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Tag Archives: thought for the week
Fierce Love
Thought for the Week I’m not a violent person. In fact, when I was studying method acting in college—the tap-into-your-feelings approach made famous by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro—I had difficulty inhabiting a particularly violent role because I’d never … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir
Tagged children, Father's Day, fatherhood, love, parenting, protection, thought for the week
41 Comments
Are Computers Dehumanizing Us?
Thought for the Week Last week, my wife and I flew to the west coast. In recent years, flying has been transformed from a pleasure into an ordeal, with passengers packed into increasingly rigid, anorexically thin seats. So, yes, we … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged AI, algorithms, computers, empathy, Google, humanity, processing, sentience, thought for the week
52 Comments
Thoughts for Living
I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged life, meaning of life, motivation, purpose, thought for the week, truth, wisdom
13 Comments
Sacrifice
Photo by Laurentiu Lordache Thought for the Week Today is Memorial Day in my country. As with Remembrance Day and related days in other countries, it’s set aside to honor those who’ve sacrificed their lives in service to others. But … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged courage, holiday, honor, love, Memorial Day, peace, Remembrance Day, thought for the week, war
17 Comments
Things Change
Thought for the Week Boomers (bought stamps for 5¢) “Well, my baby, she wrote me a letter.” Gen-X (bought stamps for 18¢) “You must lick ’em, lick ’em good!” Millennials (bought stamps for 34¢) “You used to lick stamps? Why?” Gen-Z … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged baby boomers, funny, Gen-X, Gen-Z, letters, Millennials, stamps, thought for the week
37 Comments
When Life Gives You Lemons…
Photo by Aleviva-Medien Thought for the Week Be quick to protest when you see others treated wrongly–and slow to protest on your own behalf. Rather, learn to use what happens to change your circumstances. Here’s a brief account of one … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged challenges, courage, forgiveness, Genesis 50:20, kindness, motivation, overcoming, thought for the week, wisdom
23 Comments
Strange but True
Thought for the Week In response to the assertion that occurrences in the natural world are random, Albert Einstein replied, “That nonsense is not merely nonsense, it is objectionable nonsense.” Are random events actually the result of some complex intentionality; … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, coincidence, history, Mark Twain, purpose, random, thought for the week, Titanic
49 Comments
“Never Give Up!” Blogging
Thought for the Week WordPress is a large, genteel society built on the principal of mutual sociability: Create a blog (“New tea shoppe now open for business!”) Write posts with suitable tag words (“Hallo, care for a cuppa me-tea?”) Your … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Writing
Tagged blogging, difficulties, funny, resolve, solutions, thought for the week, Winston Churchill
97 Comments
When Bullies Win, Everyone Loses
Thought for the Week “Though the boys throw stones at the frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, they die in earnest.” ~Bion of Borysthenes (325 – 250 B.C.) Suicides among children have tripled since the start … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged bullies, Desmond Tutu, dictators, Isaiah 58:6, oppressors, Putin, society, suicide, thought for the week
62 Comments