A shapka is a big furry hat, a Siberian special. My good friend Derek found one for me at a local yard sale and instantly he thought of me. You see, he knows me well, and he knew I would love it... > I spent a year in Stavropol, Russia with my wife teaching the bible to Russian school teachers, and ever since, the Russian penchant for somber reflection has soaked into my soul. > I like to feel the blue waves of melancholy from time to time. Seriously, there is nothing better than to think about eternal seriousness and reality's brokenness over a warm cup of coffee. A book by Dostoevsky & soft snow tumbling out of the sky has a way of centering you on things that matter. (I also read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" from time to time.) I am not a pessimist nor a masochist. I am a person that is trying to be honest in a world poisoned by the pride of man. Humility is on hiatus as America is awash in vanity. And maybe, just maybe, hearing words from an ugly unpolished man like me, who reads depressing books for fun; may help you stop falling in love with yourself. Jesus is wonderful, he really is, but we won't stop looking at ourselves long enough to gaze upon His beauty. This blog has two objectives, and I will try as much as possible to keep to them: (1) To point out our vanity. We need to stop taking ourselves so seriously. Ironically, we all have become like a modern day Narcissus. While he looked into a pond and fell in love with his reflection, we are looking into mirrors, Iphones and Facebook pages to see just how wonderful we are. (2) To point to His beauty. Jesus, yes Jesus, is to be our joy. And I will try in simple ways, to bring out his importance in a world bloated on image.
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anne rawson
12/23/2013 10:42:02 am
WELCOME BACK!!!
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Buddy
12/23/2013 08:30:59 pm
Glad you're back to writing. Looking forward to it.
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Melissa Parton Bear
1/13/2014 03:31:34 am
So glad you are writing again, I always like to read your thoughts!
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Christopher Weeks
1/13/2014 05:24:59 am
Thanks Melissa, you are very kind!
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Arthur
3/3/2014 01:03:18 am
Love the Shopka! Thanks for being brave enough to write from you passions on what you see though your eyes. Too many of us have been silenced by the rest of life to the point of not having an opinion on our own. We have lost the deep thinkers and writers of our age to a world of "entertain me".
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