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I WOULD RATHER WEAR OUT THAN RUST OUT!
I have heard pastors say, “I would rather wear out than rust out!” The man who first popularized his statement was evangelist George...

Penn Clark
Nov 23, 20184 min read


My Spiritual Checkup List
Here is a list of things that I use on retreats in order to evaluate how well I am doing. These are not in order of importance, but focus...

Penn Clark
May 19, 20182 min read


ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Bill Wilson was the founder of the twelve-step recovery program called Alcoholics Anonymous, who was once listed in Timemagazine as one...

Penn Clark
May 18, 20185 min read


FROM FOOT PATHS TO HIGHWAYS
In Psalm 119:9, David asked, “How shall a young man cleanse his way?” The term “way”used here means “a well-worn path”. It is a picture...

Penn Clark
May 18, 20181 min read


THE CREEPERS OF LIFE
We live in a bountiful part of New York, with lots of fruit trees and vineyards dotting the rolling hills of the Finger Lake region....

Penn Clark
May 17, 20181 min read


AS THE DAYS OF A TREE…
The Lord spoke through Isaiah about the people of God, saying, For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people…(Isaiah...

Penn Clark
May 17, 20184 min read


What Does God Meditate On?
I have often wondered how God could see everything about me and only think on the positive things. In time, I realized that it was...

Penn Clark
May 3, 20182 min read


Your Feelings Don't Matter
Your feelings are real, but they are not always true. In terms of spiritual stability, one of the biggest mistakes I made—and tend to...

Penn Clark
May 3, 20185 min read


Your Feelings Follow Your Eyes
There is an old Quaker story told about a king who asked for an inventory to be taken of all the flowers in his kingdom. He sent out a...

Penn Clark
May 3, 20185 min read


Walk, Stand, Sit
These Three Degrees of Watching and Meditation Determine Our Behavior Taken from my book "Following the Eyes of Your Heart" What we...

Penn Clark
May 3, 20183 min read


The Blindness of Blame
How We Often Forget the Grace to Change... I read a quote about blame recently that really got me thinking... “When you blame others, you...

Penn Clark
May 3, 20183 min read
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