In Ezekiel 37 the prophet is given a vision of a valley filled with skeletons, the remains of thousands of dead people. The Lord asked Ezekiel if those dry bones could live. ‘Can the dead really live again?’ was the question. “O Lord,” Ezekiel replied, “only you know that.” […]
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Today’s song is not from the 60’s or 70’s, but it is by one of the best songwriters from those years, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fogerty began a solo career after CCR broke up in 1972. He wrote “Don’t You Wish it Was True?” for his 2005 album Revival. While John
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“Eternity is in our hearts,” was the theme of yesterday’s meditation. We are frustrated and saddened by the swift passage of time, and the Bible tells us of a place beyond time that God has prepared for us. But John Lennon was not interested. In one of the biggest hits of all time
THOSE WERE THE DAYS by Mary Hopkin Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And think of all the great things we would do. Chorus: Those were the days, my friend We thought they’d never end We’d sing
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A Funeral Sermon by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), (see meditation #270 for a brief biography), from God’s Trombones, 1927 Weep not, weep not, She is not dead; She’s resting in the bosom of Jesus. Heart-broken husband– weep no more; Grief-stricken son– weep no more; Left-lonesome daughter– weep no more; She only just gone home. Day
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From a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar, (1555-1626) The angel told the shepherds that the child born in the city of David was ‘a Savior…’ His name was Jesus, which means ‘God will save.’ And surely, there is no joy in the world like the joy of a man that
Fifty years ago today, on November 22, 1963, C. S. Lewis died of kidney failure. The death of one of the great Christian writers of the 20th century was overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy one hour later. Lewis was already a popular writer in 1963, and in the half century since
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From “The Clergy of America: Anecdotes,” p. 91-94, published 1869 A writer in the Christian Review of 1839 gives the following account of a scene he himself witnessed. Speaking of Dr. Griffin, he says: We remember him on one occasion, preaching before a large evening assembly. As he entered the sanctuary,
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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 Luther, translated by William Hazlitt, 1857; available at <www.ccel.org> ) Although it is nowhere forbidden in Holy Scripture to mourn and grieve for
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July the 14th, 1861 Washington DC My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days– perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
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