A Question of Orientation Our primary orientation cannot be to an institution or some great cause or even other people, but first and forever to God.  Unless our identity is hid in God we will never know who we are or what we are to do.  (John Westerhoff III and John Eusden, from The Spiritual… Read More »

The True Test If we desire a simple test of the quality of our spiritual life, a consideration of the tranquility, gentleness and strength with which we deal with the circumstances of our outward life will serve us better than anything that is based on the loftiness of our religious notions, or the fervor of… Read More »

Advent Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heavenly music floats O’er all the weary world: Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing: And ever o’er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing. An ye, beneath life’s crushing load, Whose forms are bending low,… Read More »

Before the Bar I’ve shared the story of Cindy’s family coming face to face with the state trooper who killed her father in a car accident.  They were in their lawyer’s office before going to court for his sentencing.  He’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide.  The state trooper had served 10 years in the military… Read More »

As the Election Approaches I’ve recently become interested in a YouTube sensation, Dr. Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist.  He lays no claim to faith and resists being asked about belief in God.  But he has done a series of Biblical talks on Genesis from a psychological perspective and is not afraid to quote Jesus.  I… Read More »