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Marine at father’s bedside
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. […]
When Jesus lost his head in New Orleans
by Karen Spears Zacharias Just around the corner from Jackson Barracks, just off St. Claude Avenue, stands a two-foot high statue of Jesus. His arms are open wide, ready to embrace any and all who are willing. But there’s something terribly amiss with this Jesus. The yard in which he stands is littered with debris. […]
Men Like Gods (Muggeridge)
Malcolm Muggeridge in “Men Like Gods” – Writers like Aldous Huxley and George Orwell have imagined the sort of scientific utopia which is coming to pass, but already their nightmare fancies are hopelessly out of date. A vast, air conditioned, neon-lighted, glass and chromium broiler house begins to take shape, in which geneticists select the […]
Try again!!
A little girl had been shopping with her Mom at Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no […]
Quotes
A netfriend: Many years ago I started to collect sayings under the heading Worth Pondering. Haven’t used them for years but here they are. Thinking theologically… means more than just interpreting our given Oorthodox ยน biblical tradition and creedal statements. It also means being willing to think differently now than in the past (Sallie McFague). God […]
Popularity
Tsekung asked Confucious, “What would you say if all the people of a village like a person?” “That is not enough,” replied Confucious. “What would you say if all the people in avillage dislike a person?” “That is not enough,” replied Confucious. “It is better when the good people of the village like him, and […]
Five (5) lessons to make you think about the way we treat people
Five (5) lessons to make you think about the way we treat people. 1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first […]
Happiness
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it. Richard Rohr
Ageing
George Carlin IF YOU DON’T READ THIS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON. George Carlin’s Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is […]
Super Bowl Sunday Sermon
Sightings 2/2/06 Super Bowl Sunday Sermon — Christian Sheppard Over 90 million Americans will watch Super Bowl XL this Sunday. The game is a national ritual; friends and family gather to dip chips, hearken to our anthem, smile or snipe at the commercials, and gawk at the halftime show. Much hoopla surrounds the Super Bowl, […]
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