Religion Fails If It Cannot Speak To

I Thank You For My Friends, For Those Who Understand Me Better Than I Understand Myself. For Those Who Know Me At My Worst, And Still Like Me. For Those Who Have Forgiven Me When I Had No Right To Expect To Be Forgiven. Help Me To Be As True To My Friends As I Would Wish Them To Be To Me.

We Have A Duty To Encourage One Another. Many A Time A Word Of Praise Or Thanks Or Appreciation Or Cheer Has Kept A Man On His Feet. Blessed Is The Man Who Speaks Such A Word.

We Reverence God And We Hallow God's Name When Our Life Is Such That It Brings Honor To God And Attracts Others To Him.

It May Well Be That The World Is Denied Miracle After Miracle And Triumph After Triumph Because We Will Not Bring To Christ What We Have And What We Are. If, Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On The Altar Of Service Of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us And Through Us.

It May Well Be A Sign Of The Decadence Of The Church And The Failure Of Christianity That Gifts Have To Be Coaxed Out Of People, And That Often They Will Not Give At All Unless They Get Something For Their Money In The Way Of Entertainment Or Of Goods. Giving Which Is Real Giving Has A Certain Recklessness In It.