You must be prepared to work always without applause.
04127 – Whether Someone Claps, or Not
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03987 – Luck is…
Luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
02832 – The Best Way to Prepare…
The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never forget the presence of Christ.
02511 – Hardships
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
00413 – Jesus Offers Himself
How could following Jesus really be that easy? Didn’t he say, himself, that people had to be prepared to leave behind family, possessions, even their own life? Yes, he did. But the ease and the joy, the rest and refreshment which he offered, all spring from his own...
00334 – Prepare the Way of the Lord!
He who speaks to us in Advent…knows the wilderness into which we have wandered, and the wildness of the world we have on our hands. It is precisely there we are to prepare the way of the Lord. Into the desert of this weary world we are thrust to transform and make it...
00257 – Family? Or God’s Kingdom?
The context for much of what Jesus said about the family was his vision of the coming crisis of God’s reign which would turn ordinary life on its head. He perceived the coming of the kingdom to be a revolutionary event; the family could no longer provide true security...
00062 – Beware!
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion—which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the will of God and are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who...
00033 – Baptism in Community
The community of Christ is called and equipped in baptism. In baptism we are taught to find our strength in God and God’s people rather than ourselves. We are prepared for the shock of moral transformation by a cleansing, cold bath. We are born, drowned, adopted,...