Never an Original Thought
@neveroriginal.bsky.social
Never have had an original thought. Everything is rooted either in my faith or in the wisdom of others. Friend of Christ. Fan of the American Declaration. Retweets ≠ Endorsement.
Nick Catoggio: "They told me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d end up with a command-and-control economy. And they were right."
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August 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Nick Catoggio: "They told me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d end up with a command-and-control economy. And they were right."
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Your life as a Christian should make non-believers question their disbelief in God.”
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August 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Your life as a Christian should make non-believers question their disbelief in God.”
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I'm not sure of the origin of this prayer, but it is helpful. You can adapt it for lots of circumstances.
August 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm not sure of the origin of this prayer, but it is helpful. You can adapt it for lots of circumstances.
Jenson Huang: "I hope suffering happens to you...greatness comes from character & character...is formed out of people who suffered..I wish upon you ample doses of pain & suffering."
Huang is president, co-founder, and CEO of Nvidia.
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Huang is president, co-founder, and CEO of Nvidia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jenson Huang: "I hope suffering happens to you...greatness comes from character & character...is formed out of people who suffered..I wish upon you ample doses of pain & suffering."
Huang is president, co-founder, and CEO of Nvidia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_...
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Huang is president, co-founder, and CEO of Nvidia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_...
x.com/TheTranscrip...
This is the first time (2025-26) that the Spirit of Houston is playing together this year. Yes, they are that good. Go Coogs!
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August 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is the first time (2025-26) that the Spirit of Houston is playing together this year. Yes, they are that good. Go Coogs!
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@uh.edu
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@uh.edu
James T. Kirk: "But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk: Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her."
August 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
James T. Kirk: "But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk: Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her."
Pope Leo XIV: "How did [St Augustine] find true friendship, and a love that gives rise to hope? By finding the one who was already looking for him: Jesus Christ. How did he build his future? By following the one who had always been his friend." #JubileeofYouth
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August 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Pope Leo XIV: "How did [St Augustine] find true friendship, and a love that gives rise to hope? By finding the one who was already looking for him: Jesus Christ. How did he build his future? By following the one who had always been his friend." #JubileeofYouth
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Ministry lessons from fictional coach, Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso: "There're two buttons I never like to hit: that’s panic and snooze.”
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Ted Lasso: "There're two buttons I never like to hit: that’s panic and snooze.”
ministryarchitects.com/be-more-ted/
August 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ministry lessons from fictional coach, Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso: "There're two buttons I never like to hit: that’s panic and snooze.”
ministryarchitects.com/be-more-ted/
Ted Lasso: "There're two buttons I never like to hit: that’s panic and snooze.”
ministryarchitects.com/be-more-ted/
Calvin Coolidge: “What the youth of the country need is not more public control through Government action, but more home control through parental action.”
- speaking at the 42nd International Conference of the YMCA in 1925.
- speaking at the 42nd International Conference of the YMCA in 1925.
July 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Calvin Coolidge: “What the youth of the country need is not more public control through Government action, but more home control through parental action.”
- speaking at the 42nd International Conference of the YMCA in 1925.
- speaking at the 42nd International Conference of the YMCA in 1925.
John Adams: "Avarice, Ambition, Revenge or Galantry, would break the strongest Cords of our Constitution as a Whale goes through a Net.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
July 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
John Adams: "Avarice, Ambition, Revenge or Galantry, would break the strongest Cords of our Constitution as a Whale goes through a Net.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Jason Helopoulos: "We need fewer aspiring conference speakers and more faithful pastors committed to their local churches."
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July 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Jason Helopoulos: "We need fewer aspiring conference speakers and more faithful pastors committed to their local churches."
www.universityreformedchurch.org/people/jason...
www.universityreformedchurch.org/people/jason...
Calvin Coolidge: “The more we investigate the plainer it becomes that not by Government action, but by their own choice the people must themselves resort to the practice of the virtues of the commonplace.”
-The VP candidate stumping in Philadelphia in 1920.
-The VP candidate stumping in Philadelphia in 1920.
July 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Calvin Coolidge: “The more we investigate the plainer it becomes that not by Government action, but by their own choice the people must themselves resort to the practice of the virtues of the commonplace.”
-The VP candidate stumping in Philadelphia in 1920.
-The VP candidate stumping in Philadelphia in 1920.
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." (Joel 2:28)
July 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." (Joel 2:28)
Andrew Wyeth, “Wind From The Sea,” 1947
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Andrew Wyeth, “Wind From The Sea,” 1947
Arthur Compton: "...an orderly unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered -
'In the beginning God.'"
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'In the beginning God.'"
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July 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Arthur Compton: "...an orderly unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered -
'In the beginning God.'"
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'In the beginning God.'"
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July 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Calvin Coolidge: “In the Twentieth Century, the people are sovereign…Unless they are well trained, well informed, and well instructed, unless a proper value is put on knowledge and wisdom, the value of all material things will be lost.” (1919)
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Calvin Coolidge: “In the Twentieth Century, the people are sovereign…Unless they are well trained, well informed, and well instructed, unless a proper value is put on knowledge and wisdom, the value of all material things will be lost.” (1919)
July 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Fact Check: True ✔️
July 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Fact Check: True ✔️
How do we lower the stakes of politics?
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social suggests...
-More federalism, less centralization.
-More individual liberty, less government control.
-Revive civic associations
-Revive religious faith and religious participation.
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@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social suggests...
-More federalism, less centralization.
-More individual liberty, less government control.
-Revive civic associations
-Revive religious faith and religious participation.
x.com/DavidAFrench...
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How do we lower the stakes of politics?
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social suggests...
-More federalism, less centralization.
-More individual liberty, less government control.
-Revive civic associations
-Revive religious faith and religious participation.
x.com/DavidAFrench...
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social suggests...
-More federalism, less centralization.
-More individual liberty, less government control.
-Revive civic associations
-Revive religious faith and religious participation.
x.com/DavidAFrench...
George Will: “The way you lower the temperature of politics is to lower the stakes of politics.”
2024 Competitive Enterprise Institute honoree.
2024 Competitive Enterprise Institute honoree.
July 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
George Will: “The way you lower the temperature of politics is to lower the stakes of politics.”
2024 Competitive Enterprise Institute honoree.
2024 Competitive Enterprise Institute honoree.
“You cannot see your reflection in boiling water. Similarly, you cannot see the truth in a state of anger. When the waters calm, clarity comes.”
July 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“You cannot see your reflection in boiling water. Similarly, you cannot see the truth in a state of anger. When the waters calm, clarity comes.”
Friedrich Hayek: “The chief evil is unlimited government…nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.”
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Friedrich Hayek: “The chief evil is unlimited government…nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.”
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM