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Talk Big, Play Small
Yesterday’s Commercial Appeal (9/19/21) had this big headline: MORE THAN TALK. It was the story of a Mississippi doctor who bought a hospital that was about to close. Dr. Kenneth Williams, who saw patients there, learned the hospital was likely going to close and...
Our actions speak so loudly that people can’t hear what we say.
Francis de Sales: Be Meek Toward Yourself
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matthew 10:29-30, NIV) What do you think you are worth? The saint with whom we’re spending the...
Growth in Barren Places
On a camping vacation in the Rocky Mountains I was amazed at a certain green plant on ledges of a bare rock. There is no dirt for its roots, yet it tenaciously clings to the rock through wind and storm. A park ranger provided the answer to this plant’s mysterious...
Francis de Sales: Awareness of God’s Presence
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there...
Photograph taken by Bill Hart
The Best Lack Conviction, the Worst Full of Intensity
A news article shared the fact that a New Jersey school district was removing the names of all holidays from the school calendar so as not to offend anyone. The decision came after a raucous debate in a public meeting about the decision to replace “Columbus Day” with...
Francis de Sales: Devotion and Discipline
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to...