Friday, January 21

on praying for people

Frequently our lack is not faith but compassion... [If] we genuinely love people, we desire for them far more than it is within our power to give, and that will cause us to pray.

- Richard Foster

Saturday, January 8

a new year

Fixed scenes peel away
In loud, thick, and jagged strips
Revealing what's real

The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy.
- MLK Jr


(... happy 2011, everyone!)