It is hard to get past one’s own self-interest. We each face our own worldly demands, bills to be paid, children to be raised, food to be put on the table, and after all what’s wrong with wanting something for oneself every now and then? Before we know it though, seeking only for ourselves leads…
Tag: Webb Hubbell
Fear
We all have fears. They change from time to time and as our circumstances change. Some are more real than others, but exist none the less. It is not our fears we should be so concerned about. We should be more concerned about how we react to our fears and how they change our behavior.…
Chariots and Horses
Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will call on the name of the Lord…. — Psalm 20:7 We need to be reminded of this passage over and over again. Governments tend to place all their hopes and dreams in the modern day version of Chariots and Horses. We too have…
Anger
Anybody can become angry — that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. — Aristotle The above reminds me of St. Augustine’s famous quote — Abstinence is far easier…
Spiral of Violence
My friend Rob forwarded me Richard Rohr’s meditation, A Spiral of Violence: The World, The Flesh, and the Devil. Rohr’s explains in much more articulate terms that I am capable one of my long held beliefs — that we focus all of our attention on the personal — the mistakes you and I make, and…