fear | fear
Aug.31.2011
Bank men use influence With a cunning sense
Bank men will be cruel And never at all loyal
They will torture customer Getting out of it humor
They will give a bad loan And never for it atone
They will give great rancor And make sadness occur
Their heart is made of iron They will be badly stern...
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Aug.14.2011
David Cameron has so canonised water cannons that they appear to be miracle-makers of the new morality drenching the fires of protest. “London is not Kensington,” an expat tells me. It is a discovery for the immigrant, too, and armed with this knowledge commentary is caged behind fabricated fences...
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Aug.13.2011
We sang a song today in church which really moved me. I hadn't heard it before. I can't find it when I Google it. Really, it was pretty simple. It talked about binding and loosing.
I'm not going to get all crazy on you here. Promise.
I'm not going to...
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Jul.26.2011
July 26
Keds
If I gave a child a pair of sneakers would I refuse to help them to tie them on? Would I want this kid to wear them open, tongues hanging out, laces dangling and dangerous? Or worse would I want the child to have to lug the sneakers around; the kid feeling...
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Jul.11.2011
Silence is golden or so the proverb goes. Certainly there are times when remaining silent is preferable to speaking. Such as when it refers to controlling yourself or keeping from speaking evil. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to stop all the whispering & gossip, lying, back biting and slander? I...
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Jul.07.2011
The newscasters voice screamed; "Terrorists having Bombs Surgically Implanted"! Upon hearing that new more invasive airport scanners would soon be available to inspect every inch of our bodies; inner and outer, I went to my computer and started typing; "Reasons for new...
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Jun.29.2011
June 29
When I rise up and when I lay down
In order to be happy with you I have to learn to be happy without you. I gasp at the pain of it and desperately wish that the above statement were not true, but alas, you are gone in a way that I can never reclaim...
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Jun.05.2011
There is only Godand mammonthe choice, fear or love
The dilemma's clearas crystaluniversal truth
Spiral upwards orspiral downthe latter's easy
Let's procrastinatedump optionstake it all on board
Nothing's black and whiteif we've learntanything, it's that
Monochrome...
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May.26.2011
Once upon a time, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, there came a great famine. Many families went hungry, many lost their homes, and even the rich put out the begging bowl.
Feed us, said the fat to the thin, for without us the land shall surely die. And the frightened...
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May.25.2011
Well it's over. This past February I accepted an invitation from the Dean of Liberal Arts to deliver a post-commencement speech to its 500 graduates, their families, advisors, mentors, faculty and anyone else who entered the ballroom at the convention center. I delivered the address last Sunday...
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