Advent Peace and Quiet

Advent was one week away so we thought we'd see what the children remembered from our family devotions the year before. "Who can tell me what the four ...

The Relationship between Grace and Peace

Grace and peace are twin sisters, grace being the firstborn. Where grace abounds, peace thrives. Where grace is stunted, peace shrivels.

Time Change

Time heals grief and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. It is ...

The Offence of Christ

I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offence in it. We cannot blink the fact that gentle ...

Religious Tolerance

Roger Williams, who fled Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island colony in pursuit of religious liberty, writes in The Bloody Tenant of Persecution (1644): ...

Making Peace

Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies.

Peace with God

Without justification it is impossible to have real peace. Conscience forbids it. Sin is a mountain between a man and God, and must be taken away. The ...

Living Fully

Your purpose ... has nothing to do with grandiose goals, lofty achievements, or universal fame. It is the quiet confidence that, even if you never leave ...

Peanuts on Inner Peace

I saw a Peanuts cartoon with Lucy saying to Charlie Brown, "I hate everything. I hate everybody. I hate the whole wide world!"

Charlie says, ...

Peace Through the Storm

It is a popular notion that the warmest part of this island must be in the center, away from the cold waters and high gales of the inconstant sea. But ...