December 2011
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“You should not look a gift universe in the mouth.”
– G.K. Chesterton (via invisibleforeigner)
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IRAN: NADARKHANI UPDATE →
derekthornton:
Iran’s Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, head of the judiciary, has ordered the judge presiding over Youcef Nadarkhani’s case to delay his written verdict for one year. The judge was specifically ordered to keep Nadarkhani in prison, using whatever means necessary to force him to recant his Christian faith and convert to Islam.
According to Present Truth Ministries, the order was...
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The Innocence Mission - Seven Christmas Songs! →
moochiethinks:
One of my favorite bands, The Innocence Mission, have released a free (WOOT!) Christmas album!
If you like them, or have never heard them, check them out! I think their music is really pretty & quiet. Perfect for Christmas Eve.
Enjoy!
The Ugly Realities Of Socialized Medicine Are Not... →
Other nations with government-dominated healthcare systems offer a preview of the fiscal woes and substandard care that lie ahead thanks to the president’s spendthrift reform plan.
In order to realize some savings, the NHS is raising the threshold at which patients qualify for treatment and lengthening wait times for surgeries determined “non-lifesaving.” The Service is also cutting more than...
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it is also a fact that we all got on the same...
sparklesdire:
Lord de Walden, William Archer, J.M. Barrie, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard Shaw, in the middle of making the cowboy film How Men Love.
from GKC’s autobiography: “We went down to the waste land in Essex and found our Wild West equipment. But considerable indignation was felt against William Archer; who, with true Scottish foresight, arrived there first and put on the best pair...
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“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever...”
– Tim Keller (via lordmakemeflammable)
“Personally, of course, I believe in Santa Claus; but it is the season of...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via everybodyandtelevision)
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“Listen to me! Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have...”
– Gabriel Syme, The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (via rhyme-my-name)
