Somewhere along the way civility seems to have lost out to anger. Respect loses out to rudness and I am sick of it. I suppose it is more mentally taxing to listen to what someone else has to say and give a rational, reasoned, courteous response.
Quote for the Day:
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
~ St. Basil quotes
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Culture of Corruption
"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things, rather than the Creator." Romans 1:25
Can anything describe our current culture with its Bernie Madoffs, Robert Stanfords, Wall Street Masters of the Universe, TARPS, bailouts, and stimulus plans better?? I've never thought much of the school of thought that humans and societies are perfectable. (I've known too many humans and read too much history to do that.) It seems to me that our current economic meltdown was caused in large part by worshipping and serving created stuff--houses, cars, 401Ks. A certain amount of material is necessary and good but all pervasive grasping for more and more and more has turned us from the beauty of God's creation and toward a destructive enslavement. The question now is how to balance the production and consumption of what is needed and good without becoming enslaved to what we are capable of producing and consuming.
Thought for the day:
And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Can anything describe our current culture with its Bernie Madoffs, Robert Stanfords, Wall Street Masters of the Universe, TARPS, bailouts, and stimulus plans better?? I've never thought much of the school of thought that humans and societies are perfectable. (I've known too many humans and read too much history to do that.) It seems to me that our current economic meltdown was caused in large part by worshipping and serving created stuff--houses, cars, 401Ks. A certain amount of material is necessary and good but all pervasive grasping for more and more and more has turned us from the beauty of God's creation and toward a destructive enslavement. The question now is how to balance the production and consumption of what is needed and good without becoming enslaved to what we are capable of producing and consuming.
Thought for the day:
And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Psalm 101:3
"I will set no vile thing before my eyes."
Today's chapter included the verse above. It has me thinking how much we do set before our eyes that is vile, ugly, or degrading. I am 61 years old and there's not much I haven't encountered one way or another over the years but I must say that when I go into the break room at work and the television is on Maury Povich or his ilk, I am flat out embarrassed. I think that people are desensitized by the constant vulgarity until they don't know what is vulgar and embarrassing.
Then there is what we set before our ears. Music used to be beautiful, now it is often violent, ugly, and profane.
I can certainly understand why parents choose to homeschool their children to protect them from the external culture.
Thought for the day:
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
Helen Keller
Today's chapter included the verse above. It has me thinking how much we do set before our eyes that is vile, ugly, or degrading. I am 61 years old and there's not much I haven't encountered one way or another over the years but I must say that when I go into the break room at work and the television is on Maury Povich or his ilk, I am flat out embarrassed. I think that people are desensitized by the constant vulgarity until they don't know what is vulgar and embarrassing.
Then there is what we set before our ears. Music used to be beautiful, now it is often violent, ugly, and profane.
I can certainly understand why parents choose to homeschool their children to protect them from the external culture.
Thought for the day:
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
Helen Keller
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