Recently I had a discussion where I mentioned how quiet the front porch was before sunrise on Sunday. It’s so quiet I can hear my ears ringing. Other days of the week there are brief moments like this, and I find myself enjoying the quietness. Today I recognize the fact that it’s not as quiet as I think it is. The bugs are out giving a concert. I didn’t know what they are. They look like fat grasshoppers. I thouht they might be katydids. They might be some other obscure form of life. It turns out they are called cicadas. But they make real noise. It doesn’t get quiet, it just becomes a natural background concert. And as I think back, before the cicadas started giving a concert, the local animals liked to check in too. I could hear donkeys braying across the valley. In normal times I can hear all kinds of other noises made by animals. And then the birds will join in. It’s never really all that quiet. It’s just that the quiet that I experience seems that way. It seems more natural.
I can’t wait for the cicadas to get over their seventeen year cycle of lust and reproduction.
homo unius libri
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This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.
Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.
This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.
Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.
Opus 2024-143: The Quiet That Isn’t
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