The Pain of Purity: Thoughts on “Confucius”
Last night Dori and I watched “Confucius,” starring Chow Yun-Fat (2012). Among many powerful scenes in a generally powerful film, the confrontation between the renowned sage »
Loving Within Limits
> "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to »
The Thorn Birds
Meggie is right, of course. Men are like moths, chasing a flame that is behind a glass window, and wearing themselves out in this futile process. »
The Cost of Discipleship
Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will »
Satisfaction and Rest
> The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies all too often in an unsurrendered will. > When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. And when »