Precept and Practice – JUNE 14 – The Guiding Marks of a Wise Life
There is no use arguing with the inevitable; the only argument with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 13 – Moody and Miserable
…employ yourself in doing good, and mitigating the sorrows of others: while taking a thorn from the bosom of another, you will lose that which rankles in your own.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 12 – Clouds
The clouds themselves are children of the sun.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 11 – Low Spirits
It is the lifted face that feels the shining of the sun.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 10 – Misfortunes
There will always be minor cares and troubles for those who are at leisure to attend to them….
Precept and Practice – JUNE 9 – Melancholy
It is usually not so much the greatness of our trouble, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 8 – Brooding
Pessimism never conquered life, and never ennobled a character.
Terabithia or Bust! – A Sermon
God is a God of love and welcome and we need to set aside the lies about condemnation which our early faith may have taught us
Precept and Practice – JUNE 7 – A Happy Disposition
It does no good to brood over our troubles; it does not help matters out a bit. Be on the look-out for bright rays, and you will certainly find them.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 6 – Cheerfulness
Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds its brightness upon everything.
Suffolk Vicar 