From the book The Pastor’s Soul Volume 5: Leading With Integrity
INTEGRITY GROWS WITH PROPER ASSOCIATION. Our friendships not only define us but develop and energize us. I have found a new, profitable companion—Francois Fenelon, the French mystic of three hundred years ago. He and Oswald Chambers are my daily counsel. They differ in that Oswald [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Fenelon
Posted in Books on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
moment of lucidity in the desert place
Posted in thoughts on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
the cross is never meant to be easy to bear, and no earthly comfort can provide food for my soul. God alone is my resource. Such a dark period of spiritual wandering and afflicted body. my feverish flesh and painful existence is a thorn that makes me aware of my own mortality and weakness. God’s [...]
desert in the valley
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged New Haven Call on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear NHC Signer,
Is your vision for radical transformation on your campus growing dim? Is fervor fading in your prayers and fasting? Has your FAITH dwindled to faith?
Hear a portion of a puritan prayer entitled, “The Valley of Vision“:
Let me learn by paradox
that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to [...]
