Are We Tootling Our Horns?
Hilda, a woman who had lived all of her life in the hill country, made her first trip to a big city at age seventy. When she arrived and got […]
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Glory, Glory Honolulu
When Edmund Hillary stood on top of Mount Everest, he stood higher than any person in the world. Even so, he was still hundreds of thousands of miles away from
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Bridge Of Life
A little boy was trying to explain to a little girl the difference between a mother and a father. He thought about it for a while, then he said, “Daddies
Wow!
A proud grand-uncle recalls, in glowing terms, the first word spoken by his grand-niece, at age fifteen months: She did not go with the traditional “Momma” or “Dadda.” Instead my
Inspiration And Perspiration
One of the popular “inspirational” authors of our time 1 maintains that two “spirations” are essential “for every worth-while achievement of any kind.” In his words … If either is
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Something Is Going On Here!
An aging bishop had grown tired of the numerous socials and receptions he was expected to attend. On one such occasion, he entered the reception room wearily and immediately slumped
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I Don’t Work Like That!
A wise philosopher once said, “There is one simple question you and I must answer for ourselves before we’ll be able to stop cheating ourselves. The question is, ‘Are the
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How Happy You Will Be!
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus tells us that the necessary precondition for our wholeness of life — genuine happiness — is to trust everything to God, that is, our very
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Get Busy!
The time is coming, I am convinced of it, when the world will pay the same beautiful tribute to present-day Christians as it did to the first Christians: “They are
Walk In The Other’s Moccasins
A week after his mother’s funeral, a man went to see his pastor … The man was in the clutches of overwhelming guilt and remorse. He confessed that his relationship
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To Be A Saint
To celebrate their newly acquired freedom almost ten years ago, thousands of Czech citizens gathered in Wenceslaus Square in the City of Prague. They sang a song made popular in
A Matter Of Attitude
To the geologist, mountains are evidence of seismic activity, the process of reshaping the earth’s surface over the course of millennia. To the tourist, mountains are sometimes beautiful, sometimes inconvenient
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Are You In Your Right Mind?
It has been said that we live in a time in which the “self” is paramount in the pursuit of happiness. That is to say, we live in a time
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Something That Lasts Forever
In John’s Gospel it is written, “When Jesus spoke to the people, He said, ‘I am the Light of the World; anyone who follows Me will not be walking in
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Why Not You?
On a day like today (just two weeks before Easter), a Sunday School teacher queried her seven-year-old students on their understanding of the great Resurrection Event. “What does Easter mean
The Sign Of Life
Although the precise length of Jesus’ final journey to the Cross, is not known, it likely can be compared to the ground covered by those of you who walked to
What Immense Joy For Us!
A middle-aged man was sitting in the doctor’s reception room, waiting to discover whether or not he had cancer. The minutes hung heavily on him. He kept looking at his
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The Who Of Easter
He is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! In today’s newspapers and on TV we no doubt will be reading and hearing something about Easter. We will be told that
I’m Going With You
A prominent surgeon was a member of operating teams in two Chicago-area hospitals: St. Francis Hospital and Christ Hospital. The doctor’s usual routine was to operate in the morning and,
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Speak Lord, We Need Directions!
In the year 490 B.C., an historic battle took place between the Greeks and the Persians. In contemporary gambling terms the Greeks were the “underdogs” and the Persians were the
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