christian living on Admiration

What Jesus wants from us is not admiration, but imitation.

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

We are formed by what we admire. But it is possible to cultivate one’s taste in this regard as in any other pursuit. It is important to learn how to recognize what is good, to train our ears to discer...