Alt•City

objection!

the more we objectify others the more objectionable we become.

well well well

good well: loving well what you do
better well: loving what you do well
being a well:  loving others well through doing what you love to do well

people policing precedence

its easier to have a policy than a person, but its impossible to have a policy without a person.

is my slip showing?

there's nothing sweeter than hypocrisy exposed...

morality played

an overdeveloped sense of right and wrong makes for the most obnoxious, least moral people.

Differ to beg

the most bigoted persons are those who ascribe bigotry to people who merely disagree with them.

mutually elusive

"either"-"or" thinking is the most common cognitive error of our race and should be avoided until circumstances force it upon us.  even then it should be distrusted and held at arm's length, not embraced as a friend, but accepted as an unavoidable relative.

If a word falls in the forest

there is no such thing as a statement off The record.

freely consigned

complete commitment only follows complete freedom.

in•courage

the only way to know you have enough courage is to give some away...if you can't you don't.

noted

a note without an author's name attached to it lacks authority...if its a complaint it is meaningless, if its a compliment its worth less.

Underjoy

pure joy always belongs to someone else.

obedient Simon

there is no Christian call to live simply, simply a call to live obediently.

good & bad reception

if you accept the Christian God as The God you must also accept at least two premises often overlooked by His followers:
sin is its own punishment
obedience is its own reward

saving saving

salvation (sal'veyshun) - [n] a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

does your salvation breathe?  can your salvation have its breath taken away?

 

No When to Say

In an interview with  The Wall Street Journal, former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan said, "I was praised for things I didn't do. I am now being blamed for things I didn't do."

Courage is speaking up in the first case and remaining silent in the second.

catch a falling god

We are afraid only as much or as little as confidence in our god(s) rises and falls.
Trace a person's fear and you'll see the outline of their god.

organism chart

atop every organization exists an organism which must operate in the realm of belief more than the realm of organization.

chasing the wind

the most out of control life is the life attempting to control everything.

now you see it

love covers a multitude of sins, not with a woolen blanket of blindness, but with a translucent sheet of wholesomeness.

wounds bleeding razorblades

wounded pride is the most dangerous animal on earth; to itself or anyone it meets.

throughway

The cross looks like a dead end, but if you look through it you'll see the death of dead ends.

Tornado season

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complex pleasures

easy conquest is the enemy of joy.

I got right

suffering will embitter a person only to the extent they hold to a sense of entitlement.