Tuesday, April 30, 2024

A healthy soul

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A healthy soul, therefore, must do two things for us. First, it must put some fire in our veins, keep us energized, vibrant, living with zest...

Mumble those words! (Tozer for Tuesday)

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We imagine that if we say certain words, we will have power to bring good. If we say certain other words, they have power to fend off the de...

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky (Tennyson)

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537 Wild Bells L. M. D. 1 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,    The flying cloud, the frosty light;    The year is dying in the night; ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Every choice is a renunciation

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Medieval philosophy had a dictum that said: Every choice is a renunciation. Indeed. Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one ...

Father, let me dedicate all this year to thee

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535 Dedication. 7. 5. 7. 5. D. 1 Father, let me dedicate    All this year to you,    In whate'er my earthly state,    In whate'er I...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Another Year is Dawning

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534 Bremen. 7. 6. 7. 6. 1 Another year is dawning,    Dear Master, let it be,    In working or in waiting,    Another year with Thee. 2 An...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

O God our help in ages past

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533 St. Anne. C. M. 1 O God, our Help in ages past,    Our Hope for years to come,    Our shelter from the stormy blast,    And our eternal...
Friday, April 26, 2024

What is a saint?

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A saint is someone who can, precisely, channel powerful eros in a creative, life-giving way. Soren Kierkegaard once defined a saint as someon...

Ten thousand times ten thousand

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531 Alford. 7. 6. 8. 6. D. 1 Ten thousand times ten thousand    In sparkling raiment bright,    The armies of the ransomed saints    Throng...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

It's not optional!

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Spirituality is not something on the fringes, an option for those with a particular bent. None of us has a choice. Everyone has to have a sp...

Jerusalem the golden

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529 Ewing. 7. 6. 7. 6. D. 1 Jerusalem the golden,    With milk and honey blest!    Beneath thy contemplation    Sink heart and voice oppres...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

We intend to communicate

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One of the strongest claims of the [relevance] theory is that humans, by producing utterances, have the intention to communicate, a claim th...

For all the saints, who from their labor rest

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527 Sarum. 10. 10. 10. 10. with Allelulias.       (second tune) Sine Nomine. 10. 10. 10. with Allelulias. 1 For all the saints who from the...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

A summary of a few Greek particles

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I append here a brief summary of my suggestions for these particles: Ἵνα introduces a potential state of affairs; Ὅτι by contrast introduc...

The transforming power of the gospel (Tozer for Tuesday)

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If the gospel does not change a man, transform him and take the evil out of him, then he does not have the gospel in power. The gospel is a ...

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

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523 Varina. C. M. D. 1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,    And cast a wishful eye    To Canaan's fair and happy land,    Where my ...
Monday, April 22, 2024

More on οὖν

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The procedural instruction that the particle οὖν gives is: ‘this is still relevant’! In other words it encourages the reader to proceed with...

Sound familiar?

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The “mobilizing passions” of fascism: (1) a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond the reach of any traditional solutions; (2) the primacy of t...

It singeth low in every heart

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521 Auld Lang Syne. C. M. D. 1 It singeth low in every heart,    We hear it each and all;    A song of those who answer not,    However we ...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Abide with me

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520 Eventide. 10. 10. 10. 10. 1 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;    The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide    When other helpers ...