Wanted: Better Self-Critics

It would be wonderful if St. Augustine's kind of confessional self-scrutiny (or that of St. John of the Cross in his Dark Night of the Soul) would ...

The Bare Essentials

Now, as always, God [discloses] Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach ...

Childlike Faith

Faith is an area where growing up means we must become more like a child.

Humor: Paying Off God

Our 7-year-old daughter had just won $2.00 for her memory work in Sunday school. After the morning service, the pastor's wife congratulated her.

Our ...

Virtues of Character Development

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.

Prayer for Good People

O Lord, make the bad people good and the good people nice.

My Log, Your Speck

I can truthfully say that I am slow to see the blemishes of fellow beings, being myself full of them. And, therefore, being in need of their charity, ...

Pride Is a Contradiction

Oh what a constant companion, what a tyranical commander, what a sly and subtle insinuating enemy, is this sin of pride! ... Is not pride the sin of devils--the ...

Patience in Suffering

He is not truly patient who will suffer only as much as he pleases or from whom he pleases. A truly patient man gives no heed from whom he suffers, whether ...

The Ladder of Knowledge

Do you think to come to Jesus up the ladder of knowledge? Come down, sir; you will meet him at the foot.