Category Archives: Faith

Intuitive understanding

Posted on January 27, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

For the past couple of centuries the Western World has tended to judge reality by what can be proved scientifically. Yet increasingly we have come to see that there are all sorts of realities that are not perceived by deductive … Continue reading →

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‘With joy in my heart’

Posted on January 27, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Alec Guinness described how, one day while walking through London, he felt an irresistible urge to enter a church. He said, ‘With joy in my heart, and in a state of almost sexual excitement, I knelt; caught my breath, and … Continue reading →

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Stepping out

Posted on January 27, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

An Army chaplain once told me about his first parachute jump. As the aircraft approached the dropping zone he clipped his parachute release to the static line, checked the equipment of the man in front and waited for the green … Continue reading →

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Life is a bridge

Posted on January 22, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

The early church had a saying: ‘Life is a bridge. You cross over it, but you don’t build your house on it.’ It reminds us that we are travellers through this earthly existence and our true home lies beyond it. … Continue reading →

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The happiness that makes life complete

Posted on January 22, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

The ancient Greeks used to call the island of Cyprus: ‘the Blessed Isle.’ They considered everything about it to be ideal, its climate, fertility, its beauty, the taste of its wine and so on. They believed Cyprus had everything in … Continue reading →

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When we are in our deepest grief

Posted on December 24, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

The famous singer/song writer Thomas Dorsey received a telegram during a performance telling him that his young wife had died. He was devastated with grief, all alone and far from home. But a little later he sat down at a … Continue reading →

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God and goodness will prevail

Posted on December 24, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

During the darkest days of apartheid in South Africa, when the government banned all public protest, Archbishop Desmond Tutu held a church service at St George’s Cathedral. Hundreds of police gathered outside, then entered the Cathedral as Tutu was preaching, … Continue reading →

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‘Nothing is written’

Posted on December 24, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

One of the all-time great movies is Lawrence of Arabia, and one of its greatest scenes is where Lawrence, having led his men across the burning cauldron of the supposedly uncrossable Nefud desert, goes back into that furnace to rescue … Continue reading →

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My Daddy’s the pilot

Posted on December 24, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

I know of a minister who once took a flight that unexpectedly passed through a violent storm. The turbulence was so great that the aircraft was tossed around like a cork. He said: ‘ I could see that nearly all … Continue reading →

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One good turn deserves…

Posted on December 24, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Bryan Anderson once stopped to change a flat tyre for an old lady who’d been stranded by the side of the road for more than an hour. After he’d changed the wheel she offered to pay him, but he refused, … Continue reading →

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