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Heaven’s Dynamite

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-113 (Leadership Issues) HEAVEN’S DYNAMITE by Mike Endicott I don’t know what church life is like in your part of the world but here in the UK subjects like Mission and ‘different ways of being church’ seem to crop up at regular intervals with some great justification. Numerically we are on the […]

An Asteroid Is Coming: Don’t Panic

From a ‘Net-friend (26.07.02): The response to this is fascinating (as well as the current need to tie in the news with Hollywood entertainment). The broadsheets pretty well ignored it. The Tele seemed to make a bit of joke about it: Prepare for the day that will change the earth. There’s a fair chance it […]

Wonder

The loss of mystery has led to the loss of majesty. The more we know, the less we believe. No wonder there is no wonder. We think we’ve figured it all out. Strange, don’t you think? Knowledge of the workings shouldn’t negate the wonder. Knowledge should stir wonder. Who has more reason to worship than […]

Dont Push Him Away

Greg Potts has written, “The phone rang near 1 a.m. in the Winters’ home. Leo Winters, a highly acclaimed Chicago surgeon, awakened with a start. The caller said a young boy had been tragically mangled in a late-night accident. Could someone else handle it? Not this time. His hands possibly were the only hands in […]

For Those Tears I Died.

“And Jesus said, “Come to the water, stand by my side; I know you are thirsty, you wont be denied. I felt every tear-drop when in darkness you cried, And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died.” Tears are part of life. God is safe to cry with. We often find […]

Make A Difference

A mid-westerner was vacationing on the New England coast. One morning, very early, she was walking along the beach — the sun was still below the horizon, the rain had ended, the sea was calm, and a rainbow bridged the blue Atlantic with the green shoreline. While enjoying the beauty about her, she glanced down […]

Jogging In Triangles

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-184 (Devotional) JOGGING IN TRIANGLES by Rowland Croucher (Ed.) Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools. It is vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious […]

Love V4.0

Service Rep: Hello, you have reached the Heart Systems Software Company help desk. How may I help you? Customer: I just received your latest program, LOVE v4.0… you know… the freeware. I don’t understand it. Can tell me how to install it? Service Rep: Sure thing ma’am. Do you have the installation disk and instructions […]

You Took My Place

One day, a man went to visit a church. He arrived early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near him, and the driver told him, “I always park here. You took my place!” The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat, and sat down. A young lady from […]

Killing With Words

(Author Unknown) My Name Is Gossip.I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives I am cunning and malicious & gather strength with age. The more I am quoted the more I am believed. I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless.They cannot protect themselves […]