We Have No Choice
With eyes wide open we follow Jesus In his bestselling book “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” the late American rabbi, author, and lecturer Harold Kushner wrote: “People who […]
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What We Did
The God who calls us sends us In a 2018 study of nearly 6,000 people across the US, researchers examined the impact of volunteering on widows who reported feeling lonelier
The Glue that Binds Us
What is the glue that binds us? Despite remarkable advances in addressing societal challenges — curing diseases, reducing poverty, and pushing the boundaries of technology — some problems remain stubbornly
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Nearer to God
How do we get nearer to God? A mother took her three young children on a cross-country vacation to visit their grandparents. They flew out over the Rocky Mountains, looked
Share and Share Alike
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support Called to be impersonators of Christ Did you hear about the woman who surprised her husband with tickets to see Cher? It was
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He Loves Us a Lot!
God Loves us a Lot! Please consider a voluntary pledge of support Tom Stoppard, a profound author known for exploring society’s deeper philosophical themes, once wrote, “Because children grow up,
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Going Around in Circles?
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support In a parable of life, a man is rowing his boat on a lake. Inscribed on one oar is the word “Faith.” On
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Let’s Shake on It
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support The story is told of the burning down of the ancient Great Library of Alexandria … Only one book survived the inferno. It
Singing the Same Tune
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support In his book, The People of the Lie, author M. Scott Peck writes, “Those utterly dedicated to preserving their self-image of perfection are unceasingly
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The Strife of Truth with Falsehood
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support Jesus offers us the Message of Eternal Life There once lived a Chinese Poet who wrote many delicate verses. He wrote in the
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On a Silver Platter
Jesus says I am the Bread of Life In the Broadway play “Mame,” the main character declares that “Life is a banquet, and people are starving to death.” We are
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Out of Tune?
Please consider a voluntary pledge of support What does Jesus tell us about Eternal Life? One of the things tourists in New England often do is visit some of the
If God Had Money
William Randolph Hearst started to build his Hearst Castle on his ranchland overlooking the village of San Simeon in 1919. He called the estate “La Cuesta Encantada” – – Spanish
The Dusty Cap
Sean Connery and Michael Caine are the stars in an adventure film entitled “The Man Who Would Be King,” which is based on a story by Rudyard Kipling. Each plays
Don’t Just Do Something
We’re all familiar with the old maxim, “Don’t just stand there, do something.” But often, that’s not the best advice. Sometimes, it needs to be, “Don’t just do something, stand
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The Golden Rule of Travel
The story is told of a traveler who boarded a train in New York City. He immediately went to the porter and said, “Look, I want to get off in
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The Tender Ties
“Rusty” Schweickart was one of three American Astronauts on the Apollo 9 space mission to the moon. After his return, he had this to say about the experience: “When you
Get in Line!
A recent magazine cartoon depicts a man approaching several people standing in a line along a beautiful shoreline as the sun sets over the ocean. One of those assembled looks
Fearlessly Fear Less!
A Harvard geologist once gave a lecture entitled “The Expanding Universe.” In it, he pointed out that there are galaxies greater than our “Milky Way” speeding outward — moving away
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By Any Other Name
If we should call up “down” and down “up,” neither concept would change one bit. The change would be in us. The same is true of our idea of the