We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.
03175 – Raising Children
Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into...
02433 – Church: Neither Master nor Servant of the State
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an...
01853 – The Critic Doesn’t Count
It is not the critic who counts. ... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly ... who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall...
01796 – The Answer to Injustice
The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic, but to end the injustice.