By Garrison Keillor, in Life Among the Lutherans, pages 5-7. I am a cheerful man, and it’s all thanks to a good Lutheran mother. When I was a boy, if I came around looking glum or mopey, she said, “What’s the matter? Did the dog pee on your cinnamon toast?” and the thought of […]
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By Randy Alcorn, in the Spring 2015 issue of Eternal Perspectives God isn’t just in life’s monumental things. He’s present in the little things: rain drops, the artistry of spider webs, and the sound of an acoustic guitar. A child’s laugh, surfing songs, a swing set, sprinklers, and the smell of split cedar.
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It is instructive to look at the lives of people who have received everything to see if ‘having it all’ makes one happy. The Bible itself tells the story of one such man. Solomon was the son of King David and heir to the throne. Shortly after becoming king (See I Kings 3),
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Pictured above: The Taj Mahal, India, Built 1632-1653 ———————— A teacher once told her students to list what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World. Most of the students took the assignment to mean ‘man-made’ wonders, so these students listed things like the Great Pyramids of Egypt, the Panama Canal,
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In 1860 Andersonville, Georgia was a little town of less than 20 people. It would have long ago disappeared and been forgotten, had it not been for one thing. In 1863 the Confederate States of America built near Andersonville their main prisoner of war camp for captured Union soldiers in the American Civil War.
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(…meditation on John 6, continued) Yet, Jesus is critical of this desire. He rebukes the people, and although his criticism is gentle enough, he does make it clear that he has come for more important things than to hand out free lunches. In verse 26 Jesus said to the crowd, “I tell you
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John 6:1-13: Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee, and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover
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A vacationing American businessman was standing on the pier of a quaint coastal fishing village in southern Mexico when a small boat with just one young fisherman pulled into the dock. Inside the small boat were several large Yellowfin Tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long did it
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From Holy Living by Jeremy Taylor (1613-67) (paraphrased) (…continued) 9. Let us often call to mind what it would be like to be without such blessings as we now possess. Consider how desirable health is to a sick man or liberty to a prisoner. If even a toothache seizes you with violence, all of
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From Holy Living by Jeremy Taylor (1613-67) (paraphrased) (…continued) 4. Never compare your condition with those who have more than you; but to secure your contentment, look upon those many with whom you would not want to exchange your fortune and condition. There are but a few kings in the world, but countless
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