Category Archives: sanity

Just Me and My Salt Shaker

Posted on August 13, 2012 by ehurst

Transparency is a virtue. Having nothing to gain makes it easy to be honest. No agenda here except encouragement to remain totally free of agendas and hoping you’ll treat the noise like a buffet. Take only what appeals to you, … Continue reading →

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Failure at Failing

Posted on August 11, 2012 by ehurst

I’m a failure at failing. God is not interested in your successes. He’s not much worried about your failures, either. There is no success or failure in the Kingdom of Heaven. There is only faithfulness. I’ve been hitting it hard … Continue reading →

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Truth Will Always Be Otherworldly

Posted on August 2, 2012 by ehurst

It is not possible to get at the truth of this world from within this world. Not even on a small scale can we pretend to have found the objective truth of anything in this plane of existence. If we … Continue reading →

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Pastoral: Social Chaos and Mythology

Posted on July 15, 2012 by ehurst

Tribulation is here, and will worsen. Most people have expectations from video media which is wholly unrealistic. Let’s do some deprogramming. Throw out all the images from TV and movies, insofar as you are able. We aim here at pulling … Continue reading →

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Not a Grouch

Posted on May 26, 2012 by ehurst

I’m not a grouch; I’m a hermit. I love people and can spend hours with almost anyone. Regardless how difficult you may be, I’ll gain something from your presence. Mostly I’ll learn things you never intended to teach. However, it … Continue reading →

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Leadership versus Management

Posted on May 25, 2012 by ehurst

Leadership is doing what’s right regardless who follows. Management is trying to control the outcomes, regardless how it’s done. It would be easy to spill out a long post here by expanding and expounding on this, but I feel confident … Continue reading →

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Snippets Overheard

Posted on May 21, 2012 by ehurst

“That depends on whether you want to actually try understanding me, or if you are satisfied with simply characterizing me. From what I’ve seen so far, you’re having enough trouble with the latter.” ******** “Let me save you some time. … Continue reading →

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Warrior as Shepherd

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ehurst

The moral ideal of a warrior is the shepherd. Continuing from the previous post yesterday, I’m exploring a better way to view things. I tried to portray the moral character of a shepherd in light of romantic relations already. There … Continue reading →

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Otherworldly Warrior

Posted on May 17, 2012 by ehurst

The hardest thing we do is radically challenge our thinking on anything. As a Christian Mystic, ever day I’m waking up in a fight against a pervasive system of falsehood. The entire tangible world around me is based on lies, … Continue reading →

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Game and False Guilt

Posted on May 15, 2012 by ehurst

She was provocative. There are ways of being flirty and cute without going too far. Plenty of young ladies manage it. She didn’t get that. But ask her, and she would have insisted she was a good girl. Perhaps she … Continue reading →

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