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What Do You Want For Christmas?

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“What Do You Want for Christmas?” 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 28 November 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “What do you want for Christmas?” Your relatives and friends are trying to figure out the answer to that question right […]

The Invitation

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It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.I want to know what you ache forand if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.It doesn’t interest me how old you are.I want to know if you will risk looking like a foolfor lovefor your dreamfor the adventure of being alive.It doesn’t interest […]

Doors To The Christmas Drama

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“Doors to the Christmas Drama” 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 6 December 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door,” wrote […]

Give Your Life A New Ending

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“Give Your Life a New Ending” 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 9 January 2002 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Kirk Douglas’ new book, My Stroke of Luck, came out January 8. Kirk tells about the “brain attack” that hit him […]

Distinguishing Christmas From Its Wrappings

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“Distinguishing Christmas from Its Wrappings” 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 13 December 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Christmas is when you burn all the wrappings and then discover you can’t find the 20-dollar bill you got as a present” […]

Christ Sanctifies Matter

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Christ sanctified mud to heal a blind. Christ’s hem (material cloth) healed a woman. Christ’s apostle’s hankies healed the sick. Christ’s apostles shadow healed the sick. Christ sanctified water by His immersion into it. Christ sanctifies oil to anoint the sick and heal and/or forgive them. Christ destroyed Hades by His entrance into it. Christ […]

On The Morning Of Christ’s Nativity

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-226 (Devotional) Milton: ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST’S NATIVITY (From Christian Quotation of the Day) This the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven’s Eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, […]

Suffering And Sin

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-010 DISABILITIES AND THE ‘WORK OF GOD’ From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9:2 The Messiah, it was predicted, would give sight to the blind (Isaiah […]

It’s Christmas Night By Max Lucado

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It’s Christmas night. The house is quiet. Even the crackle is gone from the fireplace. Warm coals issue a lighthouse glow in the darkened den. Stockings hang empty on the mantle. The tree stands naked in the corner. Christmas cards, tinsel, and memories remind Christmas night of Christmas day. It’s Christmas night. What a day […]

Words Of Wisdom

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“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” — Albert Schweitzer “Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.” — Jean Baptiste Moliere “If you think you are to small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.” — Unknown “By gnawing through a dike, […]

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