In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
A. J. JACOBSTaking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
A. J. JACOBSA 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
A. J. JACOBSThe best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
A. J. JACOBSI was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
A. J. JACOBSIt comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
A. J. JACOBSIf my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
A. J. JACOBSUnconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
A. J. JACOBSScrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
A. J. JACOBSI thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
A. J. JACOBSBehavior shapes emotions.
A. J. JACOBSJealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
A. J. JACOBSI am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
A. J. JACOBSSince I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
A. J. JACOBSI’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
A. J. JACOBSSometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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