“No clue” is an informal idiom that signifies a complete lack of knowledge, understanding, or information on a topic. —————————– I’ve seen several YouTube videos of ‘person on the street’ interviews where people are asked the big questions of life. Random people are approached, the interviewer puts out the microphone, and asks, “Why […]
Randy Pausch (1960-2008) was a Computer Science professor at Columbia University. What made him famous was a lecture he gave at his university, a lecture that has now been viewed by millions. Columbia University has what they call a ‘Last Lecture’ series, an ongoing series of lectures in which professors appear in a large auditorium
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From A Sermon on Preparing to Die, by Martin Luther (1483-1546), Luther’s Works, volume 42, pages 99-100: Since everyone must depart from this earth, we must turn our eyes to God, to whom the path of death leads and directs us. Here we find the beginning of the narrow gate and of the straight path
By Rick Warren, at his Daily Hope blog, May 28, 2017 (www.pastorrick.com/devotional) ————————— We rarely evaluate our values or question our perceptions until we have a crisis. Once we’re in deep pain, we begin to examine what we’re basing our lives upon. Whether it’s materialism, feeling good, or looking good, we instinctively realize
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All things are growing older: The world is growing older; we ourselves are growing older. A few more summers, a few more winters, a few more sicknesses, a few more sorrows, a few more weddings, and a few more partings, and then– what? Why, the grass will be growing over our graves! –J. C. Ryle
I begin with the account of a deathbed conversation. I was not a part of this brief discussion, but recently heard about it from my friend Alan, who was there. Alan was visiting his old friend Ray. Ray had only a few days left to live. Ray was a Christian and said he
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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, the
(…continued) Four years later, Cleo’s husband John died. John was a believer, but wasn’t one to talk much about his faith. He wasn’t like Cleo. He didn’t have anything picked out for his funeral, and we did not have long discussions about God’s love and promises. He and Cleo went to church together,
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Cleo was dying of cancer. She was still strong enough to come to church and go to appointments, but the doctors had told her there was nothing more they could do. The cancer would soon end her life. She was 66 years old and her husband had just retired. They had lots of
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If only we could go back in time and share some wisdom with our younger selves. Today’s meditation is about one little girl who wrote some advice to her older self to be read ten years in the future. —————— On April 13, 2013 twelve-year old Taylor Scout Smith (2001-2014) wrote herself
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