Memories of our lives, our works, and our deeds will continue in the lives of others.
04156 – Memories Continue
read more
03329 – Fixing What’s Wrong
Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others.
03184 – The Fountain of Youth
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
02918 – Love Comes from God
May God gently place God's own heart right behind yours, so that the love you give in this work can come through you, but doesn't have to come from you.
02436 – Inner Truth: A Plumb Line
I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life--about the work that I do and how I do it, about the relationships I enter into and how I conduct them.
02297 – Should the Poor Have Leisure?
The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. In the early nineteenth century, fifteen hours was the ordinary day's work for a man; children sometimes did as much, and very commonly did twelve hours a day. When meddlesome busybodies...
02184 – Decision for Hope
The decision for hope rests on what we believe at the deepest levels — what our most basic convictions are about the world and about God and about the future. We choose hope, not as a naïve wish, but as a choice with our eyes wide open to the reality of the world and...
02176 – The Work of a Lifetime
The giving of ourselves to Christ is not the decision of an hour or a day, it is the work of a lifetime, with a new commitment every morning and a fresh surrender every night, until death finally seals our offering and our commitment is complete.
02149 – Grief & Gratitude: Hand in Hand
The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That's how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I'll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only...
02144 – Thunder vs. Lightning
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.