Devotion
Making It Through The Storm
“Making It Through the Storm” Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church Written 30 July 2000 In the fall of 1991, a small fishing boat named the “Andrea Gail” set out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. The captain and his crew needed to make one last (and big!) catch of […]
Baptism And Confession
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-149 From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. People from the whole Judean countryside were baptized by [John the Baptist] in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Mark 1:5. You need to do two more things, said John: (1) Be […]
The Meaning Of Life
Christian Quotation of the Day May 28, 1999 Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089 The great danger facing all of us… is not that we shall make an absolute failure of life, nor that we shall fall into outright viciousness, nor that we shall be terribly unhappy, nor that we […]
Success Is Never Really Satisfying
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-001 Rowland Croucher ———————————- ———————————- Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. Luke 12:33. The Puritans preached that ‘success’ results from God’s blessing, or God’s testing, or God’s abandonment and judgment, or the devil’s seduction. Only […]
Dealing With Your Impulses
Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 832 (Sermon Summary – Moderate length) ————————– Dealing with Your Impulses ————————– by John Rallison Knowing which to follow and which to fight We live in an impulse-driven society. E-mail ads tell me that I could increase my internet sales by 75% (if I sold anything on the internet) by adding credit […]
What Is Life?
Life is a gift, accept it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is a mystery, unfold it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a struggle, face it. Life is beauty, praise it. Life is a puzzle, solve it. Life is opportunity, take it. Life is sorrowful, experience it. Life is a song, […]
Choosing Truth
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 2:30:3 Subject: Neil Anderson Devotional for Friday, May 28, 1999 To: Dr. Rowland Croucher <> From: DEVOTIONALS.NET <> 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 […]
The ‘New’ Footprints
“Now imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking along the beach together. For much of the way the Lord’s footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying in the pace. But your prints are in a disorganized stream of zig zags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way it seems […]
Create Your Own Life
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there…to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be but when you lock eyes with them, […]
Jesus, Not The Reason For The Season
– James Irvine Jesus said, “God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not die but have eternal life. It was not to judge the world that God sent his Son into the world, but that through him the world might be saved.” […]
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