Devotion
Stress And Sleep
Read: John 8:25-32 He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him. -John 8:29 John P. Robinson, often called America’s “time guru,” claims that people today sleep more than they think they do. He says that though they have more leisure […]
Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem
I love this great poem by Hopkins and pondering it recently, thought I would send it to people who love words. __________________ GOD’S GRANDEUR The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do […]
A Prayer For Busy (And Other) People
My Prayer Lord help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 7:41:23 am, e.s.t. God help me to consider people’s feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive. God help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they’re usually NOT my fault. God, help me to not try to RUN […]
The Way Out Of Trouble
THIS WAY OUT Once a ship was passing through the Straits of Magellan, location of the notorious Cape Horn to the south of South America. Passage through these Straits can be very dangerous because of rocks and extreme weather conditions. Just as the ship was entering the Strait it was hailed by another that signalled; […]
Our God Is A Creative God!
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 231 Here’s another daily meditation from my recent book of devotions ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco). Feel free to use/adapt it. These appear regularly on our mail-list. I have called Bezalel… and I have filled him with the Divine Spirit… to devise artistic designs. Exodus 31:1-4. Artistic creativity is a view of […]
Only Pretending
Read: Jeremiah 3:4-10 “Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretence,” says the Lord. -Jeremiah 3:10 Have you heard the story about a driver who put a note under the windshield wiper of a parked car? The note read, “I have just smashed into your car. The people who saw […]
Surprise Surprise!
Here’s another daily meditation from my recent book of devotions ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco). Feel free to use/adapt it. These appear regularly on our mail-list. Shalom!Rowland Croucher (‘servus servorum dei’; AMDG) Just remember what the Lord your God did… the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand […]
Christian Bio’s
These bio’s of great Christians appear regularly on the newsgroup bit.listserv.christia. They’re worth the visit to that group regularly… THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST, FRIAR, AND THEOLOGIAN (28 January 1274) In the thirteenth century, when Thomas Aquinas lived, the works of Aristotle, largely forgotten in Western Europe, began to be available again, partly from Eastern European sources […]
Surprise And Poverty
Here’s another daily meditation from my recent book of devotions ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco). Feel free to use/adapt it. These appear regularly on our mail-list. Shalom!Rowland Croucher (‘servus servorum dei’; AMDG) God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance… He gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. 2 Corinthians […]
Rescue At Sea
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village revolved around the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in cases of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale force storm capsized a […]
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