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Samtal och reflektioner av Brian Boobbyer. Han var en av sin generations framstående idrottsmän. Den här samlingen korta stycken speglar hans tro, hans kärlek till naturen och litteraturen samt hans passion för sport.
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'I write with a message,' Peter Howard said, 'and for no other reason. I write to give people a purpose.'
'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.
'A marriage that is a real union is always a miracle,' Paul Tournier, Swiss psychologist and writer.
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.
'To love is to bring one's whole life under discipline,' wrote South African, Alan Paton.
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.
A reflection by Brian Boobbyer
The message of nature is newness. Every tree is different. Every leaf, every second of a sunrise.
'Happy are they that hear their distractions, And can put them to mending.'
'Fruits of purity: energy, compassion, courage, a sense of wonder, selflessness, stamina, depth, power to help others....'
There is so much treasure to draw on 'to convert the imagination'.
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2004
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