http://www.pietisten.org/authors/HawkinsonErikG.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/HawkinsonErikG.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//iii/1/gone.html http://www.pietisten.org//iii/1/gone.html <teaser/> http://www.pietisten.org//v/2/beautiful_christianity.html http://www.pietisten.org//v/2/beautiful_christianity.html Christian teachers throughout the centuries have recognized this as the classic text which portrays the beautiful Christianity. I need not tell you there is such a thing as beautiful Christianity. It is the Christianity that has, through the years, actually propagated itself and has had the power to carry the burdens of life. And whenever Christianity has ceased to become beautiful, it has always had a hard time. http://www.pietisten.org//v/3/towel.html http://www.pietisten.org//v/3/towel.html There is never a day so long, but there comes at last the time for evensong. As part of my evensong, I wish to thank you for these beautiful days we have spent together. I said in Mission Springs, and I can say here, that I never begin a conference like this without a great fear and I never end it without a great regret. http://www.pietisten.org//vi/1/burden.html http://www.pietisten.org//vi/1/burden.html I love every portrait of Jesus, both the prophetic portraits in the Old Testament and the historical portraits in the New. I love him as a miracle-worker. I love him as a teacher. I love him as a familiar friend. I love him as a returning Saviour. But under present circumstances, I think I love him best as the burden-bearer. http://www.pietisten.org//vi/3/house_of_faith.html http://www.pietisten.org//vi/3/house_of_faith.html With fear striking into the hearts—the very deepest part—of his frail friends, he said: “Let not your heart be troubled. believe in God, believe also in me.” http://www.pietisten.org//xiv/1/zenos.html http://www.pietisten.org//xiv/1/zenos.html The feelings are like it just happened yesterday. But it happened almost two years ago. My grandfather died of a stroke. http://www.pietisten.org//xiv/2/leavemealone.html http://www.pietisten.org//xiv/2/leavemealone.html I’m driving down the highway and a car passes me on the right. As it passes, I see on the back bumper a shiny outline of a fish. I shake it off and continue down the road until I see a huge sign that says: "The Lord is God!" http://www.pietisten.org//xvii/1/outandabout.html http://www.pietisten.org//xvii/1/outandabout.html First reflection on crossing the Atlantic; California Wedding