354) Don’t Be A Fool
LUKE 12:16-21: Jesus told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have…
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354) Don’t Be A Fool
353) More Prayers for When You Are Old and Tired
From LIVING WITH PURPOSE IN A WORN-OUT BODY: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults, © 2008 Missy Buchanan, Upper Room Books, available at www.upperroom.org There's a slow, steady rhythm to…
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353) More Prayers for When You Are Old and Tired
352) Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Poem
The earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln from the mid-1840's William Knox was a Scottish farmer and poet. He is not very well known except for this poem, and this…
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352) Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Poem
351) Staying Alive
This story was forwarded to me recently: A church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to…
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351) Staying Alive
350) Divorce and Remarriage (part two of two)
(continued...) It is often said by those in Alcoholics Anonymous, “You may not be able to save the alcoholic, but you can try and save yourself.” They…
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350) Divorce and Remarriage (part two of two)
349) Divorce and Remarriage? (part one of two)
Part one of this two-part meditation is a story from a book by Methodist pastor William Willimon. But anyone could probably tell similar stories about someone they have…
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349) Divorce and Remarriage? (part one of two)
348) The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd Warner Sallman (1892-1968) In Bible times there were lots of shepherds. Now, where I live, there aren’t any. Around here there…
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348) The Good Shepherd
347) Eaten by Cannibals? No Problem.
In 1606 a chain of eighty islands in the South Pacific was discovered by Fernandez de Quiros of Spain. In 1773, the islands were explored…
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347) Eaten by Cannibals? No Problem.
346) Prayers for When You are Old and Tired
From LIVING WITH PURPOSE IN A WORN-OUT BODY: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults; © 2008 Missy Buchanan, Upper Room Books, available at www.upperroom.org --------------- 'Just here.' That’s how…
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346) Prayers for When You are Old and Tired
345) Jesus Carried Our Sorrows (part two of two)
(continued...) Genesis 6:5-6: “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all…
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345) Jesus Carried Our Sorrows (part two of two)