“I can imagine what little kids must think—that I stole their daddy from them—I can uh—I deserve to be here.”
“Not everybody who’s caught up in the Aryan brotherhood is a bad
person. Not everybody sees it for what it really is. I sure as hell
didn’t. And it was all right around me—I just didn’t want to believe
it—I didn’t want to see it.”
"The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."
Saturday, March 5, 2011
"We live in a time where the 'joy of sex' is seen as the rightful pursuit of everyone. To be celibate, in fact, is almost to be suspect" --Out of the Shadows p33
"In the addict's world, there is an ongoing tension between a person's normal self and the addicted self. A Jekyll/Hyde struggle emerges. The addictive system is so compelling that to stop would be like death. Yet, as the system continues, the person's values, priorities, and loved ones are attacked. Sometimes, only a major crisis can restore perspective" --Out of the Shadows p27
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"Mortal pride and earthly glory, Sword and crown betray our trust; Though with care and toil we build them, Tower and temple fall to dust. But God's power, hour by hour, ...is my temple and my tower."
--All my Hope on God is Founded
Sunday, February 13, 2011
"discipline is not to shame or humiliate; it's to teach."
