Day: November 2, 2012

Peanut Gallery: Raising our sights to the “Big Things” facing our world….

theoptimisticconservative's avatarThe Optimistic Conservative

The Pax Americana now being defunct, regional initiatives are coming alive in and around the Red Sea and Levant.  I refer to the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa as the “Great Crossroads,” where sooner or later everyone will make a transit or have an interest.  No one’s national security is untouched by what’s going on there.  America’s trade and alliances depend heavily on whether the maritime precincts of the Great Crossroads are a quiescent “free space,” through which everyone can pass without let or hindrance by a regional power – or if they become a space over which a regional power holds a veto.  Every new development there has implications for US security.

Egypt-Turkey exercise

And the new developments just keep on coming.  Between 7 and 14 October,

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quinersdiner's avatarA Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

By Tom Quiner

This is All Saints Day. You and I are surrounded by the lovely words of two-thousand years of saints.

Let us take a minute and bask in the beautiful glow of their wise words. I’ve assembled some quotes that move me.

Which move you the most?

What are some of your favorite quotes not included in this list?

Let us honor these great men and women that preceded us by enriching our souls with their inspired wisdom:

“Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” [St. Augustine of Hippo]

“Teach us to give and not count the cost.” [St. Ignatius de Loyola]

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”  [St. Augustine]

“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love…

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Morning Reading: John 6.35, 38-40 NLT

Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty…. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.” John 6.35, 38-40 NLT