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“It's true, Christian-like or not; and is about as Christian-like as most other things in the world, said Alfred.”
“Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.”
“Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.”
“What you must realize, what you must even come to praise, is the fact that there is no right way that is going to become apparent to you once and for all. The most blinding illumination that strike...”
“What we call doubt is often simply dullness of mind and spirit, not the absence of faith at all, but faith latent with the lives we are not quite living, God dormant in the world to which we are no...”
“Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?”
“He had forgotten that God saw through the silk robes to the sinful heart, that the only wealth worth having was treasure in heaven, and that even the king had to kneel down in church. Feeling that ...”
“Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that "suits" him until he becomes a taster or conno...”
“Then its decided. In the end, we are just as mortal as man. But while God will save a few, we will corrupt and destroy the rest of them. That is the best way to hurt Him. While many worship what yo...”
“You will never be a leader in any area of your life if you are not a reader in those areas of life.”
“The idea of Christian perfection, which began in the ancient monasteries and spread to the world as an ideal, is one of the most appealing, demanding and ultimately hopeless notions of the spiritua...”
“As long as we keep loving, it will always be Christmas.”
“Jeff- "A Hanukkah tradition is making potato pancakes. For something a little different, use a sweet potato. Anything you'd like to add, Walter?"Walter- "Accept Jesus as your Savior or you'll burn ...”
“Instead of protesting and cursing others because they write "X-Mas" instead of "Christmas"; try being Christmas. Live Christmas. Breathe Christmas. Act Christmas. Speak Christmas. Reflect Christmas...”
“If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing ...”
“We could never muster the strength to make lasting changes in our lives. That's why we must rely on God's strength to transform us.”
“The Christian soul knows it needs Divine Help and therefore turns to Him Who loved us even while we were yet sinners. Examination of conscience, instead of inducing morbidity, thereby becomes an oc...”
“If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to l...”
“stars shine brighter in the blackness of darkness.Cheer up no matter your pains”
“I spend a lot of time looking up.”
