The Open Gate - Introduction
The Open Gate - Introduction
by SPCK - David Adam
Introduction As long as we are alive, we are on the move. To become static is to stagnate and die. It is necessary for all living things to move and grow and change. Life is meant to be an adventure; change is a gift that we have to learn to use aright. In Celtic folk-tales a cur…
The Open Gate - Preparation
The Open Gate - Preparation
by SPCK - David Adam
Preparation We all need to prepare ourselves for prayer, just as we get ourselves ready for meeting a friend. There are things we will want to share, and events we will want to talk about. We may want a bit of support or guidance, we may want to offer to do some work for our frie…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - GLOSSARY
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - GLOSSARY
by SPCK - John Goldingay
GLOSSARY aide A supernatural agent through whom God may appear and work in the world. Standard English translations refer to them as “angels,” but this designation is inclined to suggest ethereal figures with wings, wearing diaphanous white dresses. Aides are humanlike figures; h…
The Surprise Bride
The Surprise Bride
by Rev. Margaret Roe
Leah – Genesis 29:14b-30 Leah recalls her surprise that she is to be married. The surprise bride Let’s face it. I was jealous of my younger sister. She seemed to have everything going for her. She was more attractive than I was, more popular, and in love with this young man Jacob…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The game with minutes
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The game with minutes
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The game with minutes “Disillusioned by all our other efforts, we now see that the only hope left for the human race is to become like Christ.” That is the statement of a famous scientist, and is being repeated among ever more educators, statesmen, and philosophers. Yet Christ ha…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 28 SEPTEMBER 1931 The fashion today is to place God in court and give Him a trial. We have had such a lust for “debunking” every good and useful man in history that even God cannot escape. It is one of the unfortunate by-products of the quest for truth, plus an unlove…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 5 April 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 5 April 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 5 APRIL 1931 We see ourselves on trial with Jesus. He could walk into the jaws of death to do His blessed work for others. He could dare to speak out against wrong and take the consequences. He could receive floggings, could allow men to spit in His face, could endure…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - Biographical information
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - Biographical information
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
Biographical information Frank C. Laubach (September 2, 1884 –June 11, 1970) was a Christian evangelical missionary and mystic known as “The Apostle to the Illiterates.” A Pennsylvanian, Laubach trained at Princeton University, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University …
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 11 October 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 11 October 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 11 OCTOBER 1931 Knowing God better and better is an achievement of friendship. “When two persons fall in love there may be such a strong feeling of fellowship, such a delight in the friend’s presence, that one may lose oneself in the deepening discovery of another per…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931 (2)
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931 (2)
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 28 SEPTEMBER 1931 When one has struck some wonderful blessing that all mankind has a right to know about, no custom or false modesty should prevent him from telling it, even though it may mean the unbarring of his soul to the public gaze...
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 March 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 March 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 25 February 1931 As I lay on the warm earth on Signal Hill last night, I asked God the question, “Why is it that Thou dost allow us on this earth to do nearly all the talking? Why do we not always hear Thy voice, since Thou art so much wiser than we are?”...
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 January 1932
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 January 1932
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 2 JANUARY 1932 In school a teacher lays out work for his pupils. I resolve to accept each situation of this year as God’s layout for that hour, and never to lament that it is a very commonplace or disappointing task. One can pour something divine into every situation.…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 25 February 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 25 February 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 25 February 1931 As I lay on the warm earth on Signal Hill last night, I asked God the question, “Why is it that Thou dost allow us on this earth to do nearly all the talking? Why do we not always hear Thy voice, since Thou art so much wiser than we are?”...
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 84; 1, 2
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 84; 1, 2
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 84. 1, 2 A primary school in the diocese dedicated to St Luke gave me a bird-box which I have nailed near the tree. I imagine St Luke would approve for he captured vividly the image of Jesus comparing himself with a nesting bird gathering chicks under her wings.
The unexpected move