On the Worship of God
The worship of Yah is an attitude. One strives for perfection in all things, including a forgetfulness of self. And one keeps a thankful heart, even in painful experience which we cannot interpret. Then we can only trust Him, knowing He rules all things which concern us. — Florence Marvyne Bauer, in Abram, Son of […]
Funny, But Oh, So True!
A scientist said to God one day, “God, we don’t need you anymore. We can do everything that You ever did. Why, we can even create life out of nothing!” “Really?” God said, “Tell me about this.” “We can take dirt, form it into the shape of a person, and breathe life into it, just […]
And Which One Are You?
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, “All right, then, have it your way.” — C. S. Lewis
Where Did You Meet God Today?
I did not write this, but I love it. It reminds me that God is often found in unexpected places, and that He works through unexpected people. A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato […]
Judge Yourself Before You Act
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. — The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
What Is a Good Prayer?
What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God’s eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard. — C.S. Lewis
Religious Principles Vital to National Security
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. — George Washington
A Mother’s Prayer
I read this poem a long, long time ago. I don’t know its source. I calligraphied it onto a piece of parchment, framed it, and keep it hanging where I can see it. But I’ve never been able to track down the author’s name. Lord of all pots and pans and things, Since I’ve no […]