Invictus Revisited

When I was young, a poem often quoted was "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.

"Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole ...

Fruit of Obedience

The fruit of the Spirit grows only in the garden of obedience.

Growing Downward

We grow up into Christ by growing down into lowliness. ... Off-loading our fantasies of omnicompetence, we start trying to be trustful, obedient, dependent, ...

Surrendered to His Mercy

I recently read a story by a woman who said that as a girl she was poor. She said, "I grew up in a cold water flat, but I married a man who had money. ...

Universal Obedience

If God be God over us, we must yield him universal obedience in all things. He must not be over us in one thing, and under us in another, but he must ...

Submitting to the Divine Will

O Lord, grant that I may do thy will as if it were my will; so that thou mayest do my will as if it were thy will.

A Humble Prayer

Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of thee; thou only knowest what I need. ... I open my heart to thee. Behold my needs which I know not myself. Smite, ...

I Don't Do...

One of our students received an appointment from a bishop, and the student did not feel the placement exactly suited his abilities.

I overheard him complaining ...

I'm All Ears

One day my three-year-old granddaughter, Beverly, was playing with her toys. Her mother, who was folding laundry across the room, noticed Beverly's ...

The Joy of a Blind Child

Many years ago a little girl was totally blind. She was blinded as an infant as the result of an accident. She lived to be over 90 years old. She became ...