Teach Us, O Lord, The Disciplines Of

Teach Us, O Lord, The Disciplines Of Patience, For To Wait Is Often Harder Than To Work.

Above All, We Should Question The Consumer Ethic, Which Uses Up Non-renewable Resources, Creates Inequality And Injustice, Generates Pollution, Destroys Other Species And Upsets The Balance Of Nature. The Consumer Ethic Not Only Defiles The Environment By Creating Undesirable Change In The Biosphere But Also Corrupts The Mind And Body By Defining Pleasure In Terms Of Ownership And Absorption. Waste Itself Is A Human Concept; Everything In Nature Is Eventually Used. If Human Beings Carry On In Their Present Ways, They Will One Day Be Recycled Along With The Dinosaurs.

When We Long For Life Without Difficulties, Remind Us That Oaks Grow Strong In Contrary Winds And Diamonds Are Made Under Pressure.

Christianity Is A Power Religion. Christ Has The Power To Re-create Men From The Inside Out, As Every Man Who Has Ever Met Him Knows.

Lord, Where We Are Wrong, Make Us Willing To Change; Where We Are Right, Make Us Easy To Live With.