Skillful Sailors

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Speak with Humility

Always speak as one who learns and not as one who knows.

In Sickness or in Health

I took you, love,

In sickness or in heath,

For better or for worse.

And now I live my promise out. ...

The promises we made

Hold and support us both.

We are ...

America's Sin of Self-Sufficiency

In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. Let me read a portion of his proclamation on that ...

Tiny Sacrifices

Fred Craddock, in an address to ministers, caught the practical implications of consecration. "To give my life for Christ appears glorious," ...

Imitating the Real Thing

It should always be noted that the more excellent something is the more likely it will be imitated. There are many false diamonds and rubies, but who ...

The Example of Mozart

Tchaikovsky says somewhere in one of his letters that he owed to Mozart the fact that he had devoted his whole life to music. Did you catch in that sentence ...

When Another Stumbles

If you see another stumble or fall, let your first thought be that, of all men, you are most likely to stumble or fall in that same manner.

More Important Than Me

The most important thing my dad ever taught me is that there are more important things than me.

A Difficult Prayer

Often it is through poverty of spirit that the wretched body so readily complains. Pray therefore humbly to the Lord that he may give you the spirit of ...