... ourselves. The other aspect of this is the healing medicine of laughing at ourselves. There is a story about a man running down the pier, heading for the ferry-boat. He thought he was going to miss it. He was dressed in such a way to convey the fact that he was a man of status, ... our circumstances, but we do control the response we make to them. Here is a dramatic witness to it. Bryan Green, an Anglican clergyman and international evangelist, tells of an aunt of his. She was very British, educated and ...
... an elderly man. After watching the old man bow his head and speak in a soft voice, the boy asked his mother, "What did Mr. Bryan say to his plate?" (3) For many people prayer has no more real meaning than talking to their plate. It is a ritual, a mindless ... infant sits on a glass table. His mother stands at the opposite end, about ten feet away. Beside her is a beautiful toy ferris wheel. Directly beneath the glass is a red-and-white checkered cloth. The lighting is controlled so that the glass is invisible, ...
