Idle Talk
“Our tongue is set in motion by nothing else but the heart. All the superfluousness accumulated in the heart is poured out by the tongue,...
Thoughts (Battling Them)
“…we should not expect to experience anything but struggle in this life. Actually, I have accepted this for myself and it has made the...
Weakness
“Although it is not readily apparent, we experience disappointments and hardships first as shame. It is only after the experience of...
Reductionism
“This reduction of the world to information is a common error of the modern period. The world and data-about-the-world are considered to...
Shame
“We do not always press the point of our shame to a place that is unbearable, but we do well to learn how to go to that place when we...
God's Will vs Self Will
“Doing God’s will is easier said than done, for many factors enter into our lives which weaken our resolve to do His will. One only has...
Time Management
“We speak about our mindset and disposition towards our lives in this world. When we are living in a proactive spirit or disposition, we...
Love and Suffering
“In Christ’s teaching, suffering is not abolished – it is communed. The Bread we eat is a communion in the broken Body of Christ. The Cup...
Thankfulness
“I find the bits and pieces of everyday life much more precious than the hopes and dreams of an unlived future. Clouds passing in the sky...
Repentance (and Regret)
“The way of truth refers to the path of wisdom exemplified in the lives of the sons of God, the saints. Like Judas, the ungodly have a...