Two lights for guidance. The first, our little glowing atom of community,
with all that it signifies. The second, the cold light of the stars, symbol
of the hypercosmical reality, with its crystal ecstasy. Strange that in
this light, in which even the dearest love is frostily asserted, and even
the possible defeat of our half-waking world is contemplated without
remission of praise, the human crisis does not lose but gains significance.
Strange, that it seems more, not less, urgent to play some part in this
struggle, this brief effort of animacules striving to win for their race
some increase of lucidity before the ultimate darkness.
-- Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker
How many
Christians
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
200!!! 100 to sit in church and pray long sonorous prayers for it
to see the light again, 10 to stand on street corners and point out
to others how that if they don't accept what they're being told,
their light might go out as well, 3 to try and exorcise the demon of
darkness out of the light bulb, 2 to gather together in
"the name of the lord" because where two or more are gathered together
in "his" name....
