Start Small

Ask yourself what you would have done if you had inherited New York City five or ten years ago. Crime was out of control and more than half of the citizens ...

Doing What God Wants

Mama says everybody loved Uncle Ceph. Cephas Poe was Mama's daddy, but everybody called him Uncle Ceph.

Uncle Ceph pastored in a different world. First ...

Needful Things

There are too many needful things to be done to wait around for someone to feel gifted.

Trying Too Hard

Often we fall short of holiness because we strive so diligently for holiness.

What You Can and Cannot Do

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Prayer Is Not a Substitute

Prayer is not a substitute for intelligent effort, careful planning, efficient selection or people, or adequate financing.

Learning New Tricks

The dental hygienist was giving her pep talk about frequent brushing and flossing, the latter being something I have some difficulty doing consistently. ...

Tending the Divine Fire

While no man has succeeded ... without some spark of divine fire, many have succeeded better by taking precious good care of a precious small spark than ...

A Devotional Schedule

I will (1) rise every morning sufficiently early and have a few minutes, not less than five, in private prayer; (2) avoid all the babbling and idle talking ...

Still a Sinner

There is something terribly right about ... realizing that our struggle with sin is in many ways similar to an alcoholic's struggle with drinking. ...