Monthly Archives: February 2014
In praise of Pastors Calisto & Violet Mateo of Our God Reigns Ministry at 1289 Kilauea Ave. Hilo Suite H, phone (808) 961-6540
* * * http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-10.htm * Justification (God’s Grace) as if one never had sinned (“Reformers”) in relation to Mediation (God’s Grace bestowed in you) with the Holy Spirit as one’s mystical guide (the “Holy”) exemplifies Our God Reigns Ministry via … Continue reading
Condescension is not in fact the active ingredient of intimacy. Especially when your mate is wrong and out of bounds, the hope is this generates more mercy than glee. — Steven Kalas
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+empathy&qpvt=images+empathy&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=69AE46FF5A84D46F1B729049271580531767687B&selectedIndex=10 * * http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/steven-kalas/knowing-difference-between-complaint-criticism * I can’t get sloppy or casual with this guy. His brain is smart, thorough and relentless. He’s a bit intense, but so am I, so maybe we’re a good fit. He wants nothing more … Continue reading
I’m here to love and be loved
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+love+and+be+loved&qpvt=images+love+and+be+loved&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=EACBCF9FA17727184C6B7DC4961D1E0CD101EC1F&selectedIndex=0 * * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/to-love-and-be-loved-are-what-life-is-all-about/ * * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgLzsGmnogo * * * * Hawaii’s greatest modern wayfinder Rev. Hung Wai Ching (1905-2002) alter ego Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) — Niebuhr’s immensely popular Serenity Prayer: “Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful … Continue reading
In Praise of Megumi Kon born 1930 and Bill Kikuchi born 1942
* My 2017 interviews with larger than life heroes Megumi Kon and Bill Kikuchi, as supplements to my earlier tribute to freedom fighters Nadia and Maria from Russia — * Megumi Kon look-alike (Megumi as a young man) * I … Continue reading
People who habitually choose unrealistic goals allow wishful thinking to override their grip on common sense. Appraise how realistic your goals are and set your expectations appropriately. — Mark Goulston
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+anxiety&qpvt=images+anxiety&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=F09126190842AF2F75C770B2B96C88837E92E2EF&selectedIndex=24 * * https://www.achievesolutions.net/achievesolutions/en/Content.do?contentId=3159 * Overcoming needless self-defeating behavior/suffering caused by unrealistic expectations * I encourage my patients to appraise how realistic their goals are and to set their expectations appropriately. If your goal is unrealistic, don’t go after … Continue reading
Paul Krugman: There’s no mystery about why: America was coping with the legacy of a giant housing bubble. Even now, housing has only partly recovered, while consumers are still held back by the huge debts they ran up during the bubble years. And the stimulus was both too small and too short-lived to overcome that dire legacy.
* * * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/opinion/krugman-the-stimulus-tragedy.html?ref=paulkrugman&_r=0 * Five years have passed since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the “stimulus” — into law. With the passage of time, it has become clear that the act did a vast … Continue reading
Learned Hand was beset by anxieties and self-doubt throughout his life, including night terrors as a child. He later admitted he was “very undecided, always have been—a very insecure person, very fearful; morbidly fearful.”
* Learned Hand * * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand * Billings Learned Hand January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961 was a United States judge and judicial philosopher. He served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York … Continue reading
If you are not vulnerable you can never love with your whole heart. Vulnerable people are wholehearted. These are the people who do not live out of a sense of shame. The fear of being disconnected does not prevent them from being connected to others. They take risks. They are the first ones to say, “I love you” or “I’m sorry,” or, “forgive me.” This vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging and love. — Malcolm Clemens Young
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+vulnerable+heart&qpvt=images+vulnerable+heart&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=6C30ACC247B536343CF2E2252411A97E19C647D4&selectedIndex=0 * * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reverend-dr-malcolm-clemens-young/vulnerable_1_b_4827343.html * In the twenty-first century perhaps security has become a false god. Are there ways we need to learn not merely to accept our vulnerability but to embrace and even cultivate it? Brené Brown … Continue reading
Philanthropy Daily: Was Carnegie right? — Kara Beer
* Andrew Carnegie * Andrew Carnegie November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the highest … Continue reading
And contrary to many popular conceptions of Christianity, the spiritual practice of doubt is central to the Christian tradition. To name only the most prominent example, according to Mark, the earliest of the canonical Gospels, Jesus cried out in existential despair during his crucifixion, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Indeed, the poignance of these words from Jesus is underscored by them being rendered not in the language of common Greek (as is most of the Christian Scripture, due to its context of being written in the Greco-Roman Empire), but instead in Aramaic, the language a Jewish peasant such as the historical Jesus would have spoken. Mark 15:34 says explicitly that, “ Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” That cry of doubt is at the heart of the Christian tradition. — Carl Gregg
* Large scarlet red “A,” playing on Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, but intended here in the twenty-first century to mark not a shameful “A” for adultery, but a proud “A” denoting that one is “out” as an Atheist. * * * … Continue reading
Curtis Narimatsu 