Precept & Practice – JANUARY 17 – Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 16 – Unseen Work
The noblest service comes from nameless hands,
And the best servant does his work unseen.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 15 – Circumstances
Are circumstances, then, in the last issue, our friends or foes? There is only one answer – they are what we choose to make them.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 14 – Circumstances
Souls within bodies are like dwellers in a wave-washed city, besieged by land but not by sea. And the city may be taken, but its inhabitants, with all that is worth transport, will have embarked already on some glorious fresh adventure, banners flying and sails set.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 13 – Circumstances
Surely, if a human being has only as much real or apparent power of moulding or subduing circumstances as an acorn or other seed, it would be wise to study certain aspects of his relation to them.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 12 – Greatly Begin
It is better to busy one’s-self about the smallest thing in the world than to treat a half-hour as worthless.
God is from Essex and Other Good News – A Sermon
It does not matter to where we have wandered – God seeks us out.
It does not matter how much we have failed – God smiles on us.
It does not matter how much we feel unworthy – God is well pleased with us.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 11 – Unity of Purpose
Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 10 – Sweet Reasonableness
A man conscious of God could not be conscious of self or fret to draw notice to his words and acts.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 9 – Self-Surrender
The essence of the whole situation was to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal rather than the prize;
Suffolk Vicar 