Yielding To Christianity

Patricia Hofer

Embrace the invisible “swerve” of Christ

I don’t agree with all of GK Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. But I love this: “The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians… It is this silent swerving from accuracy by an inch that is… Continue reading

“God works behind our consciousness”

George MacDonald wrote: “[God] lays no plans irrespective of his children; and, his design being that they shall be free, active, live things, he sees that space be kept for them: they need room to struggle out of their chrysalis, to undergo the change that comes with the waking will, and to enter upon the divine sports and labours of children in the house and domain of their Father. Surely he may keep his plans… Continue reading

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