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…
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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.…
Selflessness
Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call ‘humble’ nowadays: he will not be a…
Onward
C.S. Lewis is a compassionate writer. He remembers his unhappy childhood well enough to engage his readers (whatever their age) with impressive empathy. I wrote…
Home
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant…
Listen well
He that believeth all, misseth; he that believeth nothing, hits not.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 268. This one is a puzzle. Here's…
No doorbell
God comes to see without a bell.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 268. He's always there, of course, but this saying reminds us…
Transcendent beauty
There's a powerful moment in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Return of the King, when Sam is encouraged by the light of a star. He's engaged…
The good friend
Derek Kidner, in his commentary on Proverbs, offers the following outline describing "The Good Friend" according to the Proverbs in the Bible. Four Features of…