The Author Knows

Christopher Morley said:
I went to the theatre
With the author of a successful play.
He insisted on explaining everything.
Told me what to watch,
The details of direction,
The errors of the property man,
The foibles of the star.
He anticipated all my surprises
And ruined the evening.
Never again!–And mark you,
The greatest Author of all
Made no such mistake.
So, maybe it is a good [...]

Never Alone

Psalm 13
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and everyday have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to [...]

Conjugation

“We mostly spend [our] lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do. Craving, clutching and fussing, we are kept in perpetual unrest.” -Evelyn Underhill

How’s my hair?

Barry Steinman has an interesting point: “Staring at the back of someone’s head for 90 minutes on a Sunday morning is not my idea of fun. I do not understand how staring at the back on someone’s head has anything to do with fellowship.”
How do we practice the “one anothers” if the only [...]