"Christians are going to have to become better tellers of our own story. Young people are not going to be argued into Christian chastity or browbeaten by moralistic maxims. Beauty and goodness, embodied in great art and fiction, and in the lives of ordinary Christians, married and single, is the only thing that stands a chance.
"If we don't do it, the culture will do it for us." ~~ Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
Quote for the day: Tellers of our own story
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Quote for the day: There is no magic pill
"People who are anxious, confused, and looking for answers are quick to search for solutions in the pages of books or on the Internet, looking for that 'killer app' that will make everything right again. The Rule [of St. Benedict] tells us: No, it's not like that. You can achieve the peace and order you seek only by making a place within your heart and within your daily life for the grace of God to take root. Divine grace is freely given, but God will not force us to receive it. It takes constant effort on our part to get out of God's way and let His grace heal us and change us. To this end, what we think does not matter as much as what we do--and how faithfully we do it." ~~ Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option
Monday, October 12, 2015
Books read so far this year
Finished this year:
Dreher, Rod
Come Rain or Come Shine
Karon, Jan
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Cain, Susan
Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
Zinsser, William
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Zevin, Gabrielle
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party
Greene, Graham
The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School
Postman, Neil
Love in the Ruins
Percy, Walker
Ten Philosophical Mistakes
Adler, Mortimer J.
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
Feynman, Richard
The Winds of War
Wouk, Herman
The Indie Author Guide: Self-Publishing Strategies Anyone Can Use
Hamilton, April
Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
Pieper, Josef
No Little People
Schaeffer, Francis A.
The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion
Wouk, Herman
The Alphabet of Grace
Buechner, Frederick
Every Waking Moment
Fabry, Chris
Not for Profit
Martha C. Nussbaum
Becoming Human
Jean Vanier
Concerning the Teacher
St. Augustine
Journey to the Source of the Nile
Christopher Ondaatje
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