With Burning Hearts
Early one morning a cruise ship was making its way into port … A storm was rising and, because of the heavy seas, the regular gangway could not be used […]
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Children’s Sunday Sermons January-March 2008
January 1, 2008 Good morning girls and boys. I want to wish each one of you a very Happy New Year! Of course, today is New Yearís Day — the
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Shalom!
Not even the Risen Christ can get through to us if we refuse to acknowledge even the possibility that we do not ìknow it all.î All of life is a
Awake One And All!
Once there was a parish in which a special committee was appointed to carry out a single duty … It was the committee membersí responsibility to patrol the church every
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Look Up!
A famous singer, after a severe bereavement, went to India in search of peace. There she visited the famous Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, whose works had been a source of
That Proves It!
A University Professor greeted his new first-year students of comparative religions with the following assignment: ìStudy the various schools of thought down through the Ages on whether or not it
It’s Contagious
A talented public speaker was asked to recall his most difficult speech assignment … “That’s easy,” he answered, “it was an address I gave to The National Conference of undertakers.
It Makes Sense
In one of Charles Schulzís ìPeanutsî cartoons, little Lucy, her fist clenched, is running after Charlie Brown … ìIíll get you, Charlie Brown, Iíll get youî shouts little Lucy. Then
Telling Your Story
A man flying a small aircraft was forced to land in the middle of a wasteland … Stranded without water, the unfortunate man trudged through the desert for hours until
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Don’t Blink
Did you know that the climbing vine we call ìHoneysuckleî always grows clockwise to its right? Did you know that ìJasmineî on the other hand always entwines counter-clockwise, to its
Going Nowhere?
While strolling through the park, a clergyman struck up a conversation with a soap salesman. They soon began to talk religion. Said the salesman, ìThe Gospel you preach doesnít seem
Peacefare
In Second Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul has written, ìWe feel we must be continually thanking God for you, brothers; quite rightly, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the
Beautiful Pattern!
We all like to hear good news and pass it on to others. For example … ìIíve got good news for you,î a father said to his little girl. ìGod
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Room In The Heart
In a little reflection on his growing up years, a popular radio personality of the Seventies1 wrote … ìI first saw the light of day in a fifth-floor walkup tenement
Searching For Happiness?
A University Biology Professor kept a rattle snake caged in his laboratory … When it was time for the reptileís monthly feeding, the Professorís biology class would gather around the
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Growing Wiser?
A patient said to his psychiatrist … ìDoctor, you have to do something for my wife. She is totally immature.î The therapist replied, ìPerhaps you can tell me why you
Running Home
A woman was having a difficult time trying to keep her pet dog from running away … She talked to a pet store owner about her problem and he said
He Called It Home
The father of two was away on a business trip … The mother, son and daughter were having dinner at home. Little Johnny, age eleven was allowed to sit in
Carry Him With You
A week before Christmas a man in his sixties went into a big toy shop and began looking around at the various displays … He returned several times to a
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Our Good Looks
At a married couples’ retreat, the participants were asked to write a one-sentence answer to the question, “Whether born into the faith or otherwise drawn into the it, why do
