Letter to the Editor: I'm sure that I am not the first person to say this, but your letters page is a fun place to say things, so I'll say it here, hoping to know whether you think I am onto ...
A Potpourri of Letters, Rose Leaves and All
Purified by Fire
“Every week you place all your ambitions on His altar and watch them ascend to Heaven in a column of smoke. When you get to your office Monday morning, they will be there on your desk, cleansed and waiting for you.”
Ploductivity, p. 78
Tracking Sin In
God “knows when we come to church and do not confess our sins honestly at the beginning of the service. He knows when we move through the rest of the service pretending that we didn’t track in what He knows we tracked in.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 93
Seems Like That to Me Too
And Be There as a Permanent Resident
“What is in the sermon must be in the preacher first.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 167
Where the Glory is Sought
“God created us for glory, and there is no way for us to find a switch that will turn that off. We are inveterate glory seekers, and the thing that distinguishes a good man from a bad man is what he finds glorious—not whether he finds something glorious.”
Ploductivity, p. 76
Which Would Be a Poor Exchange
“Glory is not something that fossilizes. When the Spirit departs, the glory departs, and the church building becomes Ichabod Memorial . . . Let us never exchange the glory of God for a fog of nuance.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, pp. 91-92
White Babies
I have apparently said something outrageous again, and it has been brought to my attention (again). The adversaries that God has been pleased to assign to my case have made a scary looking meme that gives you a snippet of what I said, along with a picture of me falling asleep. Reading comprehension is not …
Small and Meaningful
“Remembering the finitude of your labors will keep you humble. Recognizing that your labors have a place in God’s cosmic intentions for the universe will keep you from thinking that your tiny labors are stupid labors. They are nothing of the kind.”
Ploductivity, p. 74
More Coming
“The privilege we have in this world is to yearn for the next.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 89