Set your heart on doing good … Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. –– Buddha The news these days isn’t good. Mass shootings, bad weather, people without home, food, or water, and in every town anger and vitriol seems on the rise. It’s enough to depress a new…
Month: October 2017
He Would Be There All Night
Atticus is sitting with Jem as he sleeps, watching over him after the attack by Bob Ewell: He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. — Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird. No wonder Jesus called God — “Father.” Although many believe humans are created in God’s image…
Taint’t Worthwhile to Wear a Day All Out Before It Comes.
Taint’t worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes. — Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs In her classic novel, Sarah Orne Jewett, sums up a primary cause of loss of sleep for most of us — anxiety about events yet to occur. Although we are told “be not anxious” and…
A Time To Rest
In the tempestuous ocean of time and toil there is an island of stillness where a man may enter a harbor and reclaim his dignity. That island is the seventh day. — Rabbi Abraham Heschel I read recently that on the Sabbath Jesus only performed one kind of miracle — healing. I think we as a…