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Jim
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I recognize that labels risk becoming stereotypes and caricatures; indeed, the difference between “label” and “libel” is a single letter. Yet they can be useful and even necessary shorthand for naming differences. Aware of this danger, I
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Marcus Borg, Convictions - various types of Christians in the US
“about 12 percent of homes in Arizona have solar panels on the roof, compared with about 16 percent in cold and northern Vermont.”
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
“Over the course of 2024, he reported on New Year’s Day, the state had used 25 percent less natural gas to generate electricity than it had the year before, a reduction that by the spring of 2025 had grown to 43 percent. That’s the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in 40 years of writing about our predicament.”
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
“on the verge of realizing that the sun, which already provides us light and warmth and photosynthesis, is also willing to provide us the power we need to run our lives. We are on the verge of turning to the heavens for energy instead of to hell. It won’t happen automatically, and I don’t know if we will do it, at least in the short window physics is giving us to deal with climate change.”
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
― Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
“Have you ever seen a wound heal by magic? You never forget it. The skin pulls together by itself, the two edges meet and become one, the scar fades. Even the little hairs grow back. It’s not like healing so much as it is like time running in reverse. But what’s truly wonderful is how it makes you feel.” Lancelot’s eyes began to lose focus. “In that moment you know, you know for a certainty, that God is with you. Of course He’s everywhere all the time, but when you do a miracle you actually feel it. He’s looking directly at you, working through you, holding your hands,”
― The Bright Sword
― The Bright Sword
“Dagonet felt like he’d had a blow to the head, and another to his heart. “I don’t understand.” Because you weren’t worthy. “But we found it,” Constantine said. “Or they found it anyway. Doesn’t that prove we’re worthy?” Three knights of Britain proved their worth. Three, out of how many? “Yes, all right, the arithmetic isn’t very impressive,” Constantine said, a little peevishly, “but so many others died! And we all tried so hard! Was it all for nothing? And what about the heir—the new king?” That was never the Grail’s purpose. With no miracles to work, Dagonet thought, Lancelot will run mad within the week.”
― The Bright Sword
― The Bright Sword
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