To Those Who Keep Things Going September 5, 1971
There are many heroic, hardworking people who do much of the work of the world – who keep things going, who hold homes and families together, and somehow do what has to be done. Yet there are many...
Words as Hard as Cannon Balls September 12, 1971
Sir Walter Scott suggested a subject in a well phrased couplet: “Thoughts from the tongue that slowly part, Glance quick as lightening through the heart.”1 Whether slowly or quickly,...
When You Reach September September 19, 1971
There is something glorious yet sobering about the swift passing seasons⎯spring, summer, fall⎯and winter follows⎯and there is much we’ve done, much we might have done, much we should have done...
It Is Easier to Keep Up… September 26, 1971
There are some lessons in the passing seasons worth remembering from time to time, and one such is suggested in a sentence from a respected teacher who said: “It is easier to keep up than to...
Just for Today October 3, 1971
“Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray,… Just for today.” In time of stress or sorrow, not infrequently we hear someone say, “I don’t know how I can face the...
You Are the Window… October 10, 1971
There is a remarkable sentence from George Bernard Shaw: “Better keep yourself clean and bright,” he said. “You are the window through which you must see the world.”1 As we...