According to the book of Exodus, the Ten Commandments came about in part because of Moses’ desperate desire to see God as clearly as he could. It’s possible that Moses, who was just about to preside over the building of a great center of worship (the Tabernacle), wanted to know how God should be depicted.
“Holy darkness, blessed night, heaven’s answer hidden from our sight....we embrace your holy night.” – Dan Schutte, “Holy Darkness” Last December I fell in love with walking in the dark in my suburban neighborhood. I was six months out from a hip replacement, not quite fully healed, feeling stuck in my recovery and so I decided to take a daily walk at day’s end.
It is OK to disagree with what someone says. It is not OK to disregard what they say because we attribute to them motives that we cannot possibly know. Yet this happens constantly. It has become an American pastime.
From 1951 to 1968, Mickey Mantle sustained 14 serious injuries on the ballfield and still managed to win three MVPs, a Triple Crown and seven World Series. Fortunately, the Yankees could coordinate the care Mantle got with all the various doctors who treated his head-to-toe traumas.
Dear Amy: My partner, “Chas,” and I have been together for 30 years. My sister “Shelly” introduced us.