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Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much . . . → Read More: Prayer of Saint Francis

Henri Nouwen on Prayer

Prayer is a strange thing isn’t it? I often remember, as a kid, wondering just how we were supposed to “pray without ceasing” as Paul admonishes us to do. Impossible, I know. Maybe Paul was exagerating, using some form of Semitic hyperbole.  Or maybe he wasn’t…

“Prayer leads you to see new paths and to . . . → Read More: Henri Nouwen on Prayer

Verna Dozier on the Freedom to be Wrong

Is there any division in the Christian church that isn’t a result of the “I’m right your wrong” argument?  Most of us completly lack the grace necessary to say, “I could be wrong.”  Why is it such a scary thing to think, that maybe, just maybe, the age-old positions we’ve taken may be only a human construct and not the . . . → Read More: Verna Dozier on the Freedom to be Wrong

John Wesley on Methodists

"I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, . . . → Read More: John Wesley on Methodists

Mother Teresa on Holiness

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

C.S. Lewis on Faith

from Mere Christianity

Now Faith…is the art of holding on to things your reason ‘has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. For moods will change, whatever view your reason takes. I know that by experience. Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks very . . . → Read More: C.S. Lewis on Faith