I both have caused and tasted of his blood— my distance from this scene is not so far; and though the things I suffer are quite small I focus on my superficial scars.
On turning fifty
OK, so I was whining. But I don't age as gracefully, or as beautifully, as Katie does, although I admit that turning fifty doesn't seem as traumatic as turning 40.
Cool word
All the senses, all the forces of the soul and of the spirit, all the exterior resources are so many open outlets to the Divinity; so many ways of tasting and of adoring God.
Worship
More about money
John Schneider, in The Good of Affluence: Seeking God in a Culture of Wealth, argues that there is a biblical precedent for the responsible ownership of wealth. At least that's what it says on the back cover.