Family
I’m a Mum
A woman named Emily renewing her driver’s licence at the Transport Office was asked by the clerk to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the clerk, “do you have a job, or are you just a … ? “Of course I have a job,” snapped Emily. […]
The Stranger
The Stranger A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world […]
About Senior Citizens
This has been around before in one form or another. Sound on ….. http://www.libertyhigh56.net/special%20pages/seniors/seniors.htm
Grand Parents
Grandparents What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars’ worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television. ~Author Unknown Becoming a grandmother is […]
Generation Y
From a friend: A common topic of discussion among business people and managers is the “Gen Y Management Problem”. Look in the business books’ section of a book-shop or an on-line book-store and see the increasing number of books with titles like “Thriving (and surviving) with Generation Y at Work”. Two interesting suppositions were made […]
‘No’ Means ‘No’
From a review of ‘A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue’ by Wendy Shalit… in Christian Century March 3, 1999, p. 246, review by Gilbert Meilaender… Comments by either author or reviewer: ‘Shalit notes that a great deal of sex education to which young children are subjected has as its point the disenchanting of […]
Ministry by Old Ladies
Heard this week: Two elderly ladies from an evangelical church in Melbourne have got into the habit of sitting on seats inside a supermarket, and praying for people as they pass by… Sometimes they talk to strangers, and sometimes they give out little ‘encouragement cards’ And many lives have been touched…
A Father’s Love
THE IMPORTANCE OF A FATHERS LOVE Picture the scene: Boys and their parents gathered to discuss a “youthful indiscretion” and its consequences. I was once at such a meeting, and I was struck by the thought that what we needs perhaps more than anything else is fathers who will father. I’m the mother of two […]
Love thy neighbour
Martin Luther’s beautiful pronouncement: “Love thy neighbour” – “a man ought to love his neighbour. And as his wife is his nearest neighbour he ought to love her most of all”
The People Behind You
(~) THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU A teenager, Elizabeth, was nervous as she took the wheel for her first driving lesson. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, the instructor said, “Turn left here, and don’t forget to let the people behind you know what you are doing.” Elizabeth turned to the students sitting […]
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