tedium:TeDeum: Behold! 3-3-2012

“There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world.” – Thomas Merton

“My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean; but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God, and when I stand face to face with God I will discover that through my obedience thousands were blessed. ” – Oswald Chambers

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Behold! 3-3-2012

Behold!: some noteworthy pieces over the last couple of weeks:

Parenting

Pamela Druckermann writes at the WSJ about the importance of educating children in patience. There's also an NPR interview.
NPR reports on why it's a good thing that I talk to myself and why I'm glad we don't have a TV (and how those might be related).

Religion and Society

M. Nenadov reminds us that Rick Santorum is obnoxious and wrong and why the current party system is obnoxious and wrong.
In a NYTimes piece, the Amish of Sugarcreek, Ohio, in the light of betrayal, remind us what the Sermon on the Mount says.
TGC reports that California judges are now required to reveal their sexual orientation. A very bad idea, as the piece points out, and strikingly discriminatory it would seem.

1 comment:

ShuffMarch 4, 2012 at 4:34 PM
My grandmother lives in Sugarcreek. I am very familiar with the town and its surroundings. What a horrible situation, but it's so wonderful to hear the story ending on a note of forgiveness.

For the Amish faith that is more often than note very quietly lived, this is a loud story of God's grace and mercy showed by Christians.
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