Promises, Promises
In a parish raffle to end all parish raffles, the first prize was a Rolls Royce, second prize a Mercedes, third prize a Jaguar, and fourth prize a Lincoln Continental. […]
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Worry
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
Shalom Aleichem is considered by many to be the greatest of the ethnic humorists. He is perhaps best known as the creator of the character, Tevye, in one of America’s
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The Best Medicine
On his return from a trip into the wilds, a birdwatcher told this story of an encounter with a bear. “I was hiking through the woods,” he said, “and came
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A “first grade” teacher noticed that one of her students was growing increasingly withdrawn.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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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
Whoopee!
Many years ago, it was the custom in some Churches for the congregation to assemble shortly after Easter for a festival. A food-fest would be prepared, and there was folk-dancing
A Kiss In The Dark
About this time of year in 1997, Washington Post journalist, Laura Britt, wrote a column entitled, “Christmas Blues.” In it, she tells of a telephone call she received from a
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Who, Me?
A veteran seminary professor has painted a composite picture of all the “rules” followed by the people he has observed and counseled who seem devoted to the task of making
