A (soul) winning formula
"Do everything in love." 1 Corinthians 16.14 Among medieval hagiographers, Jordan was unusual in that he wrote about Dominic less as a...
The making of a saint
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves." Matthew 10.16 When an energetic pope meets a charismatic preacher in the heat of a crisis...
Getting it right
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!" Luke 1.42 Bernard was barely out of nappies when he was elected...
Besting the zeitgeist
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear..." 1 John 4.18 Through his turbo-charged influence on those around him and...
Smitten by Jesus
"You have the words of eternal life." John 6.68 In his commendation of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Jim Houston (founder-principal...
A faith worth believing in
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans...
Wise disciples or clever devils
"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." Proverbs 22.6 When Pink Floyd sang...
All together
"Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do." James 1.8 There was apparently nothing "double-minded about Anselm of...
Up sleeves and dirty hands
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me." Matthew 5.11 The...
Abnormally perfect or perfectly normal?
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,...