Fuzzythinking

Fuzzy Thoughts of David

Category: Soul Issues

  • Driving Out Vice

    From St. Francis of Assisi How Virtue Drives Out Vice 1. Where there is charity (love) and wisdom,        there is neither fear nor ignorance. 2. Where there is patience and humility,        there is neither anger nor disturbance. 3. Where there is poverty with joy,        there is neither covetousness nor avarice (greed). 4.…

  • Trouble

    “Human beings are in trouble most of the time. Those who don’t know they are in trouble are in the worst trouble.” – Eugene Peterson

  • New Directions

    I have a new phone and downloaded the wordpess app. Hopefully,  I can use this blog to post various thoughts about the spiritual life along with general life concerns.

  • In Control

    I read something from either St. John of The Cross or St. Teresa of Avila (sorry, I can’t find the reference) that asked the question: why would God speak to us when we are not neccesarily willing to obey? It is a great question that shows deep insight. While I was reflecting on this I…

  • More than Chaplains

    I was intrigued by something I read in Resident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon The pastor becomes nothing more than the court chaplain, presiding over ceremonies of the culture, a pleasing fixture for rites of passage like weddings and funerals, yet rites in which the pastor’s presence becomes more and more absurd…