DIGGING  OUR  NEIGHBORS

Quote for the Day - July 18,  2010


"We may serve God by digging with the hands, or by talking friendly with our neighbor."


Robert Hugh Benson [1871-1914] in The History of Richard Raynal Solitary - 20th Century

FAITH  AND  EXPERIENCE

Quote for the Day - July 17,  2010

“Faith begins as an experiment and ends as an experience.”

William Ralph Inge, [1860-1954]

JUST  DO  SOMETHING!

Quote for the Day - July 16, 2010


"The happy people are those who are producing something.”

William Ralph Inge, [1860-1954] kept busy. Besides being an Anglican priest and teacher he produced 35 books - and many articles. Was he a happy person? I assume so. I was wondering how often did he study the question of happiness. I was also wondering how he dealt with the death of his daughter Paula who "developed type 1 diabetes before insulin was widely available in the UK and died aged 14." [Wikepedia]

HAPPINESS

Quote for the Day - July 15, 2010

“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except they are so.”

William Ralph Inge [1860-1954]

Take a look at William Ralph Inge. To quote St. Peter, "I don't know the man."

I was intrigued by the quote I put for yesterday July 14th. Then I started to dabble in some other quotes by him and then some comments about him - on line. "He was nicknamed, 'The Gloomy Dean' because of his pessimistic views in his Evening Standard articles."

Here is an interesting comment from Wikipedia that might trigger a good discussion: "He was a strong proponent of a spiritual type of religion—'that autonomous faith which rests upon experience and individual inspiration' — as opposed to one of coercive authority; so he was outspoken in his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. His thought, on the whole, represents a blending of traditional Christian theology with elements of Platonic philosophy."

More tomorrow ....

GOD  HAS  A  SENSE
OF HUMOR,
HE  CREATED  US.

Quote for the Day - July 14,  2010

"I have never understood

why it should be considered

derogatory to the Creator

to suppose that He has

a sense of humor."

William Ralph Inge

PRAYING FOR 
FORGIVENESS

Quote for the Day -- July 13, 2010


"I firmly believe
a great many prayers
are not answered
because
we are not willing
to forgive someone."




Dwight Lyman Moody [1837-1899]



Picture on top: Dwight Lyman Moody


In Google, type in "Dwight L. Moody" - and then check out his life in Wikipedia. Then reread the quote of the day.

WHEN  RELIGION
IS  REAL

Quote for the Day - July 12,  2010


"Religion is not an intelligence test, but a faith."


Edgar Watson Howe, [1853-1937] Sinner Sermons, 1926