Self-Consciousness Hurts

When a little child becomes conscious of being a little child, the child-likeness is gone; and when a saint becomes conscious of being a saint, something ...

Counterfeit Holiness

The chief mark of counterfeit holiness is its lack of humility. Every seeker after holiness needs to be on his guard, lest unconsciously what was begun ...

All That You Can Be

Someone can be a good third baseman, but not a good pitcher. If I'm called to play third base, I'm going to be the best third baseman I can be. ...

Perfect Words for the Contrite Heart

For the following part of his Book of Common Prayer, [Thomas] Cranmer drew on a number of medieval sources and yet composed something greater than their ...

Be Doers, Not Hearers

A salty pagan, full of the juices of life, is a hundred times dearer to God, and also far more attractive to men, than a scribe who knows his Bible ... ...

Antidote for Envy

If I think about your success, plan for your success, pray for your success, genuinely hope for your success, and work for your success, then I will rejoice ...

Being Tender

The higher people are in the favor of God, the more tender they are.

Skillful Sailors

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Speak with Humility

Always speak as one who learns and not as one who knows.

In Sickness or in Health

I took you, love,

In sickness or in heath,

For better or for worse.

And now I live my promise out. ...

The promises we made

Hold and support us both.

We are ...