Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Books By The Year
21 books in 2012
22 books in 2013
31 books in 2014
48 books in 2015
47 books in 2016
62 books in 2017
22 books in 2013
31 books in 2014
48 books in 2015
47 books in 2016
62 books in 2017
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Book #14 - 31 Days of Praise
31 Days of Praise by Ruth Myers
"I am one of Your spiritual masterpieces, created clean and clear as a flawless jewel...You are cutting and polishing me to receive and display more fully the beauty of Your glorious attributes."
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Book #8 - The Seven Feasts of Israel
"The three thousand was a significant number. Exactly that number were killed on the day the law came down from Mount Sinai because of the golden calf (Exodus 32:28). 'The letter kills, the Spirit gives life.'" (2 Corinthians 3:6)
Monday, January 15, 2018
Similarities I Found Intriguing In Three Books I'm Reading
"The most basic level of maintaining my self-image is just holding myself back from acting on my impulses. I am constantly bombarded by bizarre, nonsensical urges, and if I didn’t care about my identity, I would just do all of them.
It would be fucking mayhem."
This quote from Hyperbole and a Half, in fact the two final chapters of the book, regarding personal identity.
"Each of us, by virtue of our pattern of myths, participates in these archetypes; they are the structure of human existence. It is not necessary to be a scholar to be influenced by them; it is only necessary that one existentially participate in human life." Rollo May, The Cry For Myth
"I believe in metaphors. Metaphors are real. That is why the Scriptures are composed not only of the proverbs and prophecies that Pastor McCay, in the pages that follow, spouts in involuntary reflex; but that is why those Scriptures surround and embrace those pronouncements in stories - the allegories and metaphors - that teach us our values. Here before you is a clash of good against evil, of course, but more than that. There are clashes of judgement, clashes among different interpretations of what is good and what is justice, and clashes over who is to suffer the wages of the evil born of our best intentions. This is a love story. This is a story of hatred and rage. This is the Iliad. This is the story of how we - we ourselves; you and I - choose to use whatever special powers and abilities we have, when even those powers and abilities are only a little bit beyond those of mortal men." Elliott S. Maggin, in the introduction to the graphic novel Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
Then these two:
"Myths are archetypal patterns in human consciousness, as Joseph Campbell and others have pointed out." The Cry For Myth, Rollo May
"It was the early 1970s and young Hilmar was searching for meaning. By chance, he met Joseph Campbell, the great scholar of myths." The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner
This quote from Hyperbole and a Half, in fact the two final chapters of the book, regarding personal identity.
"Each of us, by virtue of our pattern of myths, participates in these archetypes; they are the structure of human existence. It is not necessary to be a scholar to be influenced by them; it is only necessary that one existentially participate in human life." Rollo May, The Cry For Myth
"I believe in metaphors. Metaphors are real. That is why the Scriptures are composed not only of the proverbs and prophecies that Pastor McCay, in the pages that follow, spouts in involuntary reflex; but that is why those Scriptures surround and embrace those pronouncements in stories - the allegories and metaphors - that teach us our values. Here before you is a clash of good against evil, of course, but more than that. There are clashes of judgement, clashes among different interpretations of what is good and what is justice, and clashes over who is to suffer the wages of the evil born of our best intentions. This is a love story. This is a story of hatred and rage. This is the Iliad. This is the story of how we - we ourselves; you and I - choose to use whatever special powers and abilities we have, when even those powers and abilities are only a little bit beyond those of mortal men." Elliott S. Maggin, in the introduction to the graphic novel Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
Then these two:
"Myths are archetypal patterns in human consciousness, as Joseph Campbell and others have pointed out." The Cry For Myth, Rollo May
"It was the early 1970s and young Hilmar was searching for meaning. By chance, he met Joseph Campbell, the great scholar of myths." The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner
Book #6 - Hill Country Harvest
"But we didn't talk about being lost, while they sat there in front of the fire and toasted their toes. We talked about being found, which is altogether different. Being found is being with friends and knowing your family will come and get you. Being found is a fire and a cup of hot soup and knowing that Grandmother won't scold because your pants are soaked and your boots are full of ice water. Being found is being able to smile again, even if you can't really laugh until tomorrow."
"The ice went out of the river as quietly as mist, with no fuss whatever. Now it flows free and calm - and polluted. It is a bilious green even at sunny midday, when it should have a tinge of blue even if it were roiled and muddy with early runoff. But it flows, and a few mornings ago I saw the first black ducks on it. They looked rather bewildered at the quality of the water, flavored with paper-mill sludge and Massachusetts sewage; but I suppose any open water is welcome on a migratory flight. The ducks used to nest by the dozen along the river, but the past few years their numbers have steadily decreased."
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Book #1 - Beautiful On The Mountain
"I would find that I'd be deeply engaged in people's lives at times, ... but when those moments passed, people went on with their lives and I returned to being one of the crowd."
Monday, January 1, 2018
Articles
Twenty-First Century Victorians
When Dental Hygiene in a Nursing Home Doesn't Go As Planned
Andy Savage’s Standing Ovation Was Heard Round the World. Because It Was Wrong.
What First Responders Think About Domestic Violence
Smiling Devils
When the Cure Is the Cause
Getting intersectional means showing up when there are no pink hats
FIVE TRUTHS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
When Dental Hygiene in a Nursing Home Doesn't Go As Planned
Andy Savage’s Standing Ovation Was Heard Round the World. Because It Was Wrong.
What First Responders Think About Domestic Violence
Smiling Devils
When the Cure Is the Cause
Getting intersectional means showing up when there are no pink hats
FIVE TRUTHS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
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