MacDonald Lite

The Inheritance of the Saints is to be One with Them, no separation between us and the origin of our Life. To fail to receive our inheritance is to deprive others of theirs. Not only should we know God as our Life and Light, but be aware beyond

When a child’s heart hears it needs to be Adopted, its love is chilled! It is here MacDonald calls on the image of “Mist” from his first sermon’s title. The mist is the evil implications of separation. The shout or whisper, whichever

This opening is an autobiographical sketch of MacDonald himself. For in his revelation, he sees the Father filling everything and has not yet closed his heart and imagination. He has not yet learned to divide, divide between God and nature, providence and grace, love and benevolence.

For the unimaginative disciple,

Love is relentless! There is nothing eternal but that which loves and can be loved, and this love is ever climbing to its consummation when love will fill and inspire the universe, imperishable and divine! Therefore, all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that separates and is not of love’s kind, must be

The Essence of a Child is relationship, and this childlikeness is Divine. Jesus used an ordinary child with all the faults any child would have. MacDonald illustrates this by placing childlikeness in high contrast to what he calls “…adult, so-called worldly wisdom.” This adult perspective robs us of our childhood. Perceiving life from a child’s perspective awakens the Spirit of love, the love uniquely expressed to children.