Aug 29, 2010
Aug 25, 2010
Aug 12, 2010
Family, circa 1986.
Lake Texoma, 1986. Left to Right: Catherine, Anna, Linden, Michael (aka, PM), June and Ginger. Harry stayed back at The Cabin.
Aug 9, 2010
Aug 5, 2010
Aug 4, 2010
What she said.
"We have to repent of our blindness, our lukewarmness, and our disobedience, and turn back to the central truth of Christ as Lord and Saviour; an ethical system will not save us here, nor a timid sentimentalism, nor an excited emotional return, nor a dilettante mysticism.
We have to find that deep contrition which is the condition of His abiding.
Repentance is not a mere feeling of sorrow or contrition for an act of wrongdoing. The regret I feel when I act impatiently or speak crossly is not repentance... Repentance is contrition for what we are in our fundamental beings, that we are wrong in our deepest roots because our internal government is by Self and not by God.
And it is an activity of the whole person. Unless I will to be different, the mind will not follow.
True repentance brings an urge to be different, because of the sense of the incessant movement of what I am, forming, forming, forming what I shall be in the years to come."
-- Florence Allshorn (1887-1950)
CQOD
Aug 3, 2010
Confusing Jesus, Christ, and Roman Catholicism... with vampires.
Author Anne Rice 'quits' Christianity
"Interview with a Vampire" author Anne Rice has turned her back on Christianity after becoming troubled by recent controversies surrounding the church.
The writer, whose gothic novel inspired the hit Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise movie of the same name, has been a follower of the faith for years and released her memoir, "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession," in 2008.
But on Wednesday, Rice stunned fans on her Facebook page when she posted a note, which read: "In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control.
"In the name of... Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen."
Rice admits she has harbored doubts about her religion for the past two to three years following the revelations of certain scandals involving the church, particularly allegations of child abuse, and she felt compelled to make a personal stand by declaring she was no longer a Christian.
She tells the Associated Press, "I believed for a long time that the differences, the quarrels among Christians didn't matter a lot for the individual, that you live your life and stay out of it. But then I began to realize that it wasn't an easy thing to do.
"I came to the conclusion that if I didn't make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind."
Really, the issue is her confusing Roman Catholicism (or any denomination) with being a follower of Jesus the Christ. However, her mixing up vampires and the Vatican makes perfect sense.
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