Richard Bernard was a Puritan minister. Here he discusses good works and giving. It’s a simple formula of giving of that which we have in enjoyance, as our hearts move us, and as per our neighbor’s need.

In modern religiosity, do we end up training each other to reduce that movement of heart— are there networks devoted to this? How can you let heart move you?

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GH Gerberding, Lutheran synod president, writes on the conversion of a jailer in Acts 16. Hands that directly carried out cruelty, upon receiving mercy, now wash and clean those feet. Exercising mercy is a sign of having obtained mercy. Is this a measure many would accept today?

If we are called by our duty or contract to do difficult things, can we find ways to knock off the unnecessarily harsh or cruel edges from the tasks?

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