God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. —Reinhold Niebuhr What an awesome prayer… I saw this on a “thinking of you” card several months ago and it has stuck with me. I finally looked it up and discovered that it can most likely be attributed to the […]
I found this neat quote from Eric Stackhouse, chief librarian at the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in an article on the website of the Project for Public Spaces (linked below): “Librarians have to think about our spaces differently. Before we managed book collections, and today we’re doing much more management of community spaces.” Source: Libraries That Matter Thanks to Deb Locke who […]
Officials in Maine’s largest city have decided to call the traditional Christmas tree at Monument Square a “holiday tree,” citing a desire to be sensitive to other people and religions as the reason for their decision to avoid directly referencing the Christian holiday. But Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine (CCLM), notes that the Portland officials apparently have no problem […]
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will […]
An interesting view of Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to give state police the task of arresting illegal immigrants from Thomas Keown, the director of media relations for the Irish Immigration Center in Boston: …beyond immigration it is the purely law enforcement angle that shows most clearly the danger of state police enforcing immigration law. Effective community policing depends on effective partnerships. Police departments have […]
The home at the corner of Fifth and Hammond streets where Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, lived and perhaps died is being sold by the Bangor Theological Seminary. Source: For sale: Former vice president’s home up for grabs in Bangor
Wheaton College Center for Applied Christian Ethics (tags: christianity)
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc. A marriage restoration ministry founded by Bob and Charlyne Steinkamp. (tags: christian ministry marriage divorce discipleship)
JPG Magazine (tags: books design photography photos) How to Make a Hollow Book – WikiHow (tags: books fun craft) Ajax Patterns The publicly editable repository of all things Ajax. (tags: ajax design development javascript)
Great news! I’ve updated the list of books I have read. I finished The Summons by John Grisham today (I spent most of the afternoon reading it – I never do things like that!) and thoroughly enjoyed it. One of these days I’ll post something more substantial to my blog…