Devotion
Silent Night
Country music star Travis Tritt spent many years playing out-of-the-way joints before he made it big in the music industry. He reports that many of the bars were danger- ous places, with drunk fans starting fights over the smallest matters. But Tritt found a unique way to keep the peace in such situations. As he […]
Why December 25 For Christmas Day
In the early church many people thought that celebrating birthdays was a pagan practice, so they didn’t like the idea of celebrating a birthday for Jesus. Later, however, Christians decided it was more effective to create alternatives to pagan celebrations than to eliminate or ignore them. Sometime during the fourth century they decided to celebrate […]
The Sense Of A Supreme Being
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes “For the truth about God is known to them [all mankind] instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts. From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities — his […]
Three Ways To Celebrate Christmas
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-018 [Repeat of CLM 972: 22 Dec 1999] THREE WAYS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS (Sermon notes) The Christmas story is an amazing story, isn’t it? In a few days we celebrate its 2001st anniversary (by our calendar). In fact, it is such an amazing story it leaves you with only 3 ways of celebrating […]
Lift A Fig And Be Obedient
Devotional Guide For the week of December 2, 2001 Jesus, the Heaven Sent Man Lift a fig and be obedient To Read: 2 Corinthians 1-4 To Know: “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 5:20) Was anyone ever more […]
Ten Ways To Be Unhappy
1. Make little things bother you. Don’t just let them, make them. 2. Lose you perspective on things and keep it lost: don’t put first things first. 3. Find yourself a good worry, one about which you can do nothing. 4. Be a perfectionist, which means not that you work hard to do your best, […]
Who Owns The Backyard?
Vicki Huffman, in PLUS LIVING (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1989), tells about a man who loved to hunt and bought two pedigreed setters that he trained to be fine bird dogs. He kept them in a large, fenced pen in his backyard. One morning he observed a little bulldog trotting down the alley behind his home. […]
Getting Treasures From Your Troubles
“Getting Treasures from Your Troubles” 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 September 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org A certain organization offered a reward of $5,000 for wolves, provided they were captured alive. This amount of money turned Sam and […]
God Came Near
(Written by Max Lucado) The noise and bustle began earlier than usual in the village. As night gave way to dawn, people were already on the streets. Vendors were positioning themselves on the corners of the most heavily traveled avenues. Store owners were unlocking the doors to their shops. Children were awakened by the excited […]
Recognize Your Ripples Of Influence
“Recognize Your Ripples of Influence” 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 20 September 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Remember the first time you threw a stone into still water? From the point of impact, widening circles of little waves called […]
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