Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson is a writer of biographies whose previous works include the life story of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. I find biographies to be interesting insights into public personalities and have read Isaacson’s Einstein: His Life and Universe. Recently, Isaacson completed what will likely be his biggest selling book, the authorised biography…
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No one lives his life.Disguised since childhood,haphazardly assembledfrom voices and fears and little pleasures,we come of age as masks.Our true face never speaksSomewhere there must be storehousesWhere all these lives are laid awaylike suits of armor or old carriagesor clothes hanging limply on the walls.All paths lead there,to the repository of unlived things. –Rainer Maria…
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I had coffee with a friend yesterday. He lamented that it seemed to him that many people rally under the Christian banner but then argue and disagree about a lot of small things. I agreed. It would be nice if we could create a place where people could enter into community and agree to be…
Continue readingWhy Am I Here?
Each of us… at some time in our lives, turns to someone – a father, a brother, a God… and asks…”Why am I here? What was I meant to be?” -Commander Spock “Star Trek – The Motion Picture,” 1979. “Star Trek – The Motion Picture” was on television recently and I recorded it to watch…
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The latest film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood is a mystifying film called “Hereafter.” The script was written by Peter Morgan who may be appealing to a cultural sense of curiosity about life after death. The story suggests that there are certain attributes present in all near death experiences: a bright light, calm serenity,…
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In his book, “At The Crossroads,” Charlie Peacock quotes John Henry Newman as saying, God has created me to do Him some service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. Therefore Iwill trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away.…
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