140 Words Or Less

Author Peter Rollins recently told this story: A man named Seamus was stranded on a deserted island.  He lived there for 20 years before a passing pilot spotted him and came to his rescue. The pilot was intrigued to see that during his time on the island, Seamus had constructed three large buildings.  Seamus explained that the first structure was his home and the second building was his church where he went to worship and pray each week. Curious, the pilot asked about the third structure.   "I don't want to talk about it", Seamus replied.   The pilot pressed Seamus further.   "It's an awful place" Seamus explained. "Much too hurtful for me to talk about". "Wow" the stunned pilot said.  "What is this place of such darkness and pain?". "It's the church I used to go to". Word Count: 136

School textbook teaching creationism. twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew… — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) December 28, 2012 There are 100 things I could say about this photo of a homeschooling Science textbook but I’ve only got 140 words, so let me just say this.  If you truly believe that something is “True”, then you should have the confidence that when all the arguments are fairly laid out and discussed, people will ultimately be drawn to the “Truth”.  If the “Truth” requires you to skew the arguments, mock opposing views and insult the people who hold them in order for you to convince a 5th Grader of it’s merits, your “Truth” might just be “truth”.  Personally, I probably lean towards a position of "theistic evolutionism" but as Bono once said, perhaps we need to "Stop helping God across the street like a little old lady". Word Count: 130

“I was...thinking what could I have done different. When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back, ‘How you are doing?’ are you really telling the truth? We live in a society of social networks, and Twitter pages and Facebook, and that’s fine and stuff, but we have contact with our work associates, our family, our friends and it seems like half the time we are more preoccupied with our phone and other things going on instead of the actual relationships that we have in front of us.  Hopefully, people can learn from this and try to actually help if someone is battling something deeper on the inside than what they may be revealing.” Quarterback Brady Quinn on teammate Jovan Belcher committing suicide after killing his own girlfriend on Saturday. Word Count: 140