Life in the Valleys

Sacrificing the routine is not what makes effective people. ... Most of us go through life for the peaks, rather than realizing that life is often lived ...

When God Speaks

Any of us more than 25 years old can probably remember where we were when we first heard of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. British novelist ...

Going Beyond Past Achievements

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

As It Was in the Beginning

Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering ...

Prayer as a Convenience

Prayer times have been slipped into the local church calendar week almost like fillers. We pray for one minute here and four minutes there. The pastor ...

The Dawn of Routine

There is an old story about a mother who walks in on her six-year-old son and finds him sobbing.

"What's the matter?" she asks.

"I've ...

Monotony in You

The monotony of life, if life is monotonous to you, is in you and not in the world.