Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality.

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

One remarkable feature of the devotional masters is the incredible sense of uniform witness in the midst of such diverse personalities... and the necessity of Christian simplicity is one of their most consistent themes.

Without the cross the Discipline of Confession would be merely therapeutic. But it is so much more. It involves an objective [a better word would have been "metaphysical"] change in our relationship with God and a subjective change in us. It is a means of healing and transforming the inner spirit.

As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life.

Prayer is seeing His greatness to the extent we can receive it.