Better to Dare

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy ...

God Wants Living Sacrifices

(God) wants our bodies as living sacrifices, not corpses.

Making a Life

Making a life is more significant than making a living.

The Contented Fisherman

In Our Daily Bread, Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat.

"Why ...

The Church Needs Tools

The church wants not more consecrated philanthropists, but a disciplined priesthood of theocentric souls who shall be tools and channels of the Spirit ...

Every Instrument Is Necessary

A conductor was rehearsing his great orchestra. The organ was rolling, giving beautiful melody. The drums were thundering. The trumpets were blaring out. ...

Getting Our Hands Dirty

We are agents of the Creative Spirit in this world. Real advance in the spiritual life, then, means accepting this vocation with all it involves. Not ...

Janitorial Ministry

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

Even Jesus Needed Rest

When Jesus felt overwhelmed he said to his disciples, "Come away for awhile and rest."

Created to Stretch

God created man something on the order of a rubber band. A rubber band is made to stretch. When it is not being stretched, it is small and relaxed, but ...