Devotion
10 Steps To A Blessed Day
1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK If someone is rude; If someone is impatient; If someone is unkind … I will not respond in like manner. Love is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 13:5) 2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD […]
Who Is Packing Your Parachute?
Religion in Daily Life © By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church (215) 637-5225 Written 29 January 2002 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent […]
Real Blindness And Real Sight
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-025 REAL BLINDNESS AND REAL SIGHT From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. He said, ‘Lord I believe.’ And he worshipped him. John 9:38. The story in John 9:35-41 depicts the blind man experiencing ‘progressive revelations’ about who Jesus was: […]
The Devil’s Convention
Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening address to his evil angels, he said “We can’t keep the Christians from going to church. We can’t keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We can’t even keep them from conservative values. But we can do something else. We can keep them from […]
Are You Having Fun?
Too many people don’t have fun. They go through their days with a morbid sense of doom. People – even family members – don’t like to be around them, and their mood can be contagious. You can decide to have good days, to find pleasure in your surroundings, and be a person others enjoy being […]
You Are Accepted – A Layman Responds
### Hi Rowland, ### Herewith some answers from a ‘still learning’ layman who has not ‘arrived yet’. DISCUSS: 1. The basic axiom about self-esteem relates to the issue of ‘Who gives you your grade?’ Why is it so difficult to ‘rewrite the script’ when powerful people have helped us define our worth throughout childhood and […]
Wonders Of God
1. God always is greater than your need. 2. God always is greater than your enemy. 3. God always loves you more than you do. 4. God always has better plans for you than you do. 5. God always gives you what is good for you. 6. God always is available to you. 7. God […]
At The Complaint Counter
I understand that an Athens hotel posts a sign which reads: “Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. daily.” And you thought people didn’t have to be told when to complain! I do realize that all that is wrong in this world will not be […]
What’s Valuable…Inspires…Brings Hope
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-020 (Devotional) WHAT’S VALUABLE IS WHAT INSPIRES US – AND BRINGS US HOPE! by Brian Stewart Through our Lord Jesus Christ … we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God … we also rejoice in […]
The Devil’s Convention
I received an Indonesian version of this a few weeks ago. It sounded vaguely familiar – perhaps because of Screwtape? Does anyone know how long it’s been going around? Anyway, it doesn’t detract from its message. Sue The Devil’s Convention Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening address to his evil angels, he said […]
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