God Will Help
Tough Minded
The Heart of the Universe
“For what good, for what divine purpose is the maker of the sparrow present at its death, if he does not care what becomes of it? What is he there for, I repeat, if he have no care that it go well with his bird in its dying, that it be neither comfortless nor lost … Continue reading The Heart of the Universe
ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM
Not that the widespread wings of wrong brood o'er a moaning earth, Not from the clinging curse of gold, the random lot of birth; Not from the misery of the weak, the madness of the strong, Goes upward from our lips the cry, "How long, oh Lord, how long?" Not only from the huts of … Continue reading ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM
A Quiet Thought
I have been so busy lately, and you could say laden with many burdens. It's not that it's been terrible, just a lot of things, on several fronts at the same time. And it's not that I mind the work, or figuring out the answers to the challenges life has sent my way. That's what … Continue reading A Quiet Thought
Sad and Certain Things
Images, Forms, Haunting, and Burning
I have come back to read The Pilgrim's Regress again, and my sense of wonder is refreshed once more at CS Lewis's depth of insight in this book. There are so many important and beautiful pieces - that is, pieces that are good, and true; and so, at the crest, crowned for me with the … Continue reading Images, Forms, Haunting, and Burning
