TO OUR GUEST If you come cheerily, Here shall be jest for you; If you come wearily, Here shall be rest for you. If you come borrowing, Gladly we'll loan to you; If you come…
Sermon Illustrations
THE THINGS I PRIZE These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of…
RECIPE FOR FRIENDSHIP Take two heaping cups of patience, One heartful of love Two handsful of generosity, A dash of laughter One headful of understanding. Sprinkle generously with kindness and plenty of faith, and mix…
DISCRIMINATE I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. Henry James
IT TAKES TIME Friendship is like Rome, it is not built in a day. Franklin P. Jones
THE TIME IS SHORT As usual, the great church was filled. Phillips Brooks faced the enormous, hushed congregation as he had so many times before, Sunday after Sunday -- the expectant, well- dressed congregation waiting…
FRIEND FOR SALE A farmer was detained for questioning about an election scandal. "Did you sell your vote?" the attorney asked. "No sir, not me," the farmer protested. "I voted for that there fella 'cause…
ARABIC PROVERB A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what…
LIMITS Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. Robert Lynd
FRIENDS FOR LIFE The story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan has been well publicized through the play The Miracle Worker. Anne Sullivan was born half blind and lost her mother at an…
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO You and I can share the silence Finding comfort together The way old friends do. And after the fights and the words of violence We make up with each other…
BECAUSE YOU TALKED TO ME When I was so in need Somehow you chanced to call And you just talked to me And I felt ten feet tall. You didn't know my need Nor could…
BE A FRIEND I went out to find a friend But could not find one there I went out to be a friend And friends were everywhere!
FRIENDSHIP Thank you, Lord, for giving me a friend whose special ways bring so much warmth and beauty to my heart. Whose gentleness and kindness brighten up so many days and make so many happy…
TALENT NIGHT It was Jr. High Week at church camp. Wednesday night. Talent Night. You never know quite what to expect at Jr. High Talent Night. We'd had everything from accordions and pianos to pie-in-the-face…
THE INNER CIRCLE It is the nature of life that we are more available to some than others. There is that inner circle of people who we want to hear from and who are always…
FORGIVENESS Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), said "I can forgive, but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying, "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note -- torn in two,…
WE HELP EACH OTHER I 've been reading Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill this last week and he tells an old Irish story that I'd heard years…
FARMING -- HARD TIMES Each of two farmers won a million dollars in the state lottery. When a reporter asked the first farmer what he was going to do with his money, the farmer replied,…
BE BOLD The hesitant driver, waiting for traffic to clear, came to a complete stop on a freeway ramp. The traffic thinned, but the intimidated driver still waited. Finally, an infuriated voice yelled from behind,…
