A young bride-to-be learned, to her dismay, that some of her fiance’s religious beliefs were less than orthodox. “What shall I do?” she asked her mother anxiously, “Harold doesn’t even […]
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In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus dispatches seventy-two of the disciples to precede Him into the villages He planned to visit, and to prepare the people for His coming. Their mission
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Once upon a time a frog went to a fortune-teller to see what the future had in store for him. The fortune-teller gazed into her crystal ball and said, “A
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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Do you remember the Gospel episode in which Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” and “Who do you say that I am?”
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A British newspaper ran a story reported by the staff members of the Dorsett County Hospital. It concerned a little boy’s personal account of his recent tonsilectomy at the hospital.
Land where our fathers died/Land of the pilgrim’s pride/ From every mountainside/Let freedom ring! On “Independence Day,” the American people celebrate the great gift of freedom they have received as
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In a fascinating story of his journey across the United States with his pet dog, John Steinbeck tells of a Church service he attended during his travels in the State
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A young woman named Mary who lived in the village of Nazareth was confronted by an angel of the Lord. The angel told her that she was to become the
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Today’s Gospel Lesson describes an attempt by the Pharisees to trap Jesus. The Pharisees begin to carry out their scheme with great cunning. They praise Jesus for His dedication to
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“I don’t want the city to come into my Church and I don’t want my Church to come into the city,” wrote a woman to her pastor… I want to
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Once, when our good friend Charlie Brown was going away for a couple of days, Linus says to him, “I guess I won’t be seeing you until Monday, Charlie Brown,
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“What is success?” asked Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Success,” he said “was to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.” In poetic language
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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
According to an old rabbinical story… In a small East European country there lived a pious Jewish lad who wanted to become a Rabbi. He walked several miles each day,
There was a time, at the dawn of the world, when the Lord God walked in the garden in the cool of the day. But Adam, the man in the
Each week, the pastor of the Washington, D.C. Church which President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended received several telephone calls from persons who asked if the President was expected to attend
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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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Jesus is not teaching social etiquette here. He is getting at something much deeper. The “wedding party” symbolizes the Kingdom of God into which we all are invited. The suggested
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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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