And Jonah stalked
to his shaded seat
and waited for God
to come around
to his way of thinking.
And God is still waiting for a host of Jonahs
in their comfortable houses
to come around
to His way of loving.
–Thomas Carlisle
from “You Jonah”
as quoted by Johannes Verkuyl
(Perspectives Reader p.33)
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You Jonah
Posted in Poetry, comfort, health and wealth on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pathetically Marginal
Posted in Os Guinness, comfort, hypocrisy, irrelevance on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“In the decades I have followed Jesus, second only to the joy of knowing Him has been a sorrow at the condition of those of us today who name ourselves His followers. If so many of us profess to live by the gospel yet are so pathetically marginal to the life of our societies and [...]
