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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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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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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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
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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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
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
“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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Harold Kushner, who wrote the best-selling book, “When Bad Things Happen To Good People,” was being interviewed about his newest book, “When Children Ask About God.” “What if my 6
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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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A little boy named Torre was looking through a box of his things that his grandmother had saved. He came upon a little blue plastic wristband. “What’s this?” he asked.
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
Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight. These two well-known lines from the poem “Rock Me To Sleep,”1 seem very much
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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Faith in God, some people believe, is for children only — a phase of life you pass through and grow out of as you become more intellectually mature. The Bible,
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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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Unfortunately, in the religious experience of many of us there is a certain impatience with the way God, in His wisdom, chooses to reveal himself. We dream the impossible dream
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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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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There is something about the sights and the sounds and rituals of the season that make it possible for us to experience God’s Presence in a special way. This is
“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