Come as you are

Christians whose personalities would never be called pious or meek might take heart in Caryll Houselander (1901-54), whose death we commemorate today. She smoked, drank, and was said to have a sharp tongue. But people were drawn to her for good counsel, and Houselander’s spiritual writing persists. A sample: “Love is most likely to spring from another's need for us, and the fact of spending ourselves for another always generates new life in us.” With your own God-given personality, warts and all, take a step today toward building the Kingdom.