CHOICE OF SILENCE
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) Trappist monk and author wrote:“Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it […]
Journals
BEAUTY AND BREAD
John Muir (1938-1914) naturalist and author wrote: “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal […]
JOY OF YOUR PRESENCE
Still thinking of some considerations from yesterday’s Journal entry: He Is Alive. Because of the promise of eternal life in the presence of the Trinity, […]
HE IS ALIVE
The basis of my faith rests on the work of the cross and the resurrection of Jesus. The Gospel of Luke says this:“Then some women […]
OH, THAT MY PEOPLE WOULD LISTEN
“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you!O Israel, if you will listen to Me!There shall be no foreign god among you;Nor shall you worship any […]
BODY PARTS
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the Corinth church: “But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, that there […]
WORDS IN OUR MOUTH II
I’m still considering some thoughts from yesterday’s Journal entry from Jeremiah 1. After the Lord spoke to Jeremiah as a young man and gave him […]
WORDS IN OUR MOUTH
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to […]
A RIGHT SPIRIT
David as Psalmist wrote:“Create in me a clean heart, O God,and renew a right spirit within me.”(Psalm 51:10) Maybe the deepest and most common cry […]
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the church in Galatia:“For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” […]