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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Gratitude: Songs of Thanksgiving
A little something to listen to in the spirit of the American tradition of Thanksgiving being celebrated on this sacred day. Sacred to us, perhaps not so around the world. But, then maybe it should be so. Actually, every day, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, God, Gratitude, Music, Playlist, Thanksgiving, Tradition
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Misery Of Man Without God – Pascal
Pascal began writing Thoughts on November 23, 1654 We have previously discussed Pascal and his Pensee or Thoughts in defense of Christianity on prior posts. This particular portion of his writing has been characterized as the misery of man without God. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blaise Pascal, Discernment, Ecclesiastes, God, Harvard Classics, Man, Pensee, Theology, Thoughts
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Thought For the Day: Enter Each Day With Thanksgiving
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.” — Psalm 100:4-5 In this time … Continue reading
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Tagged Faithfulness, Generations, God, Gratitude, Living, Praise, Prayer, Psalms, Thanksgiving, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Shed Dead Ideas Like Dead Leaves
“Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!” -Andre Gide, author, Nobel laureate (22 Nov 1869-1951)
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Tagged Andre Gide, Dead Leaves, Ideas, Regeneration, Thought For the Day, Wither
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Sonic Gems: Sade – Promise
In 1982, the English band Sade formed. This band combined elements of soul, quiet storm, smooth jazz and sophisticated pop music. The band arose from the Latin soul band Pride. The original members consisted of Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Promise, Quiet Storm, Romantic, Sade, Smooth Jazz, Sonic Gems, Soul, Sweetest Taboo
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Letter XI—On Inoculation – Voltaire
As we have previously discussed before, Letters On the English is a series of essay by Voltaire based on his experience of living in England between 1726 and 1729. It is in a sense an attack on the French system of … Continue reading
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Tagged Epidemic, Harvard Classics, Inoculation, Letters On the English, Small Pox, Voltaire
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Thought For the Day: Losing A Language Is Like Losing Part of Mankind
“For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears.” – Octavio Paz, poet, diplomat, Nobel laureate (1914-1998) To learn more about this interesting poet, please see: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2192/octavio-paz-the-art-of-poetry-no-42-octavio-paz For a great start at understanding the issue of endangered languages, … Continue reading
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Tagged Endangered, Extinct, Image, Language, Lost, Mankind, Octavio Paz, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gems: Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Jazz In Silhouette
Sun Ra was born Herman Poole Blount on May 22, 1914 and changed his name to Le Sony’r Ra. Before his death on May 30, 1993, he was a renown jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer play, poet and philosopher … Continue reading
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Tagged Avant Garde, Chicago, Jazz In Silhouette, New York, Sonic Gems, Sun Ra, The Arkestra
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Valiant Little Tailor – The Brothers Grimm
The Valiant Little Tailor is German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as folk tale number 20. Several other collectors of folk tales have collected variations of this tale including Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang and Ruth Manning. You may … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Only Thing To Ask Freedom For Is Freedom
“The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.” – Alexis Tocqueville
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 