Devotion
Anger
Anybody can become angry this is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right reason, and in the right way that is not easy. Aristotle.
What Is Truth?
WHAT IS TRUTH? A man named Pilate once Asked: WHAT IS TRUTH? truth (a noun) : 1. the quality or state of being true 2. that which is true; statement, etc. that accords with fact or reality 3. an established or verified fact, principle, etc. 4. a particular belief or teaching regarded by the speaker […]
There Is No Life Except Through Death
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-089 THERE IS NO LIFE EXCEPT THROUGH DEATH From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. If [a grain of wheat] dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:24. ‘The real value of ease cannot be appreciated without having known pain, nor […]
A Scorpion Moment
There was a man in India who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger, but the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again. A man nearby told him to stop […]
What Is Courage?
“What is Courage? Courage is the ability to act regardless of the feelings or potential consequences. Courage is following your intuition when the facts are against it. Courage is saying ‘I am sorry’ when you are at fault, ‘I don’t know’ when you don’t and ‘I love you’ despite the hurt, anger or fear. Each […]
Bishop Refuses Communion To Homosexuals While Offering It To Known Pedophile Clergy
known pedophile clergy. If you take any give audience at mass and then remove the: divorced and remarried without an annulment, the adulters not married, the married people having affairs, the married people using contriceptives, I bet you would be well over 80% of the audience I bet the collection plate might be rather light, […]
Speaking Up
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-094 (Devotional) SPEAKING UP “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” – Proverbs 31:8-9 Thomas Story Kirkbride was born on July 31, 1809 in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. He was a […]
Faith
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Hebrews 4:2 When Hudson Taylor went to China, he made the voyage on a sailing vessel. As it neared the channel between the southern Malay […]
We Know In Part
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-095 (Devotional) WE KNOW IN PART Be still, and know that I am God. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I want to know Christ. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may […]
Facing Your Fears
Remember when you were a kid and just knew there was a monster lurking at the foot of your bed? How did you get over that fear? Most likely someone turned on the lights and pointed out that your monster was nothing more than a sweater hanging on a chair. Once the lights came on, […]
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