Talk To The Children
A mother and father purchased a child’s world globe for their five-year-old son. That evening, in the boy’s bedroom, the father used the globe to take his son on a […]
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Children
Give Until You Rejoice!
“It’s my own fault,” said the father of three … All my life I’ve worked hard to give my children a safe and comfortable home to grow up in. I’ve
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Time To Grow Up!
A young mother was pushing a super-market grocery cart toward the check-out counter. The cart was filled to overflowing and, sitting behind the pile in the upper-basket, was her three-year-old
Just Words?
Two thousand years ago, on the Sunday which we now know as “Passion Sunday” or “Palm Sunday,” a great crowd greeted Jesus as he entered the City of Jerusalem. “They
Spread Your Wings!
There is a beautiful allegory in which “Knowledge” is depicted as a strong, handsome knight — making his way over the great tableland of the earth… With each step, he
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Pray And Obey
In a little book about children and religion, actor Dick Van Dyke tells the story of a little girl who is asked by her mother if she has said her
Through The Eyes Of Children
As students entered the lunch line at a theological seminary, they walked past a big bowl of delicious-looking red apples. The cafeteria chef had put a sign over it which
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Draw Near With Faith
One Sunday morning a certain country preacher opened a sermon on faith with these words: “My dear brothers and sisters, your fields are drying up and you have come here
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Light Some Fires
Perhaps the most familiar scene in Thornton Wilder’s play, “Our Town,” is when twelve-year-old Emily, who has died, is allowed to come down from heaven and spend one more day
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
Catch Another Butterfly
The stars were there for wishing And the wind was there for kites And the morning sun was there for rise and shine But I wonder … What happened to
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Laughing At Jesus?
Last May, a syndicated newspaper newspaper column began with these words: Playing the lottery is bad enough, but winning’s even worse! The columnist continued: Even though I am against the
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Something To Say ‘yes!’ To
A fable has been written about a city mouse that moved to the countryside and took up residence inside the walls of an old farm house… From the start, that
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Worth The Risk!
A Church newsletter included this essay by an eight-year-old boy. His third grade Sunday School teacher had asked her students to write about what “God’s jobs” are … One of
The Greatest Of Teachers
There is a Peanuts cartoon in which Little Lucy asks, “You know what your trouble is Charlie Brown?” Then she answers her own question: “The whole trouble with you is
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Who Are The Citizens?
A model morning prayer appeared in the Parish Bulletin of a Church in Missouri: Dear God: So far today I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped. I haven’t lost my
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Something To Be Lived Up To
A week before Christmas, a man in his sixties went into a big toy shop and began looking around at the various displays. He returned several times to a counter
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Let’s Do Something
During World War II, Joe Louis, the champion heavyweight boxer, was one of several celebrities scheduled to say a few words at a fund-raising rally for the Navy Relief Society.
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Wow!
“We’ll leave the light on for you” says comedian Tom Bodett at the end of his radio commercials for “Motel 6.” Mr. Bodett has written a book in which he
Go Out Singing
The promise has rung, especially in these last days of Advent, throughout concert hall and shopping mall and country Church and city Cathedral: FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN.
