http://needinc.org Forming Faith in Cultural Context Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://needinc.org/2012/04/10/truncated-truth-the-abridged-version/#comment-208 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:33:09 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1143#comment-208 May I suggest that the common wording of the “saying” is: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!” This requires some subtlety of understanding English.

]]> http://needinc.org/2011/12/14/courage/#comment-197 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:30:53 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1064#comment-197 Like dogs inside a wheel, birds inside a cage, or squirrels in a very chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
Hell, there aren’t any rules here – we’re attempting to accomplish something.

]]> http://needinc.org/2012/02/02/no-name-exit-119/#comment-192 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:27:27 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1098#comment-192 Gary. I’ve seen that exit and always chuckled at it. But leave it to you to find a way to pierce my own heart with this sign.

]]> http://needinc.org/2012/01/17/temporal-distortion/#comment-191 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:15:55 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1084#comment-191 Very nice Sir. The good thing is that I mist be doing ok, since I do spend quantity and quality ( the 2 Q’s ) doing what I like. It is good to be able to look at a checklist and say wow, I do that.
Thank you.
Jose

]]> http://needinc.org/2012/01/17/temporal-distortion/#comment-190 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:33:31 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1084#comment-190 Gary, Super article. More than anything in my own life is just to stop! To put on them brakes. Thanks for a reminder.

]]> http://needinc.org/2011/12/14/courage/#comment-187 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:21:57 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1064#comment-187 The warlord who founded China…. Chin + a = China

]]> http://needinc.org/2011/12/14/courage/#comment-186 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:08:34 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1064#comment-186 Chin? Besides “taking it on the chin,” who the heck is “Chin”?

]]> http://needinc.org/2011/10/04/forced-fit/#comment-145 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:53:38 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1024#comment-145 Dave, there are too many of us hammered into round holes. the result IS a very tight join. But there is no room left for growth or expansion. Gary

]]> http://needinc.org/2011/10/04/forced-fit/#comment-144 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:40 +0000 http://needinc.org/?p=1024#comment-144 I’m glad you included the picture, Gary. It reminded me of a possible etymology of the “square peg in a round hole” phrase. As I understand it, when timber frames were constructed in the past, square pegs were driven into round holes deliberately. As the photograph shows, the corners of the peg are “painfully” scraped off by the non-conforming edges of the round hole. At the same time, the peg is sized by the hole itself as it is forced in by the blows of a heavy hammer. End result? a very tight fit which ensures a strong join–clearly the intent of the Builder. Maybe there’s a parallel in our pain-filled lives!

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