Musician, Orthodox Priest, Coffee geek (not looking for on-line romance — astonished that some can't figure that out; Observe good boundaries.) Early Internet handle IXØYCtheFISH (A dreaded INFP with a side of T in that F). I am a punny dude.
Fr. Steven Clark
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I have an ever-growing conviction that Christianity cannot be expressed by ideas. Christianity is not an idea or an ideology: Christianity is a life, an experiential relationship, an entering into the Mystery before Whom all words and thinking fail. — Fr. Alexander Schmemann
What is strength without a double share of wisdom? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome, proudly secure, yet liable to fall. — John Milton
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. — Psalm 139: 2–4 (LXX)
Note to self: It works much better to put the coffee grounds in the proper place in the coffee brewing device before hitting the "brew" button. ☕
Nothing can bring to man so much of happiness or so much of misery as man himself. Today he exalts himself to heaven by his virtues and achievements; to-morrow he smites with sadness and pain, by his crimes and follies. — Frederick Douglass (on Self-Made Men)
