C.S. Lewis – Quote on Praise

by | Jun 29, 2013 | Quotes

…praise almost seems to be inner health made audible… (quote from C.S. Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms) The most obvious fact about praise—whether of God or anything—strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the...

C.S. Lewis Quotes – The Weight of Glory

by | Apr 30, 2013 | Quotes

It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he...

Quote on Friendship

by | Mar 19, 2013 | Quotes

This article was found in Tim Keller’s book, The Meaning of Marriage. “…the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person–having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and...

Quotes on The Wounded Healer (Henry Nouwen)

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Quotes

A minster is not a doctor whose primary task is to take away pain. Rather, he deepens the pain to a level where it can be shared. When someone comes with his loneliness to the minister, he can only expect that his loneliness will be understood and felt, so that he no...

Quotes on Loneliness from The Wounded Healer (Henry Nouwen)

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Quotes

The Christian way of life does not take away our loneliness; it protects and cherishes it as a precious gift. Sometimes it seems as if we do everything possible to avoid the painful confrontation with our basic human loneliness, and allow ourselves to be trapped by...