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An ontology of peace

In response to the evil that Melkor introduced into creation, Eru Ilúvatar responds that “no one c…
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Sacramental Imagination

There’s a lot of talk about how Catholics have something called the “sacramental imagination.” Oft…
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Don't Dream It

... be it. 꿈만 꾸지 말고 직접 해봐
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Taking sides

Is not a non-religious education in fact forcefully atheist? Not to take sides over God, over the …
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Scorn not his simplicity

See the child with the golden hair Yet eyes that show the emptiness inside Do we know, can we unde…
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A Machine for Grinding General Laws

I have said that in one respect my mind has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. Up to …
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Also sprach die Duck

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Family bonds

A grandmother and her granddaughter go together on an afternoon stroll beside the wetland family bonds …
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Dog tired

The little dog was tired. We laid him down and put on his little blanket. I used to wipe up your sp…
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Musings on a bicycle ride

A good little girl went to play with her friends, and I had a very nice morning with a bicycle fold…
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Full Fathom Five

Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: …
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A Life Answerable to Their Learning

All perfection in this life hath some imperfection mixed with it; and, no knowledge of ours is wit…
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Not today, Brian

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Taste the dear delight too early

There is a danger lest [children] should taste the dear delight too early; for youngsters, as you …
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Every man wastes more than time enough

But, says one, our busy lives leave no time for study and reading. Our energies are exhausted and …
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Paulo

A cute book in the doctor's office. I was thinking "he's me" when she suddenly l…
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Lamia

Left to herself, the serpent now began To change; her elfin blood in madness ran, Her mouth foam’d…
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The Plain Act of Giving

All the Lord wanted was their cooperation: the man’s generosity, the prophet’s confident faith, an…
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Indifference

When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree, They drove great nails through hands and f…
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Over the Hills and Far Away

Here's forty shillings on the drum For those who volunteer to come To 'list and fight the …
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The Captive

This scene was written for the final exam by two students who were not that great at English. Yet t…
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My Charlemagne

I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. "Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds…
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The Life I Lead

A British bank is run with precision A British home requires nothing less! Tradition, discipline, …
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Off we go

Today we chased birds.
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Pool

From a cool wet world to a soft little girl a silly man says hello.
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With Grandma at the Park

Today we had a very nice day with Grandma here in the park. Grandma lives very far away, so we love…
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Animals

Today we saw animals. We love animals. Then we rested by a fountain in an open square.
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Wangsan Beach

Today we drove to the beach. Most were crowded but at the end of the island we found a big rock and…
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Feed the Birds

This has always been one of my favorite childhood allegories. It is beautiful in every language. Ea…

Royalty

The highest distinction is service to others. Her father had said that; it was the reason he had r…

Morality in the age of sex robots

The truth is that all of us at some level or another understand as if by instinct that certain des…

Better left unsaid

- Some things are better left unsaid. - Like what?   -- Top Secret (1984)
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All Red Line

The conditions of the Empire are totally different  to what they were some years back. When Her Ma…

Americans

As Alexis de Tocqueville noted nearly 200 years ago, in repudiating the past and focusing on a fut…
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The print of the nails

While the saint was praying, an evil spirit appeared to him in "glittering radiance" and…

Brightest Star

You're the brightest star Shine on me and we'll go far Sticks and stones and little sparks …

Do I eat flesh and drink blood?

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and …

Flying by night

And now the forest was left behind; a streak of fog stretched out across the open country; it was …

A very different season

Many men walk by day; few walk by night. It is a very different season. Take a July night, for ins…
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The love of many will grow cold

Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold. -- Matthew 24:12 --- More th…

No Tomorrow

God is not now so long-suffering in putting up with you that He will fail to be just in punishing.…
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Camera 1 Camera 2

-- Wayne's World (1992) --- I noticed this homage at the end of the Deadpool 2 trailer. I mus…

Why Are the Middle Ages Often Characterized as Dark or Less Civilized?

People in the early Middle Ages were every bit as intelligent as their Roman-era forebears and als…
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So Have a Cup of Cheer

⭐ A few dark glasses besides a bright tree with an old friend makes the fading holiday glow warmer…

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