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It is impossible to read too much, but always keep before you why you read. Remember that “the need to receive, recognize, and rely on the Holy Spirit” is before all else. —Oswald Chambers, Approved Unto God, 11 L (Amazon Associates Link) Questions for reflection: how do you rely on the Holy Spirit in your reading? Your scholarship? Your teaching? 

“Hospitality, therefore, means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines.” ― …

For True Joy Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to …

“In contrast to the secularist outlook, said Gaebelein, Christians must insist that ‘our intellectual life is infused with faith.’ But that does not mean that Christian intellectual activity is an easy thing. We must pay a price if we are to use our minds to glorify God. ‘And the price will not come down. It is nothing less than the …

On Earth as It is in Heaven Lord, never having been there, my question is: What is heaven on earth to me?  Is it the possibility of man existing side by side with the animals, none preying upon the other? Is it taking part in  the dance of the stars in heaven, of the trees  and mountains and waves in …

“The task for followers of Christ is to take on the things that lift our spirit and let go of, that is, become poor to, the things that drag us down.” –Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century, from Gregory of Nyssa: Sermons on the Beatitudes (Formatio, 2012), p. 33. Questions for reflection: How does your communication “lift the spirit” of others? …

“. . . So may I go from this place to live my Christianity every day, in the things I say to others, in the things I do for others, in the way I live with others, that my own witness may be made to the love of Christ Jesus, my Lord. A-men” –Peter Marshall (1902-1949), from The Prayers of …

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” –Proverbs 15:1 (New International Version) Questions for reflection: what does a “gentle” answer look or sound like? Is it difficult for you to be “gentle” with your communication? What makes your communication “harsh”? 

Prayer to God the Father O Lord, who has mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of Your Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore You, a heart to delight in You, to follow and …