All creatures look to youto give them their food at the proper time.When you give it to them,they gather it up;when you open your hand,they are satisfied with good things.When you hide your face,they are terrified;when you take away their breath,they …
Desires wither the heart.
—The Tao Te Ching, ch. 12
Last summer I worked my butt off (on an organic vegetable farm) for very little money, and was grateful for the chance to do so. This is in keeping with my life philosophy: "Work for nothing. Take all that you …
In Christian life there often exists a tension between Jesus' command "Do not judge", and the call to do right by yourself and others. It's easiest to take an extreme path, to either judge the hell out of everyone (publicly or secretly), or on the contrary avoid all moral considerations …
You want to be a missionary?You got that missionary zeal?Let a stranger change your lifeHow's that make you feel?You want to be a writerBut you don't know how or whenFind a quiet placeUse a humble penYou want to talk, talk, talk about …
When you have names and forms,know that they are provisional.When you have institutions,know where their functions should end.Knowing when to stop,you can avoid any danger.—The Tao Te Ching, ch. 32
Lately I keep noticing a pattern present in much of the evil and destruction …
Having come from a lifetime of study, work, and play in computer science to a summer interning at Eighth Day Farm, I've learned that ecological farming doesn't have much in common with computer programming, and that God is more farmer than programmer.
A computer programmer solves a problem by dividing …