Going Someplace
The obstetrician was not at home … His five-year-old daughter answered the doorbell. “Is your daddy in?” asked the excited stranger. “No, he’s gone,” the little girl replied. “When will […]
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A Change Of Heart
Many years ago, an American traveler secured a few grains of wheat from an Egyptian tomb. Those grains of wheat had been slumbering in that tomb for more than thirty
Always On The Job
In the First Letter of the Apostle Peter, it is written, “Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour”
What’s The Attraction?
There is in each one of us, the primitive fear of darkness. We can remember how it was when as little children, we were afraid of the dark. We had
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To Will One Thing
If you ever have traveled through the Middle East, you may have noticed that there are ostrich egg symbols hanging from the ceilings of most of the Christian Churches. The
What Is The Cost?
It was the last day before the football team of a large University was to play it’s biggest game of the season … Unfortunately, the head football coach had just
Talk To The Children
A mother and father purchased a child’s world globe for their five-year-old son. That evening, in the boy’s bedroom, the father used the globe to take his son on a
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A Turned-On Congregation
What did Jesus come into this world to do? He came to tell us about the unique value of God’s Grace, of God’s Presence, of God’s Love, of God’s Power.
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Sweet Mystery Of Life
I paid a dime for a package of seeds, the clerk tossed them down with a flip. “We have them assorted to everyone’s needs,” he said with a smile on
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Don’t Miss The Scenery!
The late Eddie Cantor emerged during the 1930’s as one of America’s most popular radio entertainers. Because of a song he sang called “Ida”, and because he made frequent references
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A Crying Shame
The late Dr. Will Durant had a highly respected, distinguished career as an author, journalist and educator. Among his written works was the monumental “The Story of Civilization,” which he
The Human Thing
Walter Kerr, the famous New York Times Drama Critic, once wrote a review of a Musical Play in which he said that the composer’s inner-joy was eloquently reflected in his
Through The Eyes Of Children
As students entered the lunch line at a theological seminary, they walked past a big bowl of delicious-looking red apples. The cafeteria chef had put a sign over it which
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Empty Yourself!
Many years ago a large industrial corporation erected a new headquarters building. They laid a cornerstone which contained various predictions of what the world would be like one hundred years
Are We On Our Way?
It’s so easy sometimes to find ways of avoiding responsibility. But, clever as we may be at covering up and rationalizing our misdeeds, the consequences are merely postponed — never
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Make It Unanimous!
The pastor of a large urban parish once did a TV series called “The Kingdom of God.” Each week on the morning after the show aired he would visit sick
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Death Is Death
A father, whose only daughter was seventeen, was going through a kind of dying. The daughter was preparing to go away to college. Father and daughter had been very close,
Which Door?
Robert Murray M’Cheyne is revered in Scotland as one of that nation’s great Christian Preachers. Although he died at an early age, his name already had become a household word.
Pledge Of Allegiance
The basic teaching of all of Scripture is intended to help each one of us experience wholeness of life as individual persons — to become the unique masterpiece of creation
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Wherever We Turn
On her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Abigail Van Buren, ran the following letter to her husband in her syndicated “Dear Abby” column: Dear Mort: July 2, 1964. Today is a very
