A Few Introductory Remarks

Before diving into the purpose for creating this blog and what you might find in the posts to come, my desire is to start this blog like I would a journal of mine. On the front page of each journal you can find Bible passages, quotes from favorite authors, song lyrics, or other phrases that caught my eye around the time I cracked open the cover. If you aren't familiar with my scribal tendencies, you certainly will be as you follow my musings here. So, let's crack open the cover shall we?

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"What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience."

- C.S. Lewis, Miracles

"So true it is that a gracious hand leads us in ways that we know not, and blesses us not only without, but even against, our plans and inclinations."

- William Wilberforce

"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

- Galatians 5:6

"One loving heart sets another on fire."

- St. Augustine

"Many are asking, 'Who can show us any good?' Let the light of your face shine upon us, O Lord. You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."

- Psalm 4:6-8

"I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.' "

- Psalm 16:2

"The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time."

- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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