July 2005

BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: 1 Timothy 6:17-18; “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in…more

1 Timothy 6:7-10 “For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin…more

BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: 2 Corinthians 8:13-15; Giving should not cause you pain: “Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then…more

Welcome to Menlo Park Presbyterian Church / Silicon Valley – “There is a kind of love that seeks value in what is loved, and there is a kind of love that creates value in what is loved.” – John Ortberg (‘s friend, Ian)

NAZARENE PASTOR – “You know, my whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.” – a professor friend of Henri Nouwen

Here Magazine “Sam wants to be treated as an individual. But, living in a competitive and utilitarian society, he doesn’t have sufficient talent to be treated as an individual.” – from a New Yorker review of The Assassination of Richard Nixon; competition squelching individualism and restricting compassion?

Quote Details: Mahatma Gandhi: Happiness is when what… – The Quotations Page “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

The Lessons of Lucasfilm’s Habitat – “Cyberspace may indeed change humanity, but only if it begins with humanity as it really is.” – Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer

The Lessons of Lucasfilm’s Habitat “In the most carefully constructed experiment under the most carefully controlled conditions, the organism will do whatever it damn well pleases.”