Posted in random thoughts on Aug 24th, 2011
…Are men who don’t think of women as “people” but rather as objects of status, objects of desire, objects of comfort. Of course they don’t *think* they hate women. They actually will say the LOOOVE women, ‘perhaps a little too much.’ But they’re unable to look at a young woman and see a person. And [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 24th, 2011
I’m lucky to be around amazing people most of the time… What makes them amazing is that they can take an honest look at themselves and ask, “What just happened there? Why did I do that? What could I have done better?” They don’t just do things – they’re reflective practitioners of life… Most [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 17th, 2011
There are three amazing things in this observation ^ here: One, our culture doesn’t have “discipleship”, but if you’ve ever watched a kung fu movie, like Ip Man, you know usually it’s the students who have to beg a Master to train him, not the other way around… So it was “different” of Jesus to [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 16th, 2011
“If heaven is where our deepest longings will finally be fulfilled, and we will be made holy and pure and consistent with what we always wanted to be…where the average mediocre day will be ten million times better than the best days here on earth – and God loves us and wants to bring us [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 9th, 2011
The riots are bad. No one with any sense is condoning them. But as we pray for peace, we ought to remember that peace is not (just) the absence of violence…just the way being disease-free doesn’t automatically make one healthy – London was fine a few days ago, but it wasn’t actually at peace. It [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 9th, 2011
Indie movies don’t have the big budgets, or the biggest named actors, but (for better or worse) they have fidelity to a vision. They are free to make exactly the movie they wanted to make… The same goes for Indie bands… It’s no wonder that they are usually the ones at the cutting edge, bringing [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 5th, 2011
It turns out that one of the reasons many alcoholics drink, is because they are so worried and fearful when they’re sober; they can’t handle life sometimes. And it turns out that when people compromise on their values for money or success, they’re often motivated out of fear for their own survival. So it’s no [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Aug 2nd, 2011
There’s a big difference between “judging” and “truth telling…” And I think this is something everyone needs to learn at some point. Because on the one hand we don’t ever want to judge – as in act as judge over others or be “judgmental”… but on the other hand, we don’t want to be unteachable, [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Jul 26th, 2011
Here are 20 random questions that can make you happier and get you on the right track: 1. Do you love what you do (work or play), or are you after the sense of accomplishment, power, bragging rights? Would you still do it if you knew you’d probably fail at some point? 2. Do you love [...]
Posted in random thoughts on Jul 11th, 2011
Here’s a belated Memorial Day post… War brings out the worst in people. Yes. But something returning soldiers (and some writers) know is that war also brings out the best in people. War clears out a lot of the stupid petty squabbles, the laziness, the drunkenness, the general stupidity that we ALL fall into – [...]