Be attentive to yourself, that is, observe yourself carefully from every side. Let the eye of your soul be sleepless to guard yourself. You walk in the midst of snares. Hidden traps have been set by the enemy in many places. Therefore, observe everything, "that you may be saved like a gazelle from traps and like a bird from snares" (Proverbs 6:5). - St. Basil of Caesarea, On the Human Condition
A Story Within a Bigger Story - Dr. Cyndi Parker | 2.15.26
The great narrative, to which Christians are called to be faithful, begins at the beginning of all things and ends at the end of all things, and within the arc of it civilizations blossom and flourish, wither and perish. This would seem a great extravagance, all the beautiful children of earth lying down in a final darkness. But no, there is that wondrous love to assure us that the world is more precious than we can possibly imagine. - Marilynne Robinson, "Wondrous Love" in When I Was a Child I Read Books
Redemption - Rev. Chris Currie | 2.8.26
The reason I can continue watching and waiting, even as the world is shrouded in darkness, is because the things I long for are not rooted in wishful thinking or religious ritual but are as solid as a stone rolled away. - Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night