'This is a book to refresh mind and spirit.'
Talks and reflections by Brian Boobbyer. He was one of the outstanding sportsmen of his generation. This collection of short pieces reflects his faith, his love of nature and literature, and his passion for sport.
In addition to being able to download the full texts, all the individual chapters are available as web pages below.
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Each of us has a sort of inner clock. At a certain point in life we set it and then seldom change it.
A happy and sporting life somehow protected me from the darkness on the world scene.
A reflection on the life of Kirstie Morrison.
There is a simplicity about the spiritual road in life which we can recapture each day.
'Charming people without the Cross only draw people to themselves.'
'Love of truth must be set on its throne if any nation is ever to be really educated.'
'I decided to give the first hour of the day to the Lord, seek His mind, read the Scriptures, write down my thoughts.'
There is no human age limit to the work of the Holy Spirit.
It is important to feed that imagination with great writing and great lives.
Bunny Austin loved the Lord, and the world was his court.
St Francis: 'Conscience is like a flea: when it comes to the weakest part of a person it bites.'
To anyone intending to lead a new life I would say, 'Start thoroughly; take a running jump.'
Do you want to be an eagle? Or rather, are you ready to be an eagle?
I have a sense that God is operating at all levels of friendship.
'Not your talent, not your intelligence, not your gifts, but God's light shining through you', wrote Archbishop Anthony Bloom.
'So what? Why not forget about it and make 500 new friends?'
'This one thing I do - I leave the past behind and reach out to what lies before,' said Paul.
With the bounty that God offers, we can indeed, each of us, be a stream of His river.
'The test of greatness is what a man leaves to grow,' wrote H G Wells.
'I write with a message,' Peter Howard said, 'and for no other reason. I write to give people a purpose.'
Language
English
Publication
2004
Pages
144
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Publisher
John Faber
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