Tag: humility

Thoughts on humility

August 3, 2011 | 8 comments

The following thoughts on humility were forwarded to me by a reader. I found them very comforting.   “Humility is perpetual quietness of heart.  It is to have no trouble.  It is never to be fretted or vexed, or irritable,

Annual Meeting

June 9, 2011 | 13 comments

I was in Boston for the Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, held last Monday. It was a good chance to catch the current perspective of the administration, hear what the pressing issues were and consider how to

The quilter that will amaze you

April 26, 2011 | 5 comments

Here’s a video of a woman who refuses to accept limitation…and a deep thought provoker as to the spiritual nature of sight… Indeed, vision is spiritual.  Are you using it as ably as she is?

Humility helpful

April 20, 2011 | 1 comment

I had to chuckle when the following words ticked through my keyboard recently… “Never hold grudges. Only personal sense holds onto grudges, and personal sense never enters heaven. Its ego is too big to fit through the door!”

Let God make the choice

February 24, 2011 | 5 comments

This statement of Mary Baker Eddy riveted my attention this week: “We cannot choose for ourselves, but must work out our salvation in the way Jesus taught.” When faced with choices to make, how often do we pursue the option