Repost: Hymns – Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word

“But in all this fear, uncertainty, and unrest, we can find faith, hope, and love in God and His Word. Thus, we ask that God keep us in that Word that we might serve His kingdom and have peace.”Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word This was a new hymn to me. I am always …

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Rose: Review – The Great Gatsby

I wrote this for another blog a short time ago, but I thought some of you might be interested. I wasn’t sure about this book when I first started reading it, but by the end, I greatly appreciated it.

Thanks be to God for His gift of life!

Morning thoughts on “Learning in Wartime”

You would be surprised if you knew how soon one begins to feel the shortness of the tether, of how many things, even in middle life, we have to say ‘“No time for that,” “Too late now,” and “Not for me”… A more Christian attitude, which can be attained at any age, is that of …

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Morning thoughts on “The Weight of Glory”

It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant …

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