“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there."

Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863)

 

"Christ's assumption of a human body is the grand miracle

on which the whole of Christianity stands or falls."

Jacob Fareem Iman

"Not Merely Islam" in Touchstone, May/June 2017.

 

""When the whole world seems to be mad, the right thing to do

is to ask how things got that way and whether something is missing

that could set them right."

David Bradshaw

"The Christian Cure" in Touchstone,

September/October 2017.

 

"One who has acquired the virtues comes to take pleasure in acts

that truly are pleasant by nature.  The long process of learning to be good

is that of coming to see things as they truly are."

David Bradshaw

"The Christian Cure" in Touchstone,

September/October 2017.

 

"An apocalyptic age is one in which hidden things are revealed,

secrets are uncovered.  Apocalypse brings disasters

and these are divine judgments,

but the disasters are as much for revelation as for retribution."

Bert Saunders

"The World in a Grain of Sand" in Touchstone,

January/February 2017.

 

"The classical goal of education is to habituate us to take delight

in what makes us better or, in other words,

to teach us to like what is truly good for us."

Tracy Jamison

"The Virtue of Marriage" in Touchstone,

January/February 2017.

 

"It is our intellect, not our desires,

that tells us what is good for us and what is bad."

Tracy Jamison

"The Virtue of Marriage" in Touchstone,

January/February 2017.

 

"It takes humility to get ourselves out of the way and see what is there.

We need to stop, look hard, and force our words to fit reality."

Bret Saunders

"The World in a Grain of Sand" in Touchstone,

January/February 2017.

 

"When we were children, we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas.  Why are we not grateful to God  for filling our stockings with legs?"

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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