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The Gospel According to twilight - Introduction
The Gospel According to twilight - Introduction
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
INTRODUCTION My daughter, an engineering graduate student, had scarcely gotten into the car with her suitcase when she thrust a book into my hands. Twilight. “Mom, you should read this,” she said. “Vampires?” I asked. Really? I had better things to do over Christmas break, and I …
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 June 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 June 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 3 JUNE 1930 This experiment which I am trying is the most strenuous discipline which any man ever attempted. I am not succeeding in keeping God in my mind very many hours of the day, and from the point of view of experiment number one, I should have to record a pretty…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 July 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 July 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 2 JULY 1930 The newest experiment, and at present the most thrilling, is letting God talk through my own tongue and through my own fingers on the typewriter. I have been letting my tongue talk on Signal Hill behind my house and then have come home and written on the t…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 14 May 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 14 May 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 14 MAY 1930 Oh, this thing of keeping in constant touch with God, of making Him the object of my thought and the companion of my conversations, is the most amazing thing I ever ran across. It is working. I cannot do it even half of a day—not yet, but I believe I shall…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:10-11
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:10-11
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:10-11 It is one thing to think a thought, it is quite another to bury it and hide it in the heart. Years ago people would learn verses of the Bible off by heart; sadly this is no longer in vogue educationally. Pity! We deprive ourselves. Memorizing a verse, meditating o…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 33:11, 14, 20
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 33:11, 14, 20
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 33:11, 14, 20 This psalm comes to a crescendo with a psalm of praise to the heart of God. His word is true, his works are faithful, he loves justice, he’s made the earth full of goodness and oceans full of treasure. These are just some of the signs of the providence that fl…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 34:1, 18
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 34:1, 18
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 34:1, 18 Contrition comes in many guises. A bogus one is betrayed by the little word ‘if ’, for example, ‘I’m sorry if you feel so upset.’ This apology is qualified. It transfers responsibility away from the culprit and on to the victim. Instead of taking the weight of the …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 32:12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 32:12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 32:12 This psalm with its final verse offers hope to us all because the ‘true of heart’ at the end of the song are none other than the unrighteous at the beginning! When we become aware of the call of God to commit our life or to give ourselves more wholeheartedly we can ho…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 27:15-16
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 27:15-16
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 27:15-16 With these words I began to come to terms with the news that I was to have major heart surgery. All of us have our own stories of confronting something we dread, and then feeling faint. Ever since doing biology at school I had been squeamish and nervous about the i…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 35:20, 25
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 35:20, 25
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 35:20, 25 Civilized and liberal societies that over the centuries have tamed the wilder elements of humanity find the concepts of original sin and evil either unfamiliar or uncomfortable. But, as Golding’s Lord of the Flies showed, these realities lurk underneath the surfac…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 7:10-11
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 7:10-11
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 7:10-11 For the righteous God: trieth the very hearts and reins. My help cometh of God: who preserveth them that are true of heart. The character of God feels to me at times as if it were kept under a soundproof blanket. Just as well! He shudders in indignation at the unjus…
The Gospel According to twilight - Engaging the Powers
The Gospel According to twilight - Engaging the Powers
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Engaging the Powers Chapter 8 The Reconciliation of All Things When I was in junior high, my brother and I spent many Saturday afternoons mesmerized by old vampire movies. White-knuckled, we watched as the handsome vampire hunter descended the staircase into the crypt, wooden sta…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119: 10-11
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119: 10-11
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119. 10, 11 It is one thing to think a thought, it is quite another to bury it and hide it in the heart. Years ago people would learn verses of the Bible off by heart; sadly this is no longer in vogue educationally. Pity! We deprive ourselves. Memorizing a verse, meditating…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 141:4
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 141:4
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 141:4 The strong language of the psalms is not for the faint-hearted. It can repel those who come to the psalms seeking sincerely to find or to strengthen their faith. References to ‘evil’, to the ‘ungodly’ and to ‘wickedness’, and imprecations asking that the enemy should …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:111, 112 The word of God comes to us in several ways. Supremely in Jesus who was ‘the Word made flesh’ (cf. John 1.14). Without the Bible Jesus is a contentless word. It is Scripture that gives substance and meaning to his life, death and resurrection. Jesus’ own atti…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 94:15, 19
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 94:15, 19
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 94:15, 19 The heart is scarred by sorrow when we see the casualties of injustice. Righteousness is both personal and social. It speaks of and to an individual’s dealings with others; it also refers to structures and systems that emerge from and affect the whole of society. …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12