'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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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.'
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 at the age of 66, having entered public life at the turn of the century.
'It's like seeing an old picture after it's been cleaned.'
The English are good at the 'letter'. The Welsh, Scots and Irish at the 'spirit'.
Read St Mark's Gospel right through and it could be the beginning of a love affair that lasts a lifetime.
'A marriage that is a real union is always a miracle,' Paul Tournier, Swiss psychologist and writer.
A common fallacy abroad today is that you cannot express strong moral and spiritual truth.
Jesus spent 90 per cent of his life at home. He believed in families. Any person, any marriage, any relationship can be reborn.
'We are the clay, and Thou our potter, and we are all the work of Thy hand.'
The way we live decides what we see.
'To love is to bring one's whole life under discipline,' wrote South African, Alan Paton.
Language
English
Publication
2004
Pages
144
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Publisher
John Faber
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