Devotion
THE SHELTER OF GOD
A SERMONETTE SUITABLE FOR FRAIL/AGED FOLK. Arrive wearing obvious ” hot weather” clothes….perhaps an open-necked T-shirt and shorts and a shady hat and sunglasses. You could even carry a beach towel and/or a folding deck chair. INTRODUCTION. Outside this lovely building today, it is very hot. The sun is streaming down and the pavements are […]
THE BUCKLED BIKE
Dear God in Heaven, I feel as if I’ve fallen from my bike tonight, Lord. It’s as if the rims of the wheels are all knocked and crooked, and I’m attempting to ride my bike anyway. I’ve traveled through some rocky paths with many hilly outcrops. It’s been hard work, but I’ve kept pushing on. […]
Thoughts on Love
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better or happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; Kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, Kindness […]
Today Has Passed
Whatever it held of good or evil is now woven into the inevitable pattern of life. I cannot recall one unkind word, nor retrace one foolish step. The tapestry is woven. I might look at the pattern and regret the threads of selfishness, the ravelings of hate, but I cannot remove them, for they are […]
ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS
A SERMONETTE SUITABLE FOR FRAIL/AGED FOLK. Many of us remember the old family routine of Sunday mornings……..waking the children early and dressing them in their very best and most beautiful clothes. Fathers would scrub and polish every persons’ shoes ’till they gleamed. After breakfast teeth were cleaned and hair brushed till it shone. My wife […]
The Parable of Brother Leo
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves” (Romans 12:10, NIV). Michael Josephson tells about “an old legend . of a monastery in France well-known throughout Europe because of the extraordinary leadership of a man known only as Brother Leo. Several monks began a pilgrimage to visit Brother Leo to […]
An Open Letter From God
My Dear Children .. believe me, that is all of you. I consider myself a pretty patient guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right. And about evolution – boy, nothing is slower than designing that whole Darwinian thing to take place – cell by cell […]
Power of Prayer
THIS IS A REALLY TRUE STORY Diane, a young university student, was home for the summer. She had gone to visit some friends one evening and time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of the past year. She ended up staying longer than planned, and had to walk home alone. She wasn’t afraid […]
Anxious Thoughts (Ephesians 3:17-19)
by Kim Thoday Albert Einstein once quipped: “I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough.” Yet it would seem that anxiety is fundamental to being human. I suppose one needs to draw a distinction between worry and anxiety. Anxiety is a deeper emotion than worry. Anxiety, as Wilhelm Stekhel defined it, “is fear […]
God Loves Us
Author: Unknown Jeffie was in his playpen and he was crying. Tears were rolling down his little cheeks; his face was red as it could be. He was crying, and he looked pitiful in his little baseball T-shirt and a diaper. Then Jeffie’s Grandpa entered the room; Jeffie’s little face lit up when he saw […]
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