Precept & Practice – JANUARY 23 – Habit
…..our virtues are habits as much as our vices. …..
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 22 – Evil Habits
If you once allow yourself to fall into a habit of evil of whatever kind, the idea that you are helpless, that you are made so, that it is your nature, will very speedily creep in and try to lay hold of your mind.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 21 – Character
Strength of character lies not in demanding special circumstances, but in mastering and using any that may be given.
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.
Suffolk Vicar 