Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 22 – Through a Glass Darkly
‘er I do, Thou dost not change.
I steadier step when I recall
That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 21 – God – Our Father
However far the human may be from the Divine, nothing on earth is nearer to God than man, nothing on earth more Godlike than man.
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 20 – God – Our Father
‘God’ a great divine has said is a great word. He who feels and understands that, will judge more mildly and more justly of those who confess that they dare not say that they believe in God…..
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 19 – Faith – Beyond the Probe of Chemic Test
We, who believe Life’s bases rest
Beyond the probe of chemic test,
Still, like our fathers, feel Thee near
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 18 – Faith – Simple Receptivity
It is not thy faith but God’s faithfulness thou must rely on.
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 17 – The Use of Faith
The use of faith is to connect the soul with God, and the use of being connected with God is to become like God.
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 16 – Faith – the Instinct of the Spiritual World
What you see you do not believe; it is a misnomer; you see it. What you believe you cannot see;
Don’t Worry, Be Happy…ish – A Sermon
Hatred and darkness comes and will return again and again. We may feel, as did the Pevensie children in Narnia, that it is ‘always winter but never Christmas.’
But there is always a time of darkness before the dawn of Christmas. Christmas is coming, the reign of the Wicked Witch will end and we will find ourselves living with all those who have got home ahead of us who live now the sunlit uplands of Aslan’s own land.
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 15 – Faith – Beyond the Forms of Faith
Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt,
And cling to Faith beyond the forms of Faith.
Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 14 – Destructive Criticism
And if men seem to us unreasonable, opposers of that which to us is plainly true, let us remember that we are not here to convince men, but to let our light shine.
Suffolk Vicar 