Now Is The Time
It was the start of a holiday weekend, and the service station was crowded. Finally, an attendant hustled up to the local pastor who had been waiting in line for […]
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True Food For True Life
To eat someone’s flesh, to drink someone’s blood … This is the stuff of horror novels and lurid splatter movies. Taken out of context, the words would repulse us as
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The Whole World Comes Together
We have heard it said, “There is no rest for the wicked.” But, with the hustle-bustle and the “getting ahead” and the spirit of fierce competition that have come to
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Only One Thing To Fear
During a severe thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her little girl into bed. As she was about to turn the bedroom light off, the child asked tearfully, “Mommy, will you
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All In The Same Boat
In the movie, “Harold and Maude,” it is Maude, the 80year-old lover of life, who challenges the young Harold to greater sensitivity to the wonder of life around him. In
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Any Questions?
The famous poet and playwright, Archibald MacLeish, once was invited to participate in a special worship service at Harvard University’s Memorial Church. He was to lead the students in “Morning
The Carpenter’s Trademark
A preacher stood before the congregation and received the offerings at the conclusion of the collection. After staring forlornly into the basket, the preacher said to the gathering, “Our latest
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Imagine That!
On a spring day, a week-end gardener showed an out-of-town visitor the packets of seed he had received through the mail. The rainbow colored packages promised huge, juicy, tasty vegetables
On The Side Of The Angels?
The parable in today’s Gospel Lesson is about a farmer who sowed good seed into his field. Under cover of the night, an enemy sowed “darnel (weeds) all among the
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What Are We Looking For?
A certain man went to Church one Sunday. He frowned when the organist missed a note during the opening hymn. He stared menacingly at two adolescents talking to each other
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The Real Miracle
We marvel at the New Testament miracle stories in which Jesus walks on water, changes water into wine, raises a man from the dead, restores sight to the blind, cures
The Hardest Thing Of All
A popular cartoonist has depicted a large seminary campus complete with attractive buildings, beautiful landscaping, and a large pond. At the water’s edge there is a sign which reads: PLEASE
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Tender, Loving Care
A Massachusetts woman tells of the morning she met a male neighbor in the laundry room of their apartment building. “How is your ten-year-old daughter?” the woman asked. “Well,” he
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He Was The Suffering Servant
The Los Angeles Times Syndicate published a story of a commercial airline flight cancellation which resulted in a long line of travelers trying to get booked on another flight. One
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Making Some Progress
Several years ago, a funny thing happened in New York City: five new pizza parlors with five different owners opened up in the same block. It soon became clear that
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How-to-do-it
It was reported in “Sports Illustrated” magazine that athletes who intended to participate in the National AAU track and field championships were required to fill out a questionnaire. Among the
Finding God
In the Book of Ephesians it is said of God: How infinitely great is the power He has exercised … when He used it to raise Christ up from the
Turn On The Light
A husband and wife, in their late eighties, both were becoming extremely forgetful. He would forget where he put his eyeglasses. Then as he went from room-to-room searching for them,
Be Satisfied
A man had found a magic lantern and, for years, every time he rubbed it a “Genie” would appear to grant his wish. The man was a real worry-bird and,
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
A young man went through college dreaming of the day he would be offered an executive position in his father’s huge industrial plant. On graduation day, the father took him
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