September 2005
And precious silver
Purify my heart let me be as gold
Pure gold…
The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article, Christianity in a nutshell: Britain’s ‘100-Minute Bible’. This new Bible boils down the whole of Scripture to about 60 pages, with the goal of giving the reader a chronological understanding. The publisher and writer, an Anglican clergyman, also kept the focus on Jesus Christ:…
I pluck you out of the crannies;—
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
One of my favorite poems.
I recently searched a stock image site using the keyword “worship.” I got what I expected: white men photographed from behind, their hands upraised. The only thing that changed was the background: a sunset, a church, a white void.
It pains me that a gesture I find personally significant—raising my hands to my Father—has become a cliché.…
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If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer by Oswald Chambers
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The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation by Frederica Mathewes-Green
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The Divine Hours, Volume II: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime (Divine Hours) by Phyllis Tickle
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