David, a shepherd, hails the LORD as his shepherd. Hmm. And when Jesus invites Peter originally, and re-invites him again after the Resurrection, it is in the areas of his competence. You are a fisherman? Well then, fish men. You have laboured all … [Continue reading]
The Lord is my Pacemaker by Toki Miyashina
The Lord is my Pacemaker The Lord is my pacemaker - I shall not rush. He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals: He provides me with images of stillness, Which restore my serenity. He leads me in ways of efficiency Through … [Continue reading]
Luther on the difference between himself and Erasmus
‘The difference between you and me, Erasmus, is that you sit above Scripture and judge it, while I sit under Scripture and let it judge me!’ Martin Luther And Luther had the more fruitful, influential and world-changing life … [Continue reading]
Martin Luther and Christmas Trees
"The Christmas tree comes to us from Martin Luther, who is credited with being inspired by the starry heavens one night and expressing his feelings to his family by bringing a fir tree into his home and attaching lighted candles to its branches. Fir … [Continue reading]
The Peace of Wild Things
The Peace of Wild Things BY WENDELL BERRY When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty … [Continue reading]
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
Hudson's Taylor private dictum: To move man, through God, by prayer alone. He expresses his spiritual secret which turned his life to joy in a long letter to his sister, which I've reproduced below. CHIN-KIANG, September 6, 1869. MY DEAR … [Continue reading]
Seedtime and Harvest. A blessing on labour. Genesis 8
Breughel, Corn Harvest A Blessing on Our Labour "As long as the earth endures Seedtime and harves, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, Day and night Will never cease." After the devastation of the flood, a blessing on our … [Continue reading]
“Then the Lord Shut Him In” (Gen. 7)
The Gallarus Oratory in the Dingle Peninsula Places of withdrawal and Prayer This is the story we are reading aloud at present around the family dinner table. God's directions for the ark--450 ft by 75 by 45 feet. I used to find this part … [Continue reading]
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