- Cruelty comes in many forms.
- Pray for my humility.
- Nobody reads Spinoza.
- The peacemaker can hear how another has hurt you and not resent that other.
- Lesson from a river: the path of least resistance is not often a straight line.
- The one who thinks nothing of atonement cannot be healthy.
- Hearing the failures of the Church is an effective antidote to making an idol of the Church. But it can also be discouraging.
- Let us never lose focus on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- When I rebel it is bold and wise. When others rebel it is reckless and ignorant. —thus says my heart.
- I sometimes wonder if our culture’s anxiety stems in part from strong feelings of guilt combined with no High Priest to take away sin.
- Therapists—the modern priesthood.
- There are times that we ought to depend more on what we see than what we hear.
- Is a nation who hates itself less pitiable than a person who hates themself?
- Do you have the heart of Christ towards your family?
- Do you have the heart of Christ towards America?
- Do you have the heart of Christ towards his Church?
- Our psychology pays attention to the bad more than the good. And if our attention is what is for sale, then what will be used to buy it?
- An easy one: Funny, relatable reels are not enough to sustain a person.
- First, the basics. Then, the basics and the advanced. But never, the advanced alone.
- How I long for the day when there will be no more goodbyes.
- It is good to cultivate gratitude for indoor plumbing, and to resist forgetting that it took someone else’s work to create.
- When the food arrives at my restaurant table, I like to wonder at how many people helped bring this gift to me.
- Many years ago, a team of human beings spent many hours paving this road for me to drive on. And this happened for thousands upon thousands of miles.
- What are the differences between the spiritual practices, the spiritual disciplines, the ordinary means of grace, and the sacraments?
- The world is simply overflowing with echoes of Divine.
- Beware of pretending to be advanced.
- The forward does not grumble that the goalie stays back.
- The True Father overcomes the Devil. The Good Son overcomes the World. The Beautiful Spirit overcomes the Flesh.
- There is much wisdom in others.
- First, a tweet is designed for discussion; an apothegm’s response consists of reflection. And second, an apothegm might make reference to a cultural artifact, but its focus is on the universal. A tweet is culturally and temporally situated in essence.
- The two scarce resources: time and money. Which is the more valuable? And with which are you more generous?
- There is no love without forgiveness.
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Thoughts of a Novice 
Another great list of things to sit on and process. Was #20 referring to our family at Charlotte airport Fri…or were you thinking abt J’s Grandmom or even MomMom?
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Wrote it months ago :). Don’t remember which goodbye prompted it.
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