This Sunday’s readings: John 17:1-20

Reflections

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
~ Frank Tyger (1929-2011), editorial cartoonist, columnist and humorist

There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hinge points in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul.
~ Neal A. Maxwell, 1926-2004, Scholar/Educator

Being holy… does not mean being perfect but being whole; it does not mean being exceptionally religious or being religious at all; it means being liberated from religiosity and religious pietism of any sort; it does not mean being morally better, it means being exemplary; it does not mean being godly, but rather being truly human.
~ William Stringfellow, 1928-1985, A Keeper of the Word: Selected Writings

Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.
~ Erwin W. Lutzer, Author/Speaker

The crowning evidence that he lives is not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church.
~ Clarence Jordan, 1912-1969, Farmer/Scholar

Folks, if we could lose our salvation, we would.
~ Voddie Baucham, Dean at African Christian University (Lusaka, Zambia)