There is an idea going around in our culture that pursuing what is right for me as an individual is the greatest good. I ought to make decisions based on what I consider to be best for myself. I can do and be anything I want as long as it makes me happy. But if … Continue reading The Lost Virtue of Humility
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A Prayer for Humility
O LORD, You’ve seen the eyesore guide me— mistaken glory strutting like an idol. You’ve heard the swelling praises pride me into fantasies beyond my title. You’ve seen the fallen angels ride me like soldiers guiding horses out to fight. You’ve heard the shrieks the monster cried me— deriding, whining, striking for my rights. You’ve … Continue reading A Prayer for Humility
Tales of Arrogance
Once upon a time, a hero in his storybook, climbing up a castle wall with a wild and burly look, named himself the author of his fate. Once upon a wall, the paint upon the canvas, frozen in a summer sunset, admired, as tree and grass, the perfect picture he had made. Once upon a … Continue reading Tales of Arrogance


