January 2011
15 posts
The Initiative against Despair →
December 2010
16 posts
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
[langston.hughes]
I don’t think I have it in me to do great things— but I think with a lot of grace I can do a bunch of tiny good things in a row!
Understanding the evils of racism past.
I. The Humiliation of Etiqutte
As a form of social control, etiquette is one of the best. It is a largely unverbalized but widely understood system of rules for social interaction which distributes power and governs social distance and intimacy. While the Emancipation Proclamation unshackled the Black population from the legal ownership of Whites, it did not free them from the rules of racial...
I get paid $9/hr to do this.
He has a difficult time even explaining cookies in a straightforward way.
My mother, being uncertain unsure about my culinary abilities, hesitated to give me free reign of the kitchen; I, however, but I argued that I knew how to bake cookies as since I had observed watched her make them dozens of times …
WatchAs told by the children…
II. OUT OF THE MORNING. by emily dickinson.
Will there really be a morning? Is there such a thing as day? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it feet like water-lilies? Has it feathers like a bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I have never heard? Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor! Oh, some wise man from the skies! Please to tell a little pilgrim...
Anonymous asked: If you could visit one National Park which one would you visit? Choose your answer wisely :)
Living generously
Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.
And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life. No more tit-for-tat stuff. Live generously.
— Jesus speaking to me this morning (in Matthew chapter 5).
WatchMy prayer. Over and over again.
“Laziness cuts me like fine cutlery. I need a miracle— Someone to help me help myself.”
“Today, you can find 10,000 reasons to keep letting people, institutions, and...”
– Merlin Mann, 43Folders.com
Living Philanthropic: Try this at home:... →
livingphilanthropic:
Micro-giving. What is it? Well, it’s the true test of power in numbers, Micro-giving is the collection of small donations (mostly $1) from a large number of people (like you and me) to create Macro-results for a specific cause of charity. What I am doing with my mission and the donations you’ve…
many small steps go far.
“When someone lets you in on a secret.
When someone lets you see them crying.
...”
– emily wilkens (amazing woman and missionary in Tchad, Africa).