March 2011

  • The Extreme Remedy

    It does not suffice to endure suffering in order to acquire experience. This demands reflection about oneself and the essential conditions of life….it requires the tranquilizing of the soul in God; it takes love, without which suffering embitters and confuses the soul instead of enlightening it. Suffering is an extreme remedy which either cures the…

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  • Don't recognize the words? Neither did I. Find out what they mean here: an extremely cool animation showing the relative sizes of physical things from very smallest (if quantum foam can be called a physical thing) to very largest .  They're grouped by size, not by distance and position relative to each other–I started at the galactic…

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  • Seeking After a Sign

    You know what Jesus said about that: "A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign." Well, I hate to put myself in that group, and I don't often ask God for signs, but there are times when I could really use some clear direction. For most of the past week I've been wrestling with…

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