The Christian’s Mindset
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (8) The radiance of Christ’s face,beautiful before all things,let us seek more earnestlythan the frail flower of flesh… From the things of earth, lift upthe eye of your heart, of faith:love the most loving of hosts—the company of angels. – Columbanus, “Poem on the World’s Impermanence” (ca. 700 AD)[1] You are fairer than […]
Running Together
Christians live in community, in congregations of churches. Our communities are part of the larger Christian community, and together we are called to seek the Kingdom of God within and for the yet larger community of which we are a part. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 87 and […]
The Goal in Sight
NB: Due to a posting glitch yesterday (my bad!), we are resending yesterday’s Scriptorium for today. Matthew 20: Calvary in Sight (3) Pray Psalm 34.1-3.I will bless the LORD at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;The humble shall hear of it and be glad.Oh, magnify the LORD with me,And let us exalt His name […]
ASCENSION OF OUR LORD: Seated in Heavenly Places
The unshakable, rollicking optimism of the first Christians, who went on feeling and proclaiming that life was wonderful and the world a marvelous place because Jesus was on the throne of the universe, was beyond comprehension.
Dialogue 9 — Introduction to Job
Job 1:6–12 (ESV) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and […]