I think one of the cant phrases of our day is the familiar one by which we express our permanent want of time. We repeat it so often that by the very repetition we have deceived ourselves into believing it. It is never the supremely busy men who have no time. So compact and systematic is the regulation of their day that whenever you make a demand on them, they seem to find additional corners to offer for unselfish service. I confess as a minister, that the men to whom I most hopefully look for additional service are the busiest men.

— John Henry Jowett (1864–1923), Prediger

Topics: Time & Transience, Service & Love of Neighbour

Occasions: For Reflection

John Henry Jowett

John Henry Jowett war ein englischer kongregationalistischer Prediger und Theologe der Jahrhundertwende, der bedeutende Gemeinden in Birmingham, New York und London leitete. Er stand für eine sprachlich sorgfältig ausgearbeitete, seelsorgerlich geprägte Kanzelverkündigung sowie für einflussreiche Schriften zur pastoralen Praxis. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch Andachtstexte und Zitate über das Gebetsleben, geistliche Hingabe und die Zuverlässigkeit göttlicher Gnade.

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