The Ancient of Days
I’m one day into 40 and found this entry in my prayer journal from a little over three years ago on Jeremiah 1.4-10 and 29.11-14: You know what you’re about, as John Henry Newman says. Nothing is endangered. Nothing can…
He Knows What He Is About
A prayer by John Henry Cardinal Newman God has created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission– I may never know it…
So How Was the March?
God works so slowly that he seems irresponsibly patient. When rain falls from the sky it’s almost as if God intends it to bless the righteous and the unrighteous alike. And when the sun rises, both the godly and the…
Spiritual Asceticism
“Faith without works is dead.” So says James, bringing a difficult tension into the Christian life. Protestant Christianity, at least, with its emphasis on faith alone, has had a difficult time figuring out what to do with James’s words. I…
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