Our Heart’s Desire
On a moonlit night in the Garden of Eden, Adam asked Eve: “Do you love me?” Eve replied: “Who else?” Morning, noon and night, we may ask, “Jesus, do you […]
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God: Will of
The Greatest Sentence
A “first grade” teacher noticed that one of her students was growing increasingly withdrawn. Clearly, the little girl was extremely worried about something. “What are you worried about?” the teacher
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We’d Better Run Some Tests
What good will a few extra dollars do you — or a few extra of anything — if you are not experiencing the good life. What good will they do
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We Are Chronically Human
In a fast-food restaurant, a woman bowed her head and said, “Thank you Lord for these vittles.” A teenager at the next table overheard her, and asked, “What are vittles?”
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Faith, Love And Peace
The subject of prayer has always held a position of prominence in religious publishing. Down through the years, persons from all walks of life have been writing books about prayer
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Take My Hand
According to an old legend, a man became lost in his travels and wandered into a bed of quicksand. Confucius saw the man’s predicament and said, “It is evident that
The Cause Of All Our Trouble
In their twenty-five years of marriage, hardly a night went by when the wife didn’t awaken her husband because she thought she heard an intruder in the house. The husband
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Don’t Rain On My Parade
“Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter/Don’t bring around a cloud/to rain on my parade.” So sang Barbra Streisand on her hit recording of several years ago: “Don’t
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Does Father Know Best?
Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology is preserved in the works of gifted poet/story-tellers, such as Homer and Sophocles, Virgil and Ovid. The stories are about the fancies and visions of
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Christmas Is Coming
In keeping with the Advent theme of high hope and great expectation, the Prophet Isaiah joyfully announces: “The Lord has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to
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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.
Out Of The Shadows
Someone has compiled a telling list of “famous fibs.” Here are a few: The check is in the mail. We service what we sell. Money is cheerfully refunded. This offer
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What Do We Want?
A New York City doctor, father of a twenty-six-year-old daughter and a twenty-two-year-old son, has formulated the following telephone answering machine message to respond to calls from “grown up” offspring:
Free At Last
There is the wonderful story of a group of loyal Churchwomen who were going to a pilgrimage by boat. A great storm arose, capsizing the ship, and everyone on board
No Free Lunch
When Jesus paraded into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the people who cheered Him along the way regarded the event as a royal procession. They expected Jesus to ride into town,
More Than Good Intentions
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Most of us are walking right down the middle of the road. We have good intentions about many good things we
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Is Anybody Listening?
For Jesus Christ, the secret of His life was in His passionate, joyful, expectant, unconditional giving of Himself to the Will of God. At every moment of His life, in
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Let Go
A mother whose only son was preparing for college, wrote the following letter to the college president: Dear Sir: My son has been accepted for admission to your college and
One Step Removed
Most people are aware of the medical evidence on the health hazards of cigarette smoking. Yet, imagine a heavy smoker with a severe respiratory problem saying to his doctor, “I
Yours For The Asking
“I Want What I Want When I Want It.” So goes an old song title. At times, not getting what we ask for saddens and depresses us. But, the wise
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