Inside the Minds of Valerie and Mike (and Anna)
17 Be generous with me and I’ll live a full life; not for a minute will I take my eyes off your road. 18 Open my eyes so I can see what you show me of your miracle-wonders. 19 I’m a stranger in these parts; give me clear directions. 20 My soul is starved and... Continue Reading →
9 How can a young man stay pure? By reading your Word and following its rules. 10 I have tried my best to find you—don’t let me wander off from your instructions. 11 I have thought much about your words and stored them in my heart so that they would hold me back from sin.... Continue Reading →
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! 6 Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. 7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. 8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. [NIV] The implicit condemnation found in the... Continue Reading →
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart, 3 who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways. 4 You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. [NRSV] What a way to start... Right... Continue Reading →
In past years, I have celebrated Lent by doing photo-a-day challenges and by daily blogging on the sayings and wisdom of Lord Baden-Powell. This year, Lent finds us in a greater need of hope than most years. Inspired by a recent sermon by Pastor Kari Parsons, I decided that this year, I would reflect on... Continue Reading →
199. Boys are usually loyal friends to each other, and thus friendliness comes almost naturally to a boy. It is the one duty that he understands. 200. A man who has no friends is the man who gives out no friendship. 201. Friendship is like a boomerang: you give out your friendship to another chap and... Continue Reading →
196. Lord Kitchener said to the Boy Scouts: "There is one thought I would like to impress upon you all: once a Scout, always a Scout". By this he meant that when you are grown up you must still carry out what you learned as a Scout, and especially that you will go on being... Continue Reading →
194. A boy does not really get the full value of Scout training until he is a First Class Scout. 195. A Guide who is content to sit down and be a Second Class Guide is only a third-class girl. Footsteps of the founder: the Baden-Powell quotations book Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell –... Continue Reading →
191. Play fair yourself and insist on fair play in others. 192. Notoriety is not the same thing as Fame. 193. First Aid is an important and difficult subject - difficult inasmuch as it requires great care and precision, exactitude, and common sense (all unnatural attributes of the ordinary boy!) Footsteps of the founder: the Baden-Powell quotations... Continue Reading →
183. Our training is largely by example. 184. What the Scoutmaster does his boys will do. The Scoutmaster is reflected in his Scouts. 185. There is no teaching to compare with example. 186. There is no doubt whatever that in the boys' eyes it is what a man does that counts and not so much what he... Continue Reading →
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