“If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.” Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God, Paris, circa 1680
On this day 2,506 years ago, a group from the Jewish diaspora, led by Ezra, set out from Babylon for their spiritual home in Jerusalem. The second major group to return from the Jewish exile, Ezra travelled with some 5,000 returnees.(2) He had been given the blessing...
On Planned Acts Of Kindness: “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson On Unplanned Acts Of Kindness: The Word of God includes numerous instances of unplanned decent treatment of strangers,...
Father, we want to see ourselves as You do and live our lives as You intend. Expose in us the empty and barren places where we have not allowed You to enter. Selah