather than less.
— , The Conquest of Poverty [1973]
Faith and Practice
Christian Simplicity and Integrity
In a continuing effort to expose Catholics and mainline Protestants to Quaker wisdom, here's another sampling from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's 1972 edition of Faith and Practice.
"A life centered on God will be characterized by integrity, sincerity and simplicity. It need not be cloistered and may even be a busy […]
True Worship
"True worship, whether vocal or silent, is offering one's self to God = body, mind and soul - for the doing of His will. The fruit of worship is an increasing awareness of the Inward Light [i.e. the Holy Spirit], an experience of God's love and a fresh understanding of the two great […]
