An Artist Reflects from COLLIDE MAGAZINE

Confession is good for the soul, but terrible for the reputation. And it’s even worse when it comes to artists who are employed by the Church. Read more here: Collide Magazine ARTICLES +

QUID PRO QUO

Quid pro quo (From the Latin meaning "something for something") indicates a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. English speakers often use the term to mean "a favor for a favor" and the phrases with almost identical meaning include: "what for what," "give and take," "tit for tat", "this for that", and "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours" (Wikipedia).

Many of us choose to focus solely on the vertical aspect (God to man) of forgiveness.  However, Jesus stresses the horizontal aspect (man to man) as well.  In fact, he says that proper horizontal relationships are a prerequisite for a proper vertical relationship.  Check out Luke 6:37-38 from the English Standard Version.

"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."

Who ever said forgiveness was free?

A Look at the Birth of the Continental Navy

     In October each year, the U.S. Navy celebrates its birthday. It has done so for 234 years, but the birth of the U.S. Navy stems from a very short, frantic, almost panicked 11 days in 1775. The result of that crisis has become the most powerful sea power in the world.

     For those Americans who lived on the continent's coastal waterways in the fall of 1775, the question of naval defense was of no small moment. For a maritime people whose prosperity and fortunes were tied to the sea, the prospect of full-scale conflict with the greatest sea power in the world must have been a chilling one indeed. Because Congress had already provided for an army to contend against the Red Coats, those who feared the British trident might reasonably have asked why could not Congress create a navy?  Read More at A Look at the Birth of the Continental Navy.

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