Entries from February 2009

February 9, 2009

Day of Faith at Harvard: Personal Quests for a Purpose – Rachel Esplin – LDS

Rachel does a fantastic job articulating our faith and represents us well.

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February 9, 2009

Finding Joy Now!

Who Was She?
She could read English, French, German, Greek, and Latin
She graduated Magna Cum Laude
She traveled the world (to over 39 countries)
She was a world famous speaker and author
She helped found the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
She met every US President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson
She was friends with Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie [...]

February 8, 2009

The Pointlessness

The Pointlessness
4/20/03
The anxiety
The stress
The sleepless nights
The self-inflicting disease
The courage
The goodness
The self-rewarding praise
The speed of time
The stolen youth
The slow end
The self-preservating
The knowledge
The wisdom
The work
The self-improving
The artistry
The creation
The empire
The self-satisfaction
The pointlessness
The leaving it all behind
The empty pleasures
The rewarding endeavors
Leaving it to you,
The next generation
To be pointless – once again
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I have to laugh at myself and my melancholy [...]

February 8, 2009

The Problem of Pain

I was inspired to write this after I read The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis in August of 2003:
God is good.  God is love.  He loves me enough to challenge me and throw me into the fire.  He wants me to be as loveable as possible and provides opportunities to refine me.  Refinement [...]