Showing posts with label humility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humility. Show all posts
Saturday, January 3, 2026

A Poignant Thought

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     Happy New Year!      For some the prospects the New Year offers are offset by the frustrations of the year before. That’s particularl...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Insults And Apologies

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     Have you ever been insulted? Not differed with; not told that you’re ignorant of important facts; personally insulted, i.e., meaning t...
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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Age, Humility, And Wisdom

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     A college classmate once said something extremely insightful to me. However, the insight only became apparent with the passage of much ...
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Thursday, January 9, 2020

Arrogance: A Quick Venting

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     There are, in this world, persons who know more about a given subject than do I. There are, in this world, persons who’ve given more st...
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Saturday, June 8, 2019

Concepts, Conceits, And Physical Laws

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     “It’s better not to know so much than to know so much that isn’t so.” – Originator unknown, but frequently attributed to humorist Kin H...
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Sunday, August 12, 2018

One Coin, Two Faces: A Sunday Rumination

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     Among the greatest challenges of life is the struggle, when one is beset by tragedy, to remember to be grateful. Loss tends to make one...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Quickies: In Which Direction To Look Next Time

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     Do you remember how every talking head with access to a microphone declared with total, unshakeable certainty, that Donald Trump could ...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Decodings And Inferences: A Kinda-Sorta Rumination

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     “Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we canno...
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Sunday, September 4, 2016

Impediments To Evangelism: A Sunday Rumination

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     Every Christian, regardless of his denomination, is a part of the Mystical Body of Christ. In like manner, every Christian, regardless ...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Enough Is Enough: A Sunday Tirade

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     I have had it with supercilious militant atheists. It’s time to start awarding them the backs of our hands – figuratively, at least.  ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Faults And Shortcomings

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     This might not be the best idea I’ve had lately, but I’m going to do it anyway.      The World Wide Web is a wild’n’woolly place. Many...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Skills Versus Wisdom

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     Many a man, once he has demonstrated some skill we value, will thereafter assume a pose of superior knowledge, insight, and wisdom over...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Ashley Madison, Contemporary Mores, And The Christian Ethos

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     From what I can discern from the Web chatter, the excrement has well and truly hit the fan in the “Ashley Madison” security breach. Not...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

“But It Violates The Laws Of Physics!”

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. The news is all bad, except for this bit:      Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scient...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

On Thinking Well Of Yourself: A Rumination

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Among the problems made possible by the loose use of words -- i.e., a use that distorts their meanings or applies them in a tendentious fash...
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