Sam The Lion
It was Sunday evening. Jesus’ closest disciples were hiding in an upper room, behind locked doors. They were grim, dejected, fearful. Nothing had changed since the Good Friday debacle. There […]
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The Beautiful Leopard
Jesus speaks these words to His disciples as the end of His public life draws near. There is much more to be said that Jesus cannot say. The disciples must
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Two-fork Church
Dr. Howard Thurman, clergyman and scholar, who once appeared on “Life” magazine’s list of “Ten Best Preachers in America,” had an uncommon sympathy for people who slept during the sermon.
Listen! Listen!
There is an Old English prayer that goes like this: Take time to work– It is the price of success. Take time to think– It is the source of power.
Daddy’s Tune
Daddy what was I supposed to do? I don’t know why it was so hard to talk to you. I guess my anger pulled me through But Daddy I want
I Don’t Feel Like It
Offer to God “a sacrifice of thanksgiving,” the Psalmists have written. This phrase, “sacrifice of thanksgiving,” (or “praise of sacrifice,” as it is sometimes rendered) occurs many times in the
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Urgent!
A Middle-aged bookstore customer was expressing her obvious annoyance to one of the store clerks. “Every time I come in here to buy a best-seller, you are ‘sold out,’ “she
The Eternal Question
World-renowned 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 Prayer.”
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We Can! We Can!
A young boy found a dime laying in the road. “This is it!” he thought to himself. Thereafter he always walked with his head down, eyes on the road. Reportedly,
Don’t Be A ‘mickey Mouse’
Today’s Institutions seem to be constantly conspiring to cut us down to size, diminish our individual significance. Whatever your particular role may be-teacher, business person, manual laborer, public servant-you can
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For The Peasants? No!
Henry Thoreau once said, “Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.” There was an economics professor who began each new course with the sentence, The unique
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Almost, But Not Quite
“Many charges have been leveled against me by the Jews.” With these words, St. Paul opens his hearing before King Agrippa. Paul has been imprisoned by the Jewish authorities who
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Somewhere To Be
In his book, “A Place for You,” the famous Swiss psychiatrist, Paul Tournier, tells of a young student with whom he had formed a deep friendship. “One day, he was
A Divine Job
Standing at the gate of a mansion house are a certain two beggars. They are seeking to enter and beg alms. In front of the gate is a huge, ferocious,
Move It Over
“Do you love Me? … Do you love Me? … Do you love Me?” In today’s Gospel Lesson we hear Jesus asking Peter this vital question three times. And three
A Matter Of Life Or Death
There once was a small Kentucky town that had two Churches and one whiskey distillery. Members of both Churches complained that the distillery gave the community a bad image. “Besides,”
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The Perfectionist
Author/lecturer John Robert Clarke has suggested the title, “Master Perfectionist,” for a certain kind of egotist. “One’s own perfectionism is like a shadow behind him,” he writes. Consequently, one may
Throw Some Eggs
“Honor your father and your mother.” The importance of this Commandment is impressed upon us as little children and continues throughout our lives. Although our awareness of the command is
Give Them Life
Oh my friend, do not have children! You bring them into the world and they send you out of it. You give them life, and they give you your death
A Touch Of Madness
The people of Bethany gave Jesus a banquet, John tells us. Present was a woman of Bethany named Mary. John’s Gospel tells us that “Mary brought a pound of costly
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