Month: June 2012

Living well and avoid revenge.

Posted on By pukeko
One of the statements that exists in our time is that "living well is the best revenge". True. In part. The cult of victimhood, of holding carefully to your hurts, and continually seeking revenge damages you. Today's reading is good advice for… Read More

Wisdom is quiet (Proxy outcomes).

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There is a difference between the true outcome and what is measured. Many of the things we measure are not really what we measure. We may select young people because they have an excellent range of extracurricular activities and are popular. However,… Read More

Endgame

Posted on By pukeko
Psalm 12
1   Help, O LORD, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind. 2   They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3   May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great…
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Adversity and Prosperity are seasons.

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We are living in interesting times. Although NZ dodged currency union., we are being affected by the Chaos in Europe, which could spread. In this time, unemployment is up, employers can choose, and hanging onto your job, even if over qualified,… Read More

Kirk in winter: Love at the margins: confronting God.

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This week I have been reading Michael Coren's new book Blasphemy on the Kindle.  I have not finished it -- just worked through the first three chapters. Now Mike is a Papist, and I'm reformed, but there is nothing in the first three chapters that… Read More

SWATting (or police as terrorists)

Posted on By pukeko
Let's start with Ace of Spades.
The upside-down flag is an unofficial symbol of distress, an SOS. It's also a symbol of America itself turned upside down. In the face of harassment and threats against the right to free speech, allies of…
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Against Legal Logic

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After talking about hyperspirituality yesterday, today we get confronted by legal logic. The Pharisees had developed a series of precedents and practices that moved the law from what the spirit is to the exact opposite of this.
Matthew…
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