Burwell Stark

Christian | married | father | HR manager | occasional gardener | logophile

[Sola Media @solamediaorg]

“As a Pentecostal pastor, I was working at manufacturing the presence of God, always creating atmosphere with worship and the way I preach…and that is exhausting.”

@Magnus_Persson of @1517 on the latest episode of White Horse Inn

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

https://t.co/Q09lYRjQ9V

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

Hey if presidents are going to threaten to wipe out civilizations, I think congress should at least vote on it...

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“What would you say to a young Christian who is nervous about the future?”

I love @TimKellerNYC’s answer. I think about it every Easter.

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

@LloydLegalist It’s probably the after effects of their BBQ.

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

@booksandbbq @IVMiles I remember this game very well, and the NCSU Coke that followed soon after. My wife said this game solidified her decision to go to NC State.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

HR: We lost the new hire today.

CEO: What happened?

HR: He resigned after his first week.

CEO: That makes no sense. We doubled his previous salary.

HR: Yes, but salary was not the issue.

CEO: Then what was?

HR: You asked him why he left at exactly 5:00 p.m. And why he left the office before you did.

CEO: I was just trying to understand his mindset.

HR: He understood it clearly. He felt the company was not paying for his work, but for control over his time.

CEO: But commitment matters.

HR: So do boundaries. He finished his work, met expectations, and left on time. But instead of that being seen as professionalism, it was treated like a lack of loyalty.

CEO: People should not rush out of the office.

HR: He was not rushing out. He was simply leaving when the workday ended.

CEO: Still, it did not look right.

HR: That is exactly why he left. He realized very quickly that even with better pay, the culture expected presenteeism over performance.

CEO: That is unfortunate.

HR: Yes. We offered him double the salary, but also gave him a preview of a workplace where leaving on time becomes a character issue.

CEO: So what are you saying?

HR: If employees are judged for having boundaries, then no amount of money will make them stay.

A higher salary can attract people. But if respect for time is missing, it will not keep them.

[WMJS @booksandbbq]

Christ died, Christ rose from the dead, Christ is coming again.

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

@KeenanPeachy You think that Supreme Court justices should vote to uphold the president’s position because he nominated them?

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

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[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

My latest on Substack.

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

"Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better."

—Ray Bradbury

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”

— Charles Dickens

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

"This is true spirituality. Spirituality...means that Christ is the Lord of all your life and not just your religious life. And if you make a dichotomy in these things, you are denying your Lord His proper place. And I don't care how many butterflies you have in your stomach, you are poor spiritually."

- Francis Schaeffer in 1982

[Bo Winegard @EPoe187]

Such obscene obsequiousness is unbecoming of free citizens in a republic.

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

Presidents, and other elected leaders, should be held to a higher standard of decorum while they serve in office. Trump isn’t merely reflecting the tendency to discourteous, disrespectful speech and behavior, he’s simultaneously magnifying and legitimizing it.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

[Burwell Stark @BurwellStark]

@3YearLetterman Hey coach, do you mean over the age of 30, or under?

[Joshua D Phillips @JoshPhillipsPhD]

“Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.”

Roger Scruton

[Don Keith @RealDonKeith]

🤣This is a hilarious montage of Chuck Norris jokes.

If you think about it, he really was the first 80’s action hero and pretty much started the genre of 80’s and 90’s action movies.