Quotes – Meditation Memos

February 5, 2020

Good Word Wednesday Without the word of God, our prayers dwindle away into banalities and self-oriented nothings. Without prayer, our Bible reading becomes pedantic and intellectualistic and barren and fruitless. –John Piper

January 29, 2020

Good Word Wednesday True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. –Thomas Merton

January 22, 2020

Good Word Wednesday We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!–Thomas Merton, in his book, Contemplative Prayer

January 15, 2020

Good Word Wednesday It is good for thee to dwell deep, that thou mayest feel and understand the spirits of people.–John Woolman

January 8, 2020

Good Word Wednesday Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people. –Richard Foster

January 1, 2020

Good Word Wednesday Happy New Year! On Wednesdays I’ll be sharing a quote, something to encourage you or to make you think. Today’s is this: I go through life as a transient on his way to eternity, made in the image of God but with that image debased, needing to be taught how to meditate,Continue reading “January 1, 2020”