(don't ask me why I was compelled to write this. I started out writing something about katas of the Christian faith and ended up with a visit to the dojo :) )

( Jujika-Ryu - The way of the Cross )

( Musings over yesterday's Bible readings )

And I kind of lose my mind about her mirrorshades.
And the strange attractors that surround her.
-- Mirroshades by Information Society

( Strange attractors and the spiritual )

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
"Brace yourself like a man;..."
Job 40: 6-7

( A powerful peace... )

Why are you here? -- Lorien, Babylon 5

( Life is but a vapor... )

( I am grey )

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
--Abraham Kuyper

( κλησει - A calling... )

It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is an even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.
-- Hagakure

( Longing for battle... )

In the quiet watches of the night, I heard a soft voice ask
   "How can you be bored?"
That question startled me."I have nothing to do."
   "All these things, yet you are bored?"
I looked at the countless books, CDs, DVDs, video games, unfinished projects, todo lists... "Sure, but..."
   "See, all these things, yet you're still unhappy."My mind ( Read more... )

"Never start a fight, but always finish it."
-- Captain Sheridan, Objects at Rest, Babylon 5

( Power and the Christian Male... )