Devotion
Satan’s Beatitudes
If the Devil, whom we don’t hear much about today, were to write his Beatitudes, they would possibly go something like this: “Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians in Church — they are my best workers. Blessed are those […]
Do Nothing Out Of Favouritism
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-043 (Devotional) DO NOTHING OUT OF FAVORITISM by Peter Kennedy “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.” – 1 Timothy 5:21 Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Community Church South Barrington, […]
Trusting God When Miracles Don’t Come
In Holding On to Hope, Nancy Guthrie writes: We had Hope for 199 days. We loved her. We enjoyed her richly and shared her with everyone we could. We held her during seizures. Then we let her go. The day after we buried Hope, my husband said to me, “You know, I think we expected […]
Andrew The Android And What It Means To Be Human
(2 Corinthians 5:17) by Kim Thoday Isaac Asimov was one of the most prolific science fiction writers of the twentieth century. His inspiring fiction tantalised an audience of millions for fifty years. Many of his predictions about technological gadgetry have come to pass. He wrote with a childlike awe of life and a deep understanding […]
Picture This
(by Kim Thoday) Once a small boy was given a jigsaw puzzle of several hundred pieces. Unfortunately, before he began putting the puzzle together, the box for the jigsaw pieces was somehow lost and of course on the front of the box was a picture of the completed puzzle. Anyone who has attempted a jigsaw […]
Handling Criticism: Receiving Correction
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-157 (Practical Christian Living) HANDLING CRITICISM Part Two: Receiving Correction by Norman and Ann Bales In our last installment [see CLM-3-151], we talked about guidelines we need to observe when we feel like we have an obligation to correct others. Today we go to the flip side and talk about receiving criticism. […]
What Happens When I Die (More…)
See http://jmm.org.au/articles/4549.htm Then read this response from a netfriend: Hi Rod! Thanks for the sermon contribution. Very much appreciated. I noted that it is OK to communicate with you about this message. Would you please allow me to attempt to clarify a point you make? You said, “If my body reverts to dust, where does […]
Lunch With God
Author unknown A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the […]
Living In These Times
A ship wrecked mariner had spent several years on a deserted island. Then one morning he was thrilled to see a ship offshore and a smaller vessel pulling out toward him. When the boat was grounded on the beach, the officer in charge handed the marooned sailor a bundle of newspapers and told him, “With […]
Finding Treasures In The Snow
Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing,” said comedienne Phyllis Diller. For Phyllis, the snow is an image about doing housework. The recent blizzard of 2003 here in Philadelphia was a tough one […]
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