Winter Had Come
“So long as he is in this world, man is like a sick person lying upon a bed more or less uncomfortable, who sees around him other beds nicely made, […]
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Too Big A Job
When we are part of a large crowd attending an outdoor happening of some kind, it is gratifying to discover that the event has been well-planned. We are pleased to
Wonderfully And Fearfully
Theodore Roethke, the American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, has written a poem called “The Sloth.” It portrays one of those shaggy, slow-moving, primitive mammals which seems
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Even Every Church Mouse
James Thurber, the well-known American humorist, wrote a number of “beast” fables. In them he pokes fun at our shortcomings by having his animal characters act as humans do. One
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Extravagantly Beautiful!
The greatest moment of your life occurs when, from the innermost depth of your being you say, in answer to Jesus’ question in today’s Gospel Lesson, “You are the Messiah,
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Are You Sure?
A little boy was about to visit the dentist for the first time. He wasn’t too sure he was going to like this adventure. For several days before “D-Day,” his
A Total Commitment
Being a follower of Christ in isolation is a contradiction. Together, we pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name. Together, we worship the Father in Jesus’ Name. And, together in
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Christ Is The Key
According to legend, there once were two very perplexing mysteries over which the wisest men in the land had scratched their heads and stroked their beards in vain for many
A Matter Of Trust
A young clergyman was asked to preach on “Why I believe in God.” He thought it would be an easy sermon to prepare. After all, he could think of a
Enough Light?
“Dear Abby,” wrote a woman named Rose, “I am forty-four and would like to meet a man my age with no bad habits.” To which Abby replied, “Dear Rose, so
I Envy Nobody-no Not I!
There is an old English fable that goes something like this: “Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee a miller, who was the happiest
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Daddy You’re Wonderful!
A little book compiled by Mary W. Lightfoot entitled “The Heart of a Father” contains the following contribution by James G. Gilken: You say I exaggerate the splendors of a
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Bittersweet Christmas
Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no gilded Christmas trees and no tinsel Christmas trees … and no powderblue Christmas
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Too Good Not To Be True
Somehow, the words “Shut up!” made an early entry into the vocabulary of a little girl named Janice. She played no favorites: it was “Shut up!” to her older brother,
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Think! There’s No Time To Lose
We’re in the Season of Advent and the message is: “Repent and sin no more.” Each year at this time, a popular preacher of the twenties and thirties trotted out
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Wow!
“We’ll leave the light on for you” says comedian Tom Bodett at the end of his radio commercials for “Motel 6.” Mr. Bodett has written a book in which he
Go Out Singing
The promise has rung, especially in these last days of Advent, throughout concert hall and shopping mall and country Church and city Cathedral: FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN.
A Wonderful Christmas Secret
A Yale University professor tells the story of his four-year-old son… The boy was in nursery school, and one day in early December he brought home a notice from the
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A Hand, A Kiss And Smiling Eyes
A little boy rushed into his kindergarten class one morning and made the following announcement: My mother just had a baby, and it was born too soon, so they put
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I Want To Be Happy!
Gilbert West was a noted British educator and author. Sir Edward Littleton was a famous English judge. West and Littleton had one thing in common: both were complete skeptics concerning
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