“It would be easy if we all had visions, or if we all believed in those who did. My own feeling is that faith was never meant to be easy.”
As a clergyman I know “faith was never meant to be easy.” If faith is a luxury liner - it is not faith! Faith is a lifeboat, always being swamped by our stormy seas!
“I think the human heart’s a mystery only God knows the answer to.”
― The Devil's Bed
― The Devil's Bed
“A few decades ago, Anglican Christians took the traditional rosary and put a new spin on it creating the “Anglican Rosary.” Instead of five sections of ten beads, there are four sections of seven beads. Seven, of course, refers neatly to the days of creation, and with four sections the whole thing has a cross-like shape to it. There are a total of thirty-three beads on the rosary, which corresponds to the years of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. This new form of rosary was, in part, inspired by a desire to give a beaded prayer resource to Christians who might be less comfortable directing so many prayers to Mary. However, these two rosaries don’t have to be exclusive of each other. They are different tools of prayer that do different things—and you could use either, or both.”
― The Anglican Rosary and the Lectionary: The Revised Common Lectionary Year A
― The Anglican Rosary and the Lectionary: The Revised Common Lectionary Year A
“our Sabbath practice is perfect. In fact, we’ve failed at Sabbath more than we’ve succeeded. At the same time, we’ve also learned that the Sabbath does not even compute the categories of “failure” and “success”! Instead, the Sabbath invites us to approach life playfully and not take ourselves so seriously. It invites us to come, eager and grateful, week after week, to receive its gifts of abundance, joy, presence, and delight. It invites us to embrace a more radical form of rest.”
― The Sabbath Way: Making Room in Your Life for Rest, Connection, and Delight
― The Sabbath Way: Making Room in Your Life for Rest, Connection, and Delight
“This is the promise of Genesis 1. The darkness is limited by the light. Suffering is not in perpetuity. The light may take generations to come, but it will come. There is always hope.”
― The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
― The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
“At the heart of the very good news of the gospel is the reversal of the Fall. With that reversal, Jesus’s death and resurrection paved the way for patriarchy to be crushed. This made way for the full acknowledgment of the image of God in women and men.”
― The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
― The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
Amazon Kindle
— 11739 members
— last activity Feb 16, 2026 06:01PM
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
— 34 members
— last activity Aug 26, 2022 07:11PM
America's oldest book club, founded in 1878. ...more
Bill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Christian, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Manga, Music, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Sports, Young-adult, and War
Polls voted on by Bill
Lists liked by Bill






















