A Good Man Is Hard To Find
An ancient Greek story says that outside the City of Thebes there was a monster called the Sphinx. To every person who passed by the monster gave this riddle: What […]
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Has It Made A Difference?
An elderly woman, who had just traded in her compact car for a larger model, drove her long, shiny, new beauty downtown to go shopping. The only parking space she
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Blest Are The Poor
The greatest good news ever to break into our human existence is the Good News of God’s love. The God who created you loves you so much that He continuously
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Listen To Love
Those of us who have identified with Jesus the Christ, have been taught a very special kind of love, which among other things, is a listening love. It’s not the
In Our Joy And In Our Sorrow
There is much joy in the Biblical account of the coming of Jesus. Reading the Nativity Stories in the Gospels can be an exhilarating experience. You can feel the joy,
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No One Will Be The Wiser
Expectation plays a big role in our lives-as was the case, perhaps, when an extremely overweight woman was heard to say on her first visit to “Weight-Watchers”: “I just can’t
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Our Stolen Christmas
The main emphasis in our Christmas celebration every year is that we have received something beautiful from God. This God, who is the Sovereign Creator, Sustainer and Lord of Life
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Amazing Grace
God’s amazing Grace had come to Mary in an unique and amazing form. But there would be no Christmas story, as we know it, if Mary had refused to accept
The Happiest Christmas Ever
A young World War I officer had been fatally wounded. As he lay dying in the trench, he was in great pain but he kept thinking of the unborn child
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The Way It Is
Texans love to tell a story that begins with this question: “Did you know that George Washington originally came from Texas?” They then go on to explain that the Washington
Listen To Him
In her book entitled, “God But I’m Bored!” the author, Eileen Guder, recalls a brief episode at a party she had attended: “‘Oh my goodness,’ the woman standing next to
Growing Up
Anything worthwhile bears a high price. If you want fullness of life, if you want your life to come to something better than the dull, gray, bored existing you see
Down On Your Luck?
A group of well-intentioned people met to discuss ways and means of helping a friend who had been down on his luck recently. Knowing him to be an extremely proud
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The Really Beautiful Time
What is the really beautiful time in life? Is it the innocent “growing up” period? Is it the adventurous teenage period? Is it the period of achievement and family-raising? Is
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Me, A Radical?
Do you think of yourself as a conservative or a radical, right-winger or left-winger? Some of you may reject the right-wing/conservative label on the grounds that persons on the “Right”
A Wink Or A Prayer
Jesus’ manner of speaking is not our manner of speaking. Consequently, the text we have just repeated sounds almost irrational in this year of 1984. What is he talking about?
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No Pipe-dream
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And
What’s New?
“I’ve got goods news for you,” a father said to his little girl. “God has just sent you a baby brother.” “Great!” she exclaimed. “Where’s mom? I can’t wait to
Does Father Know Best?
Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology is preserved in the works of gifted poet/story-tellers, such as Homer and Sophocles, Virgil and Ovid. The stories are about the fancies and visions of
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House Of Bread
I hate to remind you of anything unpleasant on Christmas Day, but have you thought lately about the price of food? Of course you have, probably when you were in
