An orphan girl in India was desperate to find a home. One day, she approached a visiting missionary teacher from a nearby village and asked the woman for help. The teacher had no room in her home for the girl, and no money to make a place. ”But I will pray and ask God for [...]
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Last night I finished reading a book, ‘Notes from the Dog’, by Gary Paulsen. Second book in a row that I’d read because a dog plays a major part. Second book in a row that has cancer as a main player in the story. That was not intentional. Yet, as I was several pages into [...] Photo by Ellie Seaby “Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through a station: being alive, it has the privilege of always moving yet never leaving anything behind. Whatever we have been, in some sort we are still.” – C. S. Lewis These were sobering words this morning. It [...] “It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world’s progress has come out of such loneliness.” – Bruce Barton Really? I mean REALLY? It is hard for me to imagine being alone. Maybe I’m odd because when I think “alone” I think without [...] Last night I finished reading (actually more like listening to) Ted Dekkers ‘Circle’ trilogy. I’m not going to play the part of book critic this morning, but one of the things that it made me think about was how I view people who are different than I am. Different skin. Different thoughts. Different beliefs. Different [...] “To know someone here or there with whom you feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed – that can make of this earth a garden.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When I first read this I thought, of course, of myself and how I could be that person for someone. Silly [...] |
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