A friend shared with me this prayer by Thomas Merton from his book Thoughts in Solitude. It caught my attention and I hope it is meaningful to you as well. My Lord God,I have no idea where I am going.I do not see the road ahead of me.I cannot know for certain where it will …
Quotations on Temptation
“I can resist anything except temptation.” - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan "Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose." - Richard Sibbes "A celebrated decadent wrote, ‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to …
Downsizing
I ran across this quotation from Thomas Merton in an online article by Gordon MacDonald at Leadership Journal. It stopped me and made me think about how I live. Some of us need to Discover that we will not Begin to live more Fully until we have the Courage to do and see And taste …
Matthew Erickson 