Devotion
Do You Know Who I Am?
The following story is supposed to have happened at Ohio State University about six or seven years ago in a huge lecture hall (approximately 1000 students) for a Calculus final. Apparently this particular calculus teacher wasn’t very well liked. He was one of those guys who would stand at the front of the class and […]
He Changed Her World
She hadn’t really planned to see anyone that day at the well. Experience had taught her when to go for water so that she could safely come and go to avoid the painful glares of distain. His plan was to catch a few winks while the disciples went to town for food. What better place […]
Is Faster Better?
Nahum 2:4 (NLT) The chariots race recklessly along the streets and through the squares, swift as lightning, flickering like torches. Ok folks, it’s time for a mass confession. If we were “in person,” I would love to see a show of hands of how many of you think faster is better. See, I am so […]
Twelve Days Of Christmas: The True Meaning
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-003 (General) THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: the true meaning With the Twelve Days of Christmas nearly completed, we thought you would be interested in the tradition of the meaning behind that traditional song. People often think of The Twelve Days of Christmas as the days preceding the festival. Actually, Christmas is […]
Magi & Gifts
Several years ago there was a unique Christmas television special called, “Claymation Christmas.” My family and I enjoyed it so much that we video taped it. A couple of the animated characters would tell the story behind of the Christmas song or hymns, after which other Claymation creations would sing them. It was creatively cute, […]
Daily (F W Boreham)
Dr. F.W. Boreham tells about his stay in a quaint old cottage in England occupied by a minister’s widow. She had given him her bedroom and in the morning when he pulled up the blind, he saw that into the glass of the windowpane had been cut the words: “This is the day.” He asked […]
Enlightenment (F W Boreham)
F. W. Boreham in his book, Arrows of Desire,* interprets a French proverb: “At night, all cats are grey …. In a poor light, chalk looks pretty much the same as cheese; wine as water; brass as gold; a weed as a flower, a mongrel as a champion …. In the grey dawn or the […]
Bible Love Letter
You may not know me, but I know everything about you … Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up … Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your ways… Psalm 139:3 Even the very hairs on your head are numbered… Matthew 10:29-31 For you were made in my image… […]
Putting Your Hope Into Practice
“Putting Your Hope into Practice” 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 7 November 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Rumors spread through a small town in Maine about its coming death. The state government had decided to flood the area where […]
God Broadmindedness
A young convert approached his pastor with a question. “How can God, who is good, forgive a sinner? Isn’t he repulsed by all the hatred and jealousy that fills people?” The pastor looked warmly at this young, enthusiastic friend and said, “You are the third generation in a family of master furniture makers. Tell me, […]
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