Pioneers! O Pioneers!

This inspires me like crazy.

Abstract Scripture

I like to think of some passages of scripture (that don’t make sense to me) as an abstract painting.

I don’t get what it means, but I know the Author meant something.

Beautifully confusing.

Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

These are some of my favorite Leonardo da Vinci quotes:

“Just as eating contrary to the inclination is injurious to the health, so study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” LdV

“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and the inventress, the eternal curb and law os nature.” LdV

“No counsel is more trustworthy than that which is given upon ships that are in peril.” LdV

“It is as great an error to speak well of a worthless man as to speak ill of a good man.” LdV

“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming. Thus it is with time present. Life, if well spent, is long.” LdV

Races & Cultures

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion as a Brazilian man.

Ask me how many asian friends I had when I was a kid?
Now ask me how many black (sorry, we don’t have african americans in Brazil) friends I had when I was a kid?
How many white?

I don’t know.

The reason why I don’t know is because I never noticed their race.
I had FRIENDS and that was it.

Thank God my parents didn’t teach me to wear this glasses that separate people between races.

I don’t see races. I see cultures. And they are all beautiful.

Somedays I wish I was asian, other days I wish I was black, other days anglo.
But I can only be thankful for the black, anglo, middle eastern, native brazilian (indian) that I am.

Social Justice and the Church

Last month I had the chance to go visit Newsong LA and talk to Adam Edgerly about how the local church can bring social justice to the city.

Here is the 4 minute cut of the interview.*

* If you want to learn Portuguese, just read the subtitles.