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Keeping Work in Its Place
Keeping Work in Its Place George MacLeod, founder of the Iona Community of Scotland, said that he took the job of cleaning the community’s toilets so, “I will not be tempted to preach irrelevant sermons on ‘the dignity of all labor.'” I haven’t preached many sermons on the subject of work. When I do preach […]
Should you lie to save people’s feelings?
The Ethicist February 4, 2007 Q: Should you lie to save people’s feelings? HERE is a timeless scene played out in countless homes around the land. Someone’s beloved (let’s call her Mum) returns home after a day at the shops. She has treated herself to the latest haute couture. Face radiant with expectation, Mum parades […]
Depression
SEA POINT EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CAPE TOWN. MINISTER, Rev. Thomas Scarborough. Depression. Morning Worship, 19 September 2004. I have been preaching lately on a few topics that are important to us as Christians – and this morning I am preaching on the topic of depression. I certainly hope that it won’t be a depressing sermon […]
Eternal
If “eternal life” doesn’t mean “life after death,” what does it mean? Later in John’s Gospel, Jesus reduces the phrase simply to “life,” or “life to the full.” near the end of John’s account, Jesus makes a particularly fascinating statement in a prayer, and it is as close as we get to a definition: “This […]
Affluenza
Welcome to the selfish city Brigid Delaney February 2, 2007 IMAGINE you are a modern explorer. But instead of discovering a country, you wish to journey into the inner lives of its inhabitants. What you wish to discover is how much that country is in thrall to consumer culture and to the virus of affluenza. […]
Take Hold Of Every Moment
A friend of mine opened his wife’s underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: “This, – he said – isn’t any ordinary package.” He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. “She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years […]
Rules For A Perfect Day
Just for today… I will try to live and delight in the reality of being alive. My past Is forever gone, my future an uncertainty, so I will be happy and Thankful for each moment. I will not allow negative input into my mind… Happiness is a choice And I choose to be happy. I […]
Change
I hope, in Robert Frost’s words, ‘They would not find me changed from him they knew/ Only more sure of what he thought was true’ — — Shalom! Rowland Croucher
Christian Ways To Reduce Stress
An Angel says, “Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.” 1. Pray 2. Go to bed on time. 3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed. […]
Confess Your Secrets
‘I am a missionary! I know I am called to this work yet I don’t love people. I can’t stand people. This goes way beyond being introverted. My friends make me so angry, they can never do anything right. My co-workers make me so angry, I feel that in some way or another I am […]
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