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Random thoughts

An idea so far not accepted

22 December, 2013 Karl MöllerLeave a comment

‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.’ … It is an idea given to our civilization but so far not accepted.

Wendell Berry, ‘Peaceableness toward Enemies’, in Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community

Random thoughts

The wrong people

7 October, 2013 Karl MöllerLeave a comment

World War II sent the wrong people wandering. God’s curse on Cain was intended for murderers and not their victims.

Jonathan Wilson, Marc Chagall

Spirituality

Greater trust, stronger hope, deeper love

31 March, 201314 April, 2013 Karl MöllerLeave a comment
Sunset over Morecambe Bay
‘I have moved through anguish to freedom, through depression to peace, through despair to hope. […] What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love.’ 

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love)

 

In celebration of


‘You have to trust that every true friendship has no end …. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as to those whom God has given you to love.’

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey through Anguish to Freedom)

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