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The way to love anything.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles, p. 56, quoted in...

posted on: Nov 12, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow

Love your neighbor

The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same...

posted on: Nov 9, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow

Natural affection, a stronger angel and a fiercer ...

There’s something in natural affection which will lead it on to eternal love more easily than natural appetite...

posted on: Nov 3, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow

Perfect love casts out fear, but so do several oth...

Perfect love, we know, casteth out fear.  But so do several other things — ignorance, alcohol, passion,...

posted on: Nov 2, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow

Don’t waste time bothering whether you ̶...

The rule for all of us is perfectly simple.  Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your...

posted on: Nov 1, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow