As One Door Closes, Another Opens

When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully at the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.

Personal Shake-Up

Anyone who opens his personality to the living Spirit takes a risk of being considerably shaken.

Time Change

Time heals grief and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. It is ...

The Baby that Changed Everything

Did you ever read Bret Harte's story The Luck of Roaring Camp? Roaring Camp was supposed to be, according to the story, the meanest, toughest mining ...

Righting the World

It was said of the apostles, "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither" (Acts 17:6). There is a story told of an eccentric ...

Change from Within

Man is both a spiritual and an animal being. One can move a man either by influencing his animal being or by influencing his spiritual essence. In the ...

Poor Memory

The Yankee Christian virtues ... have not been disqualified or proved inadequate; they have simply lost currency, which is to say they are no longer clearly ...

God Turns Our Lives into Things of Beauty

Over a hundred years ago, in a Scottish seaside inn, a group of fishermen were relaxing after a long day at sea. As a serving maid was walking past the ...

Some Things Stay the Same

P.S. Your father says inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

I love you,

Mom

Meeting God in Odd Places

I need to be continually sensitive to the surprising places where God can meet me.