By His blood
Here's a touching scene at the end of C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair (one of his Narnia Chronicles). Perhaps it will bring you hope today--as…
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Insight
A good judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 274. I love this one. The most insightful people I know…
A listening ear
One pair of ears draws dry a hundred tongues.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 272. This saying points out that the ratio of…
Local memory
Have you ever become so familiar with a book that you can flip easily to your favorite passages? Maybe you can close your eyes, and…
Reluctant convert
C.S. Lewis was a committed atheist before he became a Christian. He describes his journey in his spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Here's one of…
I am
In the Bible, when Moses asks God what his name is, God replies with a puzzling answer: “I AM WHO I AM. This is what…
Wise fools
If all fools wore white caps, we should seem a flock of geese.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The complete English Works, 272. I love this one--notice…
Plain and direct
"Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them."C.S. Lewis, Letters to Children. C.S. Lewis offers several…
Above the din
"People have grown accustomed to the elimination of the poetry of the world, to the mechanization of life, to the expulsion of beauty; but this…
Pain
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.C.S.…