203) Ilyas and His Wife (part one)
ILYAS, a short story by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) There once lived, in the Government of Oufá a Bashkír named Ilyás. His father, who died a year after he had…
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203) Ilyas and His Wife (part one)
202) He Became Like Us
By Max Dunnam, from his book This Is Christianity One day a woman came to see the famous plastic surgeon Dr. Maxwell Maltz about her husband. She told…
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202) He Became Like Us
201) Obedience
By Luis Palau, The Only Hope for America, p. 153-4, 1996 Jesus said, "If you love me, you will obey what I command" (John 14:15). At first glance,…
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201) Obedience
200) A Few Comments by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
The neglect of religion and indifference about eternity can be found anywhere, even in the most regular parts of the community, on the farm or in the shop,…
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200) A Few Comments by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
199) All Are Invited
The following welcome is printed each week in the bulletin of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Community in Daytona Beach, Florida. It reflects the kind of welcoming community…
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199) All Are Invited
198) A Prayer for Self-examination and Confession
Today's meditation is brief, but it requires a slow and prayerful reading. It is taken from the book A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie (1949). This…
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198) A Prayer for Self-examination and Confession
197) “But We’re Christians…”
By Rev. William Willimon, Christian Century magazine, March 2, 1983, page 174. I sat with them in silence as they awaited the arrival of the pediatrician. It had…
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197) “But We’re Christians…”
196) “He Ascended into Heaven”
Each time we recite the Apostle’s Creed we say we believe that Jesus ‘ascended into heaven.’ Acts chapter one tells us that in the forty days after his…
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196) “He Ascended into Heaven”
195) A “Measured Sorrow”
From a letter by Martin Luther to Doctor Benedict Paul, whose son had lately been killed by a fall from the top of a house. (Paraphrased from The Table Talk of Martin…
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195) A “Measured Sorrow”
194) Avoiding the Trap of Self-Reliance
NOTE TO READERS: It does not work to REPLY to these Emailmeditations. You may contact me at llstier@frontiernet.net Thank you.---------------------------------------By Mark D. Roberts, Daily Reflections from www.thehighcalling.org (2-6-11 meditation;…
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194) Avoiding the Trap of Self-Reliance