Quotes

from the Journals

From the entry for August 1, 1835

Of what use would it be to me for truth to stand before me, cold and naked, not caring whether or not I acknowledged it, making me uneasy rather than trustingly receptive. I certainly do not deny that I still accept an imperative of knowledge and that through it men may be influenced, but then it must come alive in me, and this is what I now recognize as the most important of all.

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Of what use would it be to me to discover a so-called objective truth, to work through the philosophical systems so that I could, if asked, make critical judgments about them, could point out the fallacies in each system; of what use would it be to me to be able to develop a theory of the state, getting details from various sources and combining them into a whole, and constructing a world I did not live in but merely held up for others to see; of what use would it be to me to be able to formulate the meaning of Christianity, to be able to explain many specific points — if it had no deeper meaning for me and for my life?

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I shall now calmly attempt to look at myself and begin to initiate inner action; for only thus will I be able, like a child calling itself “I” in its first consciously undertaken act, be able to call myself “I” in a profounder sense.

via SAK Journals: I A

stay at home dad

I am a stay-at-home dad. My wife works and I take care of the house (very poorly) and our seven children. This article, I have a 6-figure job and my husband stays home with the kids — here are 10 things no one seems to understand, really does a good job at looking at the issues. And it really illustrates a pet-peeve I have – dads do not babysit:

One of the most annoying comments a stay-at-home dad can get out in public is: “So you’re babysitting today?”

My husband has heard this one more than once while out with our three boys. Can you imagine the reverse, someone commenting to a mum out and about with her kids that she was babysitting? No, you can’t. I’ve literally never had anyone say that to me, and yet more than one person has said it to him.

This one is particularly frustrating because of the assumptions behind the statement. People assume that a dad out and about with his kids is a once-in-a-blue-moon type of scenario. His wife, their mother, must be having a rare busy time. So Dad is out with the kids, struggling to manage them, and probably feeding them junk food.

Dads don’t babysit their own children. It’s called parenting.

The article is worth a read!

 

a small funny

Many churches have reportedly started to consider having a plurality of qualified, biblically trained, non-celebrity pastors instead of putting one guy up on a pedestal and hoping he doesn’t use his absolute power to exploit church members and destroy the church’s testimony in the community. They’ve also begun checking a pastor’s character and qualifications against the standards laid out for a pastor in the New Testament, rather than simply allowing someone to teach because he gets visitors to come to the church week in and week out.

via Nation’s Churches Starting To Think Having Celebrity Pastors Who Are Accountable To Absolutely No One Might Be Bad Idea