We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could …

- George Arthur Buttrick

Faith is the response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal.

- George Arthur Buttrick

It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach.

- George Arthur Buttrick

For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo mu…

- George Arthur Buttrick

Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.

- George Arthur Buttrick

Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.

- George Arthur Buttrick

Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it…

- George Arthur Buttrick

Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.

- George Arthur Buttrick

Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer shoul…

- George Arthur Buttrick