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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Love
What We Don’t Know
The brilliant British Author, Malcolm Muggeridge, once said that a very amusing book could be written about how unbelievers try to explain away the fact that people are still being
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Your Undivided Attention
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus returns to Nazareth, His childhood home, for the first time since His public ministry began. His reputation has preceded Him. His fellow villagers have heard
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Stand On Your Head
There is a wonderful parable in which a certain man dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates where he is met by Saint Peter. “As ‘Keeper of the Gates,’ it
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What Are We Looking For?
A California religious newspaper (The “Son” Sentinel), published an article which contrasted the living habits of two kinds of birds that fly over the California desert: the vulture and the
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The Road To Somewhere
A pious woman had a dream one night in which one of the town’s best-known scoundrels died and was on his way to heaven. But, because of many misdeeds, the
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Where Are You Coming From?
What is the difference between “romance” and “authentic love”? According to the popular inspirational writer, Marjorie Holmes, the difference amounts to “turning ‘sweet nothings’ into ‘sweet somethings.’” For example: ROMANCE
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It Ain’t Easy, Honey!
A few years ago, one of America’s biggest department stores tried marketing a doll in the form of the Baby Jesus. The advertisements described it as being “washable, cuddly and
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As Near As Here
The story is told of the Old Testament period in which the Israelites were suffering in Egyptian bondage… God traveled around the earth in search of people who would be
Where Are We Coming From?
That great philosopher, Charlie Brown of the “Peanuts” cartoons, once made a profound observation that touches on the way we feel about this thing we call “salvation.” Charlie is leaning
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What’s It All About?
Christmas is almost here. It is time for us to get off our treadmill of “hurry, hurry, hurry” and ask “Why? What’s it all about?” A man asked God, “What
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The Christmas Heart
There is mass confusion in the minds of my generation. Computers take the place of minds. Electronics are taking over, only confusing things more. I admit we should follow over,
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Being Useful To The Master
Verse 24 of the 118th Psalms is one of the most widely quoted Old Testament verses. It teaches us that when we celebrate the enduring love of God, we are
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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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A Two-way Trust
In Psalm 56, the ancient Psalmist sings a song of trust: This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose Word I praise, In the Lord, whose Word
Somebody Knows And Somebody Cares
Jesus never minced words. Jesus never spoke into the air. He spoke to real people — men and women with real feelings, real ambitions, real hopes and dreams, real joys
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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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Gift Exchange
It was Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C., and a group of young tourists from all parts of the country were being guided through one of the city’s historic Churches. The
Change Your Stance
Members of a parish “Senior citizen” group staged a panel discussion on the subject of “longevity.” The panel included several of the group’s oldest members. During the event, one panelist,
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Do You Like Yourself?
In today’s Lesson, after telling the crowds that unless they repent they will perish, Jesus tells a parable about a fig tree that hasn’t borne any fruit for three years.
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