Devotion
You’ll Outlive Your Present Problem
“You’ll Outlive Your Present Problem” Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 19 October 2000 TV actor Rick Jason died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Monday, October 16. Jason starred in the 1960s television series […]
Is It Possible For The Grinch To Steal Christmas?
By Kelly Boggs NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–In Dr. Suess’s classic tale, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”, the malevolent main character discovers that Christmas cannot be stolen, stifled, or subdued. No, even the Who’s who inhabit Whoville understood that the reason for the Christmas season is not bound up in gifts, feasts, or decorations. While the good […]
Conscious Life Continues After Death
“Conscious Life Continues After Death” Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 27 October 2000 “The first scientific study of ‘near-death’ experiences has found new evidence to suggest that consciousness or the ‘soul’ can continue to exist after the […]
O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Meditation)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-250 (Devotional) Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message 2000: O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM (Meditation) My favourite Christmas carol is “O Little Town of Bethlehem”. Written by Philips Brooks, former Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, it captures so eloquently and beautifully the magic of Christmas. He composed it following a never-to-be- […]
Cheer Up! God Loves You!
“Cheer Up! God Loves You!” Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 29 October 2000 “For me, accepting God’s love involves a relentless hushing of voices that whisper otherwise. You are unworthy. You failed again. God cannot possibly love […]
God’s Positive Outlook
GOD’S POSITIVE OUTLOOK. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it. You say: “It’s impossible” God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27) You say: “I’m too tired” God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30) You say: “Nobody really loves me” God says: […]
Don’t Believe It
Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them (Leviticus 19:31). Where do mediums and spiritists get their “amazing” information and insights? Many of them are demonic channelers, but much of what is called “spiritism” and “psychic phenomena” is no more than clever illusion. These so-called spiritists […]
Waiting For God
IMPATIENCE Do you remember when you were very young? If you were like me then impatience would have been part of your make up. Everything had to be done immediately, if not sooner. ‘Later’ was light-years away and ‘tomorrow’ was beyond eternity. Did we learn anything as children about patience or is that something that […]
The Can Man
(Danny T. Dobson) I work in a major US factory. We make refrigerators. Four thousand five hundred new refrigerators every day. It is a union shop and it’s gradually shrinking as many union blue collar factories seem to be but that is not what this story is about. This story is about one man who […]
Service
SERVICE A wise man once remarked that even sheep become beautiful to those who do not see them as so much potential mutton. Now that is a profound saying. The wise man meant that nothing can be seen at its true worth and dignity while men look upon it as existing, primarily, for their personal […]
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