Joylessness May Be The Sin Most Readily

Normally, If Someone's Legacy Will Outlast Their Life, It's Apparent When They Die. On The Day When Alexander The Great, Or Caesar Augustus, Or Napoleon, Or Socrates, Or Muhammad Died, Their Reputations Were Immense. When Jesus Died, His Tiny, Failed Movement Appeared Clearly At An End.

In The Beginning, We're Told, Was The Word. Every Once In A While Someone Shows Up On The Planet Who Is Word-obsessed And Word-gifted; And The Light And Darkness Get Named Again. In Our Day, That Someone Is Buechner.

The Bible Does Not Say You Are God’s Appliance; It Says You Are His Masterpiece. Appliances Get Mass-produced.

We Must Learn To Cast Off Our Anxieties Because We Have So Many Of Them. The World Destroys Spiritual Life By Generating Constant Anxiety. Jesus Said That The Life Of The Gospel Is Choked Out By The Cares Of This World. We Know This To Be True Yet We Are More Chained And Tethered To The World Than Ever Before In The Human Race.

Hurry Is Not Just A Disordered Schedule. Hurry Is A Disordered Heart.