Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid (as we’re inclined to do), I do not need a handsome man but let him be like You; I do not need one big and strong nor yet so very tall, nor need he be some genius, or wealthy, Lord, at all; but let …
And still the final word we Christians can offer is one we must offer: God is not absent. He is present in the world of human suffering, and He Himself suffered too. Here I quote the English minister Edward Shillito, after seeing the carnage of World War I: If we …
Sarah and I would exchange ‘the look’. You know, the times when your eyes would meet, and you knew you were communicating beyond the surface. You knew, while the words might be the same, they were closer to the heart, closer to truth. Absent would be the odd but somehow …
Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground, He has no form or comeliness; And when we shall see Him, there is no …
