Say Yes!
The editors of a big city newspaper decided to do a series of articles on “The Typical Small Town In America.” The reporters and photographers descended upon the subject town […]
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They Didn’t Understand
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus dispatches seventy-two of the disciples to precede Him into the villages He planned to visit, and to prepare the people for His coming. Their mission
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He’s Done It Again
A man was returning home in his pickup truck after attending a religious revival meeting. He was still pondering the sermon on Jesus’ miracle of changing water into wine at
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Draw Near In Faith
A woman was driving home from an optometrist’s office wearing contact lenses for the first time. As she tried to adjust her eyes to the new lenses, she drove through
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The Secret Of Life
In the Nineteenth Chapter of his Gospel, Luke tells us of Jesus’ encounter with the chief tax collector in Jericho — a man named Zacchaeus, a wealthy man, but “small
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The Cattle On A Thousand Hills
When trouble comes and we seem powerless to deal with it, we cry out, “O God, I have reached the end of my resources.” That sentence is the key to
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Look Again
A wise old pastor was asked by a parishioner, “When do you think Christ will come again?” The pastor replied, “I didn’t know He had been away.” “And He departed
Things As They Ought To Be
When we allow Christ to have His way with us, we are given power and strength to overcome our destructive habits and compulsions, power and strength to move through suffering
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The Company Of The Elite
In our ordinary language we tend to label things in a way that implies sameness. Yet, “We live in a world in which no two things are alike in all
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A Sweet Spiritual Blessing
A large crowd had gathered near a pond in a large zoo. They watched admiringly as a peacock slowly spread its great tail and displayed its stunning plumage. The great
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What Makes Life Worthwhile?
In a moving scene from “The River,” Jean Renoir’s beautiful film of India, a crippled American soldier is outraged over the cross he has been given to bear. In his
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Lost And Found
THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP … To the untrained eye, all sheep look pretty much alike. But a good shepherd’s eye takes a different view of his flock. A
Stand Up And Be Counted
A preacher was becoming terribly distracted by a man who came to Church every Sunday and proceeded to sleep through the entire sermon. One Sunday he decided to do something
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The Pursuit Of Happiness
“Dear Abby” once received a letter from a fifteen-year-old girl which read as follows: Happiness is knowing that your parents won’t almost kill you if you come home a little
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It Works
Many of us remember the story of “David and Goliath” as part of our introduction to the Bible. For little children it is an exciting adventure story. Goliath was the
Now Thank We All Our God
We all know the story from the Book of Exodus of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. With Pharaoh’s army in hot pursuit, God parts the Red Sea to give
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From Monologue To Dialogue
One of the things that was uppermost in the Apostle Paul’s mind during his early ministry was the idea of praying without ceasing. In First Thessalonians, the New Testament book
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Kids Under Construction
One of the wonderful things about the Biblical writers is the sense they convey of being in process. They realize that God is a God who is continually creating; that
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Lost In The Wilderness
Luke begins the fifteenth chapter of his Gospel by telling us that the pharisees and others were murmuring against Jesus, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them” (Lk.
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To Live Creatively
Imagine, for a moment, looking up to an old attic ceiling. You see a little movement going on in one of the corners. As your eyes focus in on the
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