A Matter Of Life And Death
In the remote deserts of Southwestern United States, temperatures soar above 120 degrees every summer. The earth cakes and cracks. To lift one’s face to the early afternoon sun is […]
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Priorities
Are You In Hot Water?
During the mid-1800s, Alexis DeTocqueville, the famous French Historian, endeavored to capture and record some of the spirit of the American Dream. He traveled extensively in the United States and
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Something Money Can’t Buy
Over a doorway in an old Dutch banking house is the following inscription: The Golden Age is the Age in which money does not rule! A man went to a
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God Doesn’t Make Mistakes
If you would heed the advice of a famous German poet, everyday you would “at least hear one song, read one good poem, contemplate one good painting, and, if it
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I Am Counting On Them
Through encounter group sessions, people try to experience something that happened long before the coming of modern psychology and group dynamics. In our Gospel Lesson, a group of fishermen on
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Listen! Listen!
There is an Old English prayer that goes like this: Take time to work– It is the price of success. Take time to think– It is the source of power.
Don’t Forget
A true story: Grandfather was showing signs that he might soon need to be looked after full time. This led to a family meeting about his future. Ten-year-old grandson, Anthony,
Opportunities For Usefulness
Several months ago, in a large New Jersey parish, the following note was slipped into the Sunday morning collection basket: Dear Pastor, In response to your recent sermon about Church
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A Different Street
As a Society, does the motto “In God we trust” lead us to the complete truth? Does it really reflect reality, or are we being culturally conditioned and pressured to
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Make That An A-Plus
The grandmother of a sharp little girl was slightly taken aback when her granddaughter asked, “Grandma, how old are you?” Grandma replied, “Well, honey, when you’re my age you don’t
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Has It Gone Through You?
According to one of author Ernest Hemingway’s biographers, on the first day of each new year Hemingway gave away some of his most treasured possessions. And when people asked him
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Be It Resolved
A woman who was experiencing a variety of emotional problems went to see a psychiatrist about her troubles: her inability to “find herself”; her inability to resolve the question of
How Is This Possible?
An overweight businessman decided to shed a few pounds. He took his new diet seriously, even changing his driving route to the office in order to avoid passing his favorite
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