Three of Joe Bayly’s seven children died at young ages. The View from a Hearse is Bayly’s meditation on death and grieving. He wrote it for those facing the death of a loved one or their own death, and for those in grief. He knew that peace with death doesn’t come from understanding […]
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——————————- By Max Lucado There’s one gift your troubles cannot touch: your eternal destiny. I remember when my father had just retired. He and mom wanted to visit every national park in their travel trailer. Then came the diagnosis of ALS, a cruel degenerative disease that affects the muscles. Within months,
By Eric Metaxas and Anne Morse at http://www.breakpoint.org, July 17, 2017 ——————- According to the experts, millions of us have made a real mess of our lives– literally. One of the biggest bestsellers in recent years is the little book called “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” by Marie Kondo. Over
By Russel Moore, posted July 3, 2017 at: http://www.russellmoore.com —————————- A few years ago, I stood at the grave of Thomas Jefferson, and wondered. I was in Charlottesville to speak at the university Mr. Jefferson founded, and made my way up to his homeplace, Monticello. Standing at his grave, I was prompted to give
Chief Justice John Roberts (1955- ) Last month United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the commencement address at Cardigan Mountain School, a private all-boys school in New Hampshire, where his son was graduating from the ninth grade. In the following excerpt, Roberts wishes the boys the bad luck and troubles needed to
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From a letter by C. S. Lewis to Mary van Deusen (July 23, 1953) regarding concerns about her daughter’s ‘unhappy’ marriage, and the need for the natural love in marriage to grow into a deeper, divine love. (from The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis: Volume III) ————————- It sounds to me as
By Rick Warren, Daily Hope meditation, July 11, 2017, at: www.pastorrick.com/devotional ————————– There’s a lot of faulty thinking about forgiveness. The act of forgiveness gets watered down. It gets abused. It gets cheapened. What is forgiveness really? Take a quick test by answering “true” or “false” to the following statements: 1.
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Posted at http://www.theonion.com, vol. 52, issue 34. The Onion has been publishing news satire since 1988, but I think this item might be true. ——————– WASHINGTON—In a new report released Wednesday by the Pew Research center, Americans indicated that when it comes to what they expect from their country, all they really want
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By John Piper, Future Grace, pages 307-8; posted July 9, 2017 at http://www.desiringgod.org ————————- Matthew 26:36-39 — 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to
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(…continued) I meet with many couples who are preparing to get married. Some have good jobs already, making lots of money, and having fun; and sometimes they say, “We aren’t going to have any kids—we’re just going to enjoy life.” Those are the ones I worry about the most. Others are struggling along,
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