Fr. Steven Clark

Education is not something you can finish. — Isaac Asimov

Malice will never drive out malice. But if someone does evil to you, you should do good to him, so that by your good work you may destroy his malice. — Desert Fathers

yes. . . and the young woman was alarmed.

“Who taught you all this, doctor?” The reply came promptly: "Suffering.” — Albert Camus

yea verily.

Humility is hard, since the one who humbles himself has something magnificent in his nature that works against his lowering..The one who becomes obedient, however, undertakes the act of obedience voluntarily. It is precisely through the act of humbling that he becomes obedient. — Hilary of Poitiers

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. — St. Augustine of Hippo

Judas thought he could make this happen too. . . . . didn't work out too well for him.

when you say "with" what do you mean?. . . God is with us. . . . all of us. . . . God is not on a side that says "Trump".

The logic of algorithms repeats what “works”, but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks, and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is an invocation. — Pope Leo

I have survived 100 raptures now.

Cause he is afraid that if he does his job as Patriarch and stands up to Putin that his vestments will be laced with toxic substances.

Gnosticism.

Not even close. Try the 1820s

Years ago, we had Mother Teresa dying, Princess Di being killed, and the Tampa Bay Bucs were in first place. People were sure this was a sign of the end of the world.

Your analysis of the problem is spot on. Your solution is against the Constitution.

This is based on a theory that was developed from a dream a young woman had 200 years ago. A "preacher" named Darby developed this theory. Sadly, in the USA people think that this innovation goes back to the apostles. It doesn't.

Judas was trying to force Jesus to bring his understanding of the Kingdom into being. . . that did not work well for Judas.

James Watt ran the Department of the Interior the same way.

One can’t write directly about the soul. Looked at, it vanishes. — Virginia Woolf

Don't mess with a dad and a daughter having coffee. It is sacred.

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Today is the birthay of my father, Stewart. He would have been 102. I am grateful that he did not live to see our day. It would have broken his heart.
Today is also the Birthday of my two nieces Jenn and Andrea. Yes, dad had his first two grandchildren on his birthday.

Interesting. You seem to have acquired clairvoyancy. You seem to know what my world view and epistemological point of view having never talked with me.

Agreed. Evangelicals need to embrace the Christianity that they claim, instead of eshewing it. Jesus rejected political power. They make the devil's bargain without giving it a thought.

The problem is precisely that weak leaders can ignite conflicts but are unable to resolve them. — Journalist Aleksey Chadayev

It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand. ― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

So. . . you have stated your prejudices. Yes, they were power hungry and corrupt men, two aspects of human behaviour that condemned by Christianity. The Crusaders that sacked Constantinople in the name of their understanding of Christianity did so in disobedience to Christ.

I don't rewrite history. I just point out there is nothing in Christianity that requires such behaviour. Indeed there is much that stands against it. Christians came to the Aleuts; the Aleuts complained "what took you so long". The early centuries of Christianity are full of acceptance of others.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o’re wright heart and bids it break. — Bill Shakespeare