Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Busy Prayer

Let me never be so caught up in my own troubles and anxieties and frustrations and hopes and ideals that I fail to hear Your impulses to love.

Apocalypse Now

God reserves hell for those who put others through hell now.

Belief and Actions

"If someone believed what we know we should believe, would he do what we do?" -Fenelon

Anxiety and Satan

"By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there." -Francis of Assisi

Speaking and Being

"We must still become what we want to say, 'cause that's still the way He takes to the world." -Derek Webb

"Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words." -Francis of Assisi

Presence

God is there for us when no one else is. Let's take what opportunity we can to be there for Him.

Basic Philosophical Treatise

Truth leads to the good. To live the good is to live truth. But both truth and goodness can only be communicated to others through beauty.

Science or Fantasy?

"There are many levels of Nature, and each one is supernatural to the last." -C.S. Lewis

Justice NOW! Or not...

The most powerful tool to establish justice is prayer.

A Question of Character

In evaluating our lives, we shouldn't be asking, "Did I do what I wanted to do?", but rather, "Am I who I wanted to be?"