MIND-SCULPTING
I once read the phrase: ‘I too have known the mind-sculpting power of mountains…’ I have too. Of course many things sculpt our minds. Every […]
September 2024
BEING A NICE HUMAN
After writing the entry yesterday in the Journal on ‘Being a Kind Human,’ I thought of a section from ‘Mere Christianity’ by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), […]
BEING A KIND HUMAN
There is great deal of emphasis now (last 50 years) on the importance of being a kind person. This thinking flows from several streams. From […]
CHILL AND LISTEN
Continuing with sort of a theme the last few days, this dialogue came to my mind concerning Job and his three counselors and then the […]
FLEE FROM THIS
“Abba Macarius the Great (300-391) used to say to the brothers at Scetis (a monastic community) when he was dismissing the congregation, “Flee, brothers!” One of the […]
GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS II
Yesterday we considered the wonderful verse from I John 3, that “When our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before God. […]
GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS I
It is a simple path to a great deal of pain and struggle if we persist in living with guilt and shame to define ourselves. […]
UNITED BY FAITH
“Now, since God has left us the promise that we may enter his rest, let us be very careful so none of you will fail […]
CLINCHING OUR QUIET
I find that we often need to Clinch Our Quiet. This simply means to secure, settle, or protect delegated quiet space and to not allow […]
ARCTOPHILE
I was recently reading an article and it mentioned that a certain gathering had a good number of arctophiles present. I thought this must have […]