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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Wisdom

WORDS OF WISDOM “Wherever you go, there you are.” — Unknown “It is not the duration of a life that counts, but the donation.” — Peter Marshall “Pray towards heaven but row towards the shore.” — Unknown “Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape” — Unknown “The problem with […]

New Years Resolution Injuries Increase

|GPs are reporting an increase in “New Year’s | |resolution” injuries, caused by a sudden increase in| |physical activity without adequate preparation. | | | | | |”Many people end up in GPs’ surgeries after making | |New Year resolutions to lose the ‘Christmas kilos’ | |gained over the holiday period”, said Dr Rob | […]

Christmas Enthusiasm (From Bill Hybels)

Dear Enews Friends, I thought I’d fire off an email before you shut down your computer for the holidays. From my family to yours…Merry Christmas! Really. On the way over to the office this morning I listened to soul filling Christmas music being played on WMBI. Knowing that a very full day was about to […]

The Words We Carry With Us

Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Marlo Thomas is the wife of talk-show host Phil Donahue and daughter of TV legend Danny Thomas. In an article in Parade Magazine (December 1, 2002), Marlo talked about her struggle to become an actress when she was age 17. People kept comparing her […]

Installing Love

Tech Support: Yes Ma’am… how can I help you? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to nstall Love. Can you guide me though the process? Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first? Tech […]

Sleep -The Latest

A power nap is your best midday recharger by Michael Tennesen In an Australian study, 12 university students had either no nap, a 5-minute nap, a 10-minute nap, or a 30-minute nap following a short night’s sleep. Participants whose naps were shorter than 10 minutes didn’t get any benefit, while those who slept longer woke […]

Appreciating The Power Of Music

Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org According to a legend, after God created the world, He called the angels to Him. He asked them what they thought of the world. An angel said, “One thing is lacking: the sound of praise to the Creator. God then created music. It was […]

Greener Grass

by Dick Innes ~ ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org “Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have” (Hebrews 13:5, TLB). Author Russell H. Conwell in his book, “Acres of Diamonds,” tells about a farmer who wanted to sell his farm and work for a cousin in the oil business so he could […]

Finding Reasons To Keep Going

Religion in Daily Life  © By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “The miners said two things helped keep them going-the warm air being pumped down into the part of the mine where they took refuge from the rising waters, and the sound of the drilling as the workers on the surface tried to save […]

Facing The Need To Change

 © By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org In the 1940s, eighty percent of all watches sold were made in Switzerland by watch companies that employed 80,000 persons. Today, those figures have changed dramatically. Now those Swiss watch companies employ only 18,000 and make only twenty percent of the watches sold. What made the difference? […]