Archive for the ‘Spiritual’ Category
Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurped town, to another due,
Labor to admit you, but O, to no end;
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should [...]
Our family has decided to celebrate the season of Advent this year. I had heard of Advent before, but we didn’t officially celebrate it when I was a child.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Advent, I found a brief description on Wikipedia:
“Advent (from the Latin Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, “the coming of the [...]
For the record, I’ve always voted, but this year I will be voting for different reasons. I have a little boy now, and that leaves me with a lot to think about. I suddenly have a lot more invested in the future of this world. And while I find that my values [...]
I recently ran across a very cool site called Charity Navigator. This site gives you TONS of information about charities from all over the U.S. One of the more important factors our family considers when giving to a charity, is the percentage of donations that actually go to help the cause. I [...]
On Friday night, my wife and I had the rare opportunity to venture out and see a movie. So, we looked at what movies were showing at our local theater, only to be disappointed by the terrible movies that were showing. Then, I saw a movie that I had not heard about nor [...]
