What’s Best For The Children?
The Apostle Paul has summarized our final destiny in the one word: “heirs.” “The fact that you are a son makes you an heir” he said (Gal. 4:7). Because we […]
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The Real Miracle
We marvel at the New Testament miracle stories in which Jesus walks on water, changes water into wine, raises a man from the dead, restores sight to the blind, cures
Don’t Forget
A few days before Christmas, a five-year-old boy went with his mother to a big shopping mall. Their first stop was the toy department at Macy’s and soon the child
You’ve Failed Big
A famous “country” preacher had been invited to deliver a sermon in a big-city Church. When the preacher arrived, the host pastor warned him that certain people in the congregation
The Doomsday Blahs
Many persons today are forecasting the early demise of the world. Our world is dying, they say. The end of human history, as we know it, is at hand. The
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Now Is The Time
Several critics have called the Japanese motion picture, “Ikiru,” the greatest film ever made. “Ikiru” is the story of an old man’s struggle to attach meaning to his life after
Only God Knows Best
The greatest Good News ever to break into our existence is the Good News of God’s Love. The God who created you loves you so much that He continuously acts
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Look For Your Lord
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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Year Of The Child
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
Empty Your Cup!
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.
The Dancer
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
You Can Depend On It
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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Worth Remembering
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
Lasting Truth
There are many lasting truths about life that children learn on their own. Among them … No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats. When your mom is
Wow!
A proud grand-uncle recalls, in glowing terms, the first word spoken by his grand-niece, at age fifteen months: She did not go with the traditional “Momma” or “Dadda.” Instead my
Treasure Them!
The Gospel of Matthew is the first Gospel in the New Testament order. It contains the most complete record of Jesus’ teachings. In the Early Church, it was used as
The Pharaoh Within
A young man remembers … I used to ask my Mom, “Did you really want to have six kids?” And she would give me an answer like “Man proposes; God
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Streaks And All!
In the early days of television, the old cowboy movie reruns — the “Westerns” — always made it easy for the viewer to distinguish between the “good guys” and the
Who Are You?
Actor Kirk Douglas recalls a conversation he had with a hitchhiker he picked up one day … I picked up a sailor who was on weekend leave. He jumped into
