Devotion
Character
The Three Things (Walter Chrysler) Walter Chrysler, leading industrialist and founder of Chrysler Corporation, looked for just three things when hiring men. Here, Chrysler talks about the time he hired Colonel A.C. Downey, then a newcomer to the business… “I knew three things about him,” Chrysler said. “He was honest; he was loyal; he had […]
None Of Self, And All Of Thee
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-154 From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me. Mark 1:7. John was ‘a burning and shining lamp’. That is, he was like a small Eastern pottery lamp, a […]
Trouble
N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L from Freedom in Christ Ministries September 9 PERSEVERING TRIBULATIONS Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces […]
Wealth
FINER THAN WEALTH I love the story about an angel who suddenly appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean of the college that, in return for his unselfish and exemplary behavior, he will be given his choice of infinite wealth, wisdom or beauty. Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom. “Done!” says the […]
Heroism,
GOING ON The more you think about life and death, sadness and joy, you have to accept that there is a rhythm to our existence on earth, and whatever is happening, life must go on. We can’t stop the world and get off; we can’t opt out of life. Therefore we have to accept the […]
Imperturbability
IMPERTURBABILITY I think Charles Allen said it first. “When faced with problems which threaten to steal your peace of mind, learn the meaning of the word ‘imperturbability'” I heard of two artists who were asked to illustrate peace. Each was assigned the task of depicting a peaceful scene on canvas. The first artist drew a […]
Redemption
There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old birdcage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised and, as if in response Pastor Thomas began to speak. “I was walking through […]
Never Ending Hope
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-007 by John Rallison We all need hope. A High School class in Harlem was promised financial help in college if they stayed in school. The normally abysmal graduation rate soared to nearly 90 percent. In many cases the mere fact of having hope makes all the difference. What do you place […]
Temptation
N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L from Freedom in Christ Ministries February 6 THE ESSENCE OF TEMPTATION For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who […]
“Celebrating Interpreters In Your Life”
by the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Pastor, All Saints’ Church Sunday, 16 January 2000 In 1997, I was a patient in Episcopal Hospital. The Hospital is in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The surrounding neighborhood has many Spanish-speaking people living there. The Hospital employed “interpreters” who would act as go-betweens for the English-speaking hospital staff […]
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