A Place to Stand
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| Blog Name: | A Place to Stand |
| Url: | http://matthew.wordpress.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Abstract, Particular, Universal |
| Description: | The personal online diary of "Brother Matthew" a 30 year-old Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Student, Teacher, Writer, Reader, Singer, Hearer, Sleeper, Dreamer, Preacher, Priest, Prophet, Sinner, Musician, Lyricist, Composer... and, above all else, Servant of the Most High. |
| Popularity: | 69 Followers |
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No Problem With Evil
An old friend of mine (I’ll call him “José”) was in town recently, having had some business to attend to at the county courthouse, and he invited me to lunch. Initially, I resisted. The middle part of the afternoon is my favorite time to work, as the office is a bit quieter during this time than it is during the frenetic mornings. However, my friend was apparently aware of my inability to refuse a free meal. When he offered to pay, I had to grudgingly ac
An old friend of mine (I’ll call him “José”) was in town recently, having had some business to attend to at the county courthouse, and he invited me to lunch. Initially, I resisted. The middle part of the afternoon is my favorite time to work, as the office is a bit quieter during this time than it is during the frenetic mornings. However, my friend was apparently aware of my inability to refuse a free meal. When he offered to pay, I had to grudgingly ac
Truth in a season of lies…
Another Hallowe’en is imminent, a time of year when children dress up as fictional or fantasy characters in order to acquire a plastic bag filled with candy. Small favors, indeed. For an occurrence which traces its origins to a vague syncretistic fusion of the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain and the Roman Catholic holy day of
Another Hallowe’en is imminent, a time of year when children dress up as fictional or fantasy characters in order to acquire a plastic bag filled with candy. Small favors, indeed. For an occurrence which traces its origins to a vague syncretistic fusion of the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain and the Roman Catholic holy day of
A Harsh Word Stirs Up Anger
I was reading The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald last night and I came across a passage which read: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” | Reading this line, I smiled and read it again, savoring the words.
I was reading The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald last night and I came across a passage which read: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” | Reading this line, I smiled and read it again, savoring the words.
GOD is in the Details
There is an old German proverb which states, “Der Teufel steckt im Detail,” which translates as the English idiom: “the devil’s in the details.” What we mean, of course, is that certain particulars or fine points of minutiae can oftentimes come back to haunt us if they are overlooked. This idea that in a chaotic universe, even the most ordered endeavor is soon to fall into disarray. I suppose there is a certain earthy and h
There is an old German proverb which states, “Der Teufel steckt im Detail,” which translates as the English idiom: “the devil’s in the details.” What we mean, of course, is that certain particulars or fine points of minutiae can oftentimes come back to haunt us if they are overlooked. This idea that in a chaotic universe, even the most ordered endeavor is soon to fall into disarray. I suppose there is a certain earthy and h
In Defense of Reading
A friend of mine recently asked me to recommend a good book for his children that would, in his words: “make them love reading.” I responded that if his children, who are already well into their teens, do not yet appreciate the inexhaustible treasure that is the written word, then it is probably too late for them. “Set your sights a bit lower,” I said to him. “If you can bring them to a point where they can at least see a practical value in developing good r
A friend of mine recently asked me to recommend a good book for his children that would, in his words: “make them love reading.” I responded that if his children, who are already well into their teens, do not yet appreciate the inexhaustible treasure that is the written word, then it is probably too late for them. “Set your sights a bit lower,” I said to him. “If you can bring them to a point where they can at least see a practical value in developing good r
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