July 2, 2012:
After reading Alex Orlando's article in today's Courier-Journal about Highland's ordination of the gay minister, Maurice Blanchard, my eyes happened to fall this evening on a saying Luke attributed to Jesus after He was chastized for eating with Levi and his other tax collector buddies: "Nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and run to waste, and the skins will be ruined. No; new wine must be put in fresh skins..." (Luke 5:37-38) (posted on the CHBC Facebook page)

Mr. Rodgers adopted the following saying from a man in NC as one of his guiding "mottos":

Deep and Simple are better than Shallow and Complex.

Remember

Matthew 28:20
Remember....I am with you to the end of the age.

Do the Work

Matthew 21:28
What do you think.
doing the work when you don't feel like it
doing the work when "your heart's not in it"
doing the work when you feel hypocritical doing it.
doing the work when you feel autistic and don't like people
doing the work when it's a struggle to appear interested
doing the work when you feel someone else could do it better
doing the work when you feel someone else could do it more efficiently and/or effectively
doing the work when you feel paralyzed by guilt over mistakes you've made
doing the work when you feel unappreciated, underpaid, and taken for granted
doing the work when you feel dumped on
doing the work when you'd rather be doing something, anything, else.
doing the work when you risk being sued for missing stuff or transgressing.
doing the work when it's messy and time consuming
doing the work "when your arms are too weary."
doing the work when you're depressed and dispondent.
doing the work when you're burned out, miserable, trapped, and unhappy.
doing the work.......
what do you think?

Admiral Jakoby's aphorisms:
"All blow, no go."
"A man's desk is like his mind."
"Do it now."

False Dichotomy

"Attraction vs. Objectification"
Here's another thought: Rather than make a false dichotomy, there's another option.
One may apprectiate the object (e.g. a woman or man, clothed or unclothed) as as "thing" of beauty, not to be abused (or possessed) but delighted in as one of life's many creations. It's possible to surf the web, watch TV or movies, and peruse the ubiquitous magazine racks without feeling guilty viewing such examples of beauty.

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
... from Endymion by John Keats, 1818

Love

John Birkimer lifted this from a David Brooks column:
In a famous passage, Reinhold Niebuhr put it best: “Nothing that is worth doing can
be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. ... Nothing we do,
however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as
it is from our standpoint. Therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love,
which is forgiveness.”

He will direct your paths

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Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
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