#alan

There are things far worse than death, for when it comes to us it is final. What lies beyond it is a matter of faith in what we had hope for. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#death-and-dying #death-of-a-loved-one #r-alan-woods #death

God is great, God is faithful". ~R. Alan Woods [2103] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#god #greatness #r-alan-woods #faith

In the 1970s, when Norman Sunshine won an Emmy for the graphics and title design he had created for one of Alan Shayne’s television productions, “Alan and I agreed it was not a good idea for us to be seen together at an industry event,” he remembers. “Alan, after all, was one of the very few homosexuals who had such a powerful, high profile job, and who lived openly with a man. Homophobia had its adherents and some ruthless climber up the executive ladder would certainly love an opportunity to use it… 'Better to be seen with a woman,’ we were advised by a very trusted friend, ‘Makes everyone more comfortable. ↗

— Alan Shayne

#double-life #gay-marriage #love-story #norman-sunshine #design

Selective literalism' is another attempt in a very long line of techniques designed and intended to shape God into our own image". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#literalism #r-alan-woods #selective-literalism #design

In the 1970s, when Norman Sunshine won an Emmy for the graphics and title design he had created for one of Alan Shayne’s television productions, “Alan and I agreed it was not a good idea for us to be seen together at an industry event,” he remembers. “Alan, after all, was one of the very few homosexuals who had such a powerful, high profile job, and who lived openly with a man. Homophobia had its adherents and some ruthless climber up the executive ladder would certainly love an opportunity to use it… 'Better to be seen with a woman,’ we were advised by a very trusted friend, ‘Makes everyone more comfortable. ↗

— Norman Sunshine

#double-life #gay-marriage #love-story #norman-sunshine #design

So…” Kimball looks at his book helplessly. “There’s nothing you can tell me about Paul Owen?” “Well.” I sigh. “He led what I suppose was an orderly life, I guess. “ Really stumped, I offer, “He...ate a balanced diet. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#diet

He’d moved toward me again. His hands released mine and moved to my waist, and I noticed I wasn’t the only one breathing heavily. He pulled me to him, bringing our bodies together. The world was all heat and electricity, thick with tension that was only one spark away from exploding around us. I was balancing on another precipice, which wasn’t easy to do in heels. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and this time I was the one who drew him closer. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#baaabies #kissing #making-out #sydney-sage #balance

In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take. ↗

— Alan Moore

#lust

God impressed me with this a long time ago: 'Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it to you!'." ~R. Alan Woods [1998] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#experience #r-alan-woods #theology #experience

The head and the heart are not separate, but rather like intimate friends who work together sharing their experiences which enrich our lives and those of others". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#experience