Self-absorbed

“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm—but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of...

Old Testament

“A preacher on the radio observed that the New Testament tells us almost nothing about what went on in Jesus’ mind; then he said, “If you want to know what went on in Jesus’ mind, read the Old Testament.’” – Fleming Rutledge

Guilty

“Guilty? Yes, no matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh! thrice guilty is he who,...

Words

“Words…They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they’re no good any more….I don’t think...