Monthly Archives: May 2022

What the Desert does for us

Posted on May 27, 2022 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

If the desert is to be a pathway to God, it must be welcomed by a mind that has really abdicated worldly pleasure… [for] it is in the desert that we can make a periodic clearance of those illusions which … Continue reading →

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Come… Give us Breath

Posted on May 20, 2022 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: by George Herbert Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a way as gives us breath; Such a truth as ends all strife, Such a life as killeth death. Come, my Light, … Continue reading →

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Measured by Weight

Posted on May 13, 2022 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length. Charles Spurgeon This resounds with what the Apostle Paul says in … Continue reading →

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Whatsoever may excite you to love

Posted on May 6, 2022 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

I till the ancient fields to find hidden seeds that lay dormant there. I have been contemplating a theme that 16th Century Teresa of Avila said about prayer: … we must remember that the business of prayer does not consist … Continue reading →

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