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“What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction, where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth. . . . We are on the road [...] I was struck by this quote of Martin Luther King’s when I came across it years ago. I was reminded of it today via Seth Godin’s blog. Craftsmanship Find a calling and then deliver. “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare [...] via ted.com Posted via web from Tony Watkins Two 3d gold wedding ring, laying on a glossy surface from Crestock Royalty Free Images This article was first published in NB magazine in 1994. Why has marriage gone out of fashion? Nobody believes in marriage any more. At least, not many young people do. Apart from religious freaks and a few others nobody bothers to get married [...] |
Tony Watkins is a writer and speaker on Christian faith and contemporary culture, with a particular interest in film. He is the Managing Editor of Culturewatch. |
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