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There are two golden days in the week, upon which, and about which, I never worry—two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday; Yesterday, with its ...

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday.

The Upside-Down Kingdom The final Sunday of the church year is often called Christ the King Sunday. As we move towards Advent, the lectionary readings typically grow more eschatological, focusing on ...

While visiting a city in South America, the British Anglican pastor John Stott learned about a group of young Christian students who had become disillusioned with organized religion and formal churche...

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

Christ came to earth in the past, but Christ comes to us now in prayer and sacrament and human need, and he will come again at the end of the world.

“… truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.”

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking: "My name is I am." I waited and God continued: "When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it...

“Shall we never never get rid of this Past? … It lies upon the Present like a giant’s dead body.”

Trust no future, howe’er pleasant!  Let the dead Past bury its dead!  Act,—act in the living present!  Heart within, and God o’erhead!

When we remember the past, it is not only the past; it breaks into the present and gains a new lease on life.

Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the future to God’s providence.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

It’s okay to look at the past and the future. Just don’t stare.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

“What’s past is prologue.”

Maybe the most sacred function of memory is just that: to render the distinction between the past, present, and future ultimately meaningless: to enable us at some level of our being to inhabit that s...

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Holy Spirit, open our minds to the truth that hurts and the truth that heals. Open our hearts to the love that challenges and the love that embraces. Amen.

..the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.

“When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.”

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Barbara Brown Taylor recounts her first experience with caving, the exploration of caves that are not prepared or made easily accessible for inexperienced explorers. Her guides gave her a bit of helpf...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

We just philosophize, complain of boredom, or drink vodka. It's so clear, you see, that if we're to begin living in the present, we must first of all redeem our past and then be done with it f...

The things we say yes to and the things we say no to determine the terrain of our future. My convoluted journey is posted with invitations, and my RSVPs account for the twists and turns. Sometimes, ha...