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Phil Steer is the author of “As a Child: God’s Call to Littleness” which has been serialised by BRF in their prayer and spirituality journal, "Quiet Spaces". He is married with three children, lives in Romford, on the London/Essex border, and works with numbers in the London insurance market. ...more

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Pope Francis commends littleness

The central importance of littleness for all those seeking to follow the way of Jesus was emphasised by Pope Francis in his Christmas Eve homily: That is where God is, in littleness. This is the message: God does not rise up in grandeur, but lowers himself into littleness. Littleness is the path that he chose… Continue reading Pope Francis commends littleness Read more of this blog post »

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Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

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“God sends little children to speak and act for him. In their simplicity and naivety they say and do things that we adults never would, but which can reveal deep truths about the way the world should be, if we only would have ears to hear and eyes to see...”
― Phil Steer, As a Child: God's Call to Littleness

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“God sense little children to speak and act for him. In their simplicity and naivety they say and do things that we adults never would, but which can reveal deep truths about the way the world should be, if we only would have ears to hear and eyes to see... God sense children to speak into our world..”
― Phil Steer, As a Child: God's Call to Littleness

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“Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.”
― Mike Yaconelli, Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith

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“and I rose up, and knew that I was tired, and continued my journey”
― Edward Thomas, Light and Twilight

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“Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.”
― Okakura Kakuzo

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“To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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