We Need Each Other!
A Sunday School teacher was lecturing her third-grade class on the subject of miracles. For her text she had chosen a passage from the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel: ” […]
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Faith
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
It Makes Complete Sense!
In the first panel of a particularly insightful “Peanuts” cartoon, Little Lucy, her fist clenched, is running after Charlie Brown. “I’ll get you Charlie Brown! I’ll get you!” she says.
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Straight From The Heart!
An elderly man bought a lottery ticket and gave it to his wife for safe-keeping. When the winning numbers were announced, she was the first to know that he had
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Inferiority Complex?
A troubled man paid a visit to a therapist. “What can I do for you,” asked the doctor, “what’s your problem?” The patient answered, “I think I’m suffering from an
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The Gift Of Sight
One of the things about God that should impress us most and bring us the greatest joy is the way in which He gives us signs of His presence, constantly.
At One With Reality
Jesus identified Himself to us, in today’s Gospel Lesson, as our only Source of power to achieve wholeness of life. Without Him we are powerless to fulfill our human potential.
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Precious Lord
“Precious Lord,” perhaps the world’s most popular Gospel song, established its composer, Tom Dorsey, as the architect of Gospel Music. “Precious Lord’s” appeal crosses denominational lines and has been translated
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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Be It Resolved
Technically, the first day of January is just another day on which the sun rises and sets, the natural cycles run their courses, and we people wake up, eat, breathe,
Young At Heart
“If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon our hearts. The spirit should not grow old.”1 That’s good advice and very much in harmony
Be Bigger Than You Are
Early in this century, a man named Mallory led an expedition of climbers attempting to conquer Mount Everest. The expedition failed. Mallory tried again with a second group. Again the
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Singers Of Life
Loren Eisley was a naturalist and an anthropologist. One day, while making some observations in a small glade, he leaned against a stump and fell asleep. He said he was
When You Haven’t The Strength
Author Chaim Potok has written a novel entitled “My Name Is Asher Lev.” It is the story of a twelve-year-old Jewish boy who wants to become an artist. The boy
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Who Is In Charge?
The Good News from Jesus Christ is about how much God loves us and how God never gives up trying to break through our defenses in order to call us
A Wink Or A Prayer
Jesus’ manner of speaking is not our manner of speaking. Consequently, the text we have just repeated sounds almost irrational in this year of 1984. What is he talking about?
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There Must Be Some Mistake
There is a daily syndicated newspaper cartoon strip called “The Small Society” in which the author seems to be telling us that our Society is coming apart at the seams.
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We Believe In You
If our encounter with God is honest and authentic it will make a difference in the way we live. It will make a difference in the kind of people we
Interview God And Rush Pictures
Dr. Wilfred Funk, the famous author of many dictionaries, was once asked to list the ten most expressive words in the English language. He replied as follows: The most bitter
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The Foolishness Of God
There is a Peanuts cartoon in which little Lucy is telling her brother Linus to get with it, get on the ball, get involved. As Linus stands sucking his thumb
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