Precept & Practice – JANUARY 21 – Character
Strength of character lies not in demanding special circumstances, but in mastering and using any that may be given.
Author: Andrew The Dotty Rev
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 20 – Unhurried Work
Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunity for good deeds is renewed for you day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 19 – Unhurried Work
…..be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish less work than they, but be what you were meant to be and can be.
Wonder Working Waiters – A Sermon
Jesus… doesn’t choose the powerful and capable to manifest his glory. He chooses corrupt tax collectors, penitent publicans, simple soldiers who are ‘only following orders’, women about whom your mother warned you, failed fisherfolk, and even us to be the workers of miracles that will transform a worn-out world into a feast overflowing with the finest of wine.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 18 – Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with your might. Put your whole soul into it.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 17 – Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.
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.
