“In theMemoirs, Saint-Simon’s observations allowed him to describe vividly both the elegance and the corruption of the court of Versailles. Despite some errors of fact and interpretation, his knowledge of history made him aware of the breakdown of traditional checks and balances that underlay Lo...
The pain that made her stumble, and would pierce her soul again. It was time. She who had dwelled a lifetime in the courts of God had become a dwelling place of God. All her prayers, her tears and fasting had pointed to NOW. It was time. Simeon’s song of praise had sung her ...
This is a poem, entitled “I Know The Man”. It is intended to be a song one day. So until that happens, I am hoping this post and poem will bring light into your life, the light of Jesus. I hope you like it. Just imagine a tune as you are reading it, one that is happy,...
Yet he echoes the language of Genesis 1:27, where we are told that God “created mankind in his own image,” when he says in Hebrews 2:17 that the pre-existent Son was “made like” (ὁμοιωθῆναι) us, “fully human in every way.” The Te Deum, a Latin hymn of t...
I want to return briefly to verse 21. Luke wrote, “When Jesus also had been baptized and was praying….” A recurring theme in Luke is the centrality of prayer in Jesus’s life and ministry. Again, if the Son of God, the Word made flesh, needed prayer, how much more do the rest...
this world is old stone and thatch; whitewash; exposed brick; big dogs. this world is nice; cath kidston quaint and barbour – new cars, old homes, and a pub that sells wasabi peas this world is what we want, I’m told, it’s where we go ...
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When we first did this about ten years ago, I was a bit worried having to walk and pray in the developing communities, then genuflecting on the dirty streets, beside dogs and chickens. But this also opened my eyes to the circumstances of how other people lived, and I became more ...
We have eyes that can see, but we know an eagle can see much better than people. How about our noses? We love to smell pizza or homemade bread, but dogs can smell amazingly better than people. What about our hearing? Well, it is found that the moth hears best of all created creatu...
Now the man who ponders upon this event may reasonably marvel at the strange turn which fortune took; for the same man [Aristaios (Aristaeus)] who saw his son [Aktaion (Actaeon)] done to death by the dogs likewise put an end to the influence of the star which, of all the stars ...