Posts Tagged ‘life’

The Way Ahead

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

The following is a quote from a student’s paper …

“… fear weakens and paralyzes us … hopelessness is a kind of death; one is immobilized by the dark and threatening visage of the future.  But hope enlivens us.  When viewed with hope, the way ahead is open and inviting.  Hope draws us into the future and in this way it engages us in life.”
- Glenn Tinder, The Fabric of Hope: An Essay (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999), 13.

Thank you Katie.

Saved for Life

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Given a chance religion will squeeze desire and love from life.  It tends to destroy our deepest feelings and hopes.  By necessity, it requires uniformity and compliance, and therefore, uniqueness and diversity, appetites and passions must yield to a sameness of mind and heart that blunt and numb our spirit and being.  Religion can kill. (more…)