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Seasoning with Salt, and Gentleness
Acting in an ethical manner is very salient to my thinking. I have extremely strong negative gut reactions to any perception I have, whether genuine or spurious, of any kind of moral compromise, especially if the person … -
China's Changing Mind, under God
**Edit: If you're reading this, first go read Heidi's testimony about God working in her grandma.**Today is National Day (Double Ten Day)for the first republic in all of Asia, born in a time when the rest ofthe conti… -
Chinese 110A Can Be Awesome
Mengzi 1A.1. Yes, indeed. No, this is not a geeky plug. It really is cool. Perhaps under the influence of my Chinese name, I have always thought as Mengzi did on this matter. Though as a pre-Christian philosopher h… -
Luke 18:9-14
Thus: He also told this parable to some(A) who trusted(B) in themselves that they were righteous,(C) and treated others with contempt: "Two men(D) went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax coll… -
Endowments and Financial Aid
Don't you just love universities' financial aid generosity? How many talented students of more modest origins who weren't of the getting-revenue-from-going-to-college kind has this kept from attending institutions that w… -
America’s Frugality and Innovation
[reposted from WordPress]What don’t we dump money into? Public schools, health care, ourselves… 白費, it’s all bureaucracy. Well, except the money we profligately wasteon luxuries for ourselves (yes, I’m going to speak… -
Independence Day
The United States has lived 231 years. If I live to be 88 until July 4th, maybe I can experience this nation's tricentennial. I just hope it survives that long. Lord, use this nation's lifetime for Your glory. No nation … -
These Pass for Thoughts?
I'm more tactile than I let on. Eating halal doesn't seem entirely that hard if I can be selective with my Chinese food. And I want to learn Arabic. Handwriting is hard to relearn and retrain to be clear and reasonably… -
Expenditures for Marriage
Food for thought... on diamond engagement rings. Hm, what do the women think? I'd rather be saving to pay off student loans and get a house than to get a big diamond ring. Am I frugal or miserly? Well, I guess it sounds…
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O Christ, Let Us Know Thee
Adam knew Eve, and she was with child. But Christ ... -
Food and French
Did maybe half of the lunch-making today. I’d bett... -
The God of Abraham Praise
Baruch Adonai is all I can say. Am I a disconte...
