Devotion
What You See Is What You Get
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6, NIV). How true is the saying that what you see is what you get! As Steve Goodier in his book, Are You Living on the Past? shared how both the vulture and […]
Facing Life’s Most Basic Question
“Facing Life’s Most Basic Question” Religion in Daily Life C By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 14 January 2002 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “What are you looking for?” (John 1:38, TEV). Jesus of Nazareth asked this of two men who started to follow him. How […]
Words Of Wisdom
“We buy carpet that doesn’t show dirt and rent movies that do.” — Unknown “The mind is a bit like a garden. If it isn’t fed and cultivated, weeds will take it over.” — Erving G. Hall “What we project is what we get back.” — Unknown “He who throws mud loses ground.” — Unknown […]
Turning Problems Into Opportunities
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him [God], who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28, NIV). To which I like to add … “even if it is eventually!” Edward Chinn, Rector of All Saints’ Church […]
Little Boxes
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-019 [Repeat of CLM 757: 31 Dec 1998] LITTLE BOXES by Ron Clarke Every year, most of us buy a diary. … I’ve only got a small diary that I carry with me – one month to a page with 30 or 31 squares on it. The other day I looked back over […]
No Excuses Accepted
Queen Elizabeth was crowned queen of England in 1953. Prior to her coronation, she sent out invitations to her friends and various dignitaries which read like this: “We greet you well. Whereas we have appointed the second day of June 1953 for the solemnity of our coronation, these are therefore to will and to command, […]
Trouble
Should a large boulder be swept over a waterfall, it will likely be shattered by the event. But as time and water flows on, the fragments will be smoothed into their own beauty, not destroyed, just changed. -unknown
Hearing God, Or Merely ‘About’ God
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-011 (Practical Christian Living) Why do we enjoy everything else more than the Bible? by Siu Fung Wu Why do we enjoy everything else that tells us “about” God? No doubt most Christians understand the paramount importance of the Bible in their lives, and all pastors realise the role they should play […]
Journey Continues, The
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-002 (Devotional) THE JOURNEY CONTINUES… by Ross Groocock As we stand on the border of 2001/2002 and look back over the hills, valleys, mountains and ravines we see how life treated us and how we treated life. Some of it we can be proud of, other parts we can learn from and […]
Wealth And Giving
Quote of the day….. 18/1/02 Wealth is not sin, but greed is; Giving is not godliness, but charity is. -unknown
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