Chrissimkins

www.chrisandruth.net

2006-07-22T08:58:00.000-07:00

visit www.chrisandruth.net if you want to see what I've been doing with my life recently!

2006-06-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

"A mild touch of madness may even keep a man sane; for it may keep him modest."

G.K.Chesterton, in 'The Miser and His Friends'

2006-05-17T02:21:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting read from the Independent Newspaper.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article485477.ece

2006-05-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

"Believe those who are seeking truth; doubt those who find it."

Andre Gide

discuss

2006-04-13T08:28:00.000-07:00

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

Francis Bacon 1561-1626

What a great way of explaining why we should allow more chaos in debate - particularly about faith and those things in the church that we must admit we cannot be sure of. You can probably tell I'm on a bit of a thought stream here......

2006-04-11T13:32:00.000-07:00

"If we operate on the assumption that society is plural, differentiated, that there is no monopoly on knowledge, or even no single vantage point from which the whole can be observed then there is no 'one' who can decide: decisions must therefore have to be made by some combination of 'others', however those are identified and defined".

Julia Black (2000) 'Proceduralizing Regulation: Part I'

2006-03-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

"I don't like you because I think you're perfect,
I love you because I know you're not..."

2006-02-14T02:21:00.000-08:00

"...the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild."

G.K.Chesterton in 'The Paradoxes of Christianity'.

2006-01-27T09:41:00.000-08:00

"Rejection is opportunity: think of all the girls you're glad said no...."

Ryan O, 27th Jan 2006

2006-01-18T04:56:00.000-08:00

'Chaord' (Kay-ord): ."..any self–organizing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex system, whether physical, biological, or social, the behavior of which exhibits characteristics of both order and chaos or, loosely translated to business terminology, cooperation and competition."

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"Given the right circumstances, from no more than dreams, determination, and the liberty to try, quite ordinary people consistently do extraordinary things. "

as per Dee W. Hock: THE CHAORDIC ORGANIZATION: OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO ORDER, World Business Academy Perspectives - Vol. 9, No. 1 1995

Thanks to Tom K for the tip off.

I'm gonna explore... any thoughts?

Welcome

2006-01-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

I'm starting to see the potential in blogging. I like the concept of a medium that connects people and ideas; so here begins an experiment.....

A bloke called Lichtenberg once said that "Reading means borrowing". If that's true then let this be a place of 'writing and sharing' - that way I reckon we all stand to benefit. Please leave news, thoughts, quotes, pictures and anything else. I will try and do the same.

God bless...