Above:Â July 4, 1939 —————————————– Three score and seventeen years ago today, Lou Gehrig delivered the ‘Gettysburg Address of Baseball,’ perhaps the most famous speech in all the years of the game. Â It was one of the most moving moments in sports history. Â It was his Farewell Speech at Yankee Stadium. Â After 2,130 consecutive games […]
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For the fun of it, start with Who’ll Stop the Rain by John Fogerty, recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1970; (even though this song isn’t really about rain, it’s a really good song, and it does mention rain): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA ————————– By John Piper, A Godward Life, Book Two, 1999, Multnomah Press, pages 28-30. Â Â
1073) “Long As I Remember, the Rain Been Coming Down”– Why? Read More »
From a sermon by Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969), former pastor at New York’s Riverside Church: Â Â Â How easy it is to grow bitter about life! Â Just as on an autumn day walking through a rough country field and coming back covered with nettles, how easy it is to walk through life and accumulate stings!
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   One day, a professor entered the classroom and told his students he had a surprise test for them.  They all waited anxiously for the exam to begin.  The professor handed out the exams with the text facing down.  He then asked the students to turn over the papers.  To everyone’s surprise, there were
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Joey Feek died 6 weeks after this meditation was posted, on March 16, 2016 —————– By Jeff Koch in World magazine ( http://www.wng.org ), February 6, 2016 issue, pp. 54-55.    Many music stars wonder what they’ll wear to the Grammy Awards ceremony on February 15.  Joey Martin Feek of the Grammy-nominated country music
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By William Willimon, Pastor, pages 92-93, Abingdon Press, 2002: Â Â Â A woman in my church suffered from periodic bouts of depression. Â These were described to me as times when she felt “down and depressed.” Â During such times, she would often call me to come by her house for a visit. Â I would have conversation
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   (…continued)  The third reason people don’t feel good even though they have more is what Easterbrook calls “collapse anxiety.”  Even if people do realize they have it pretty good these days, there is reason to fear that it won’t last.  Terror threats, stock market crashes, global unrest, and so many things in our dangerous
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   I have always enjoyed listening to elderly folks talk about life in the old days.  My grandparents remembered life before the automobile, before electricity, and before indoor plumbing.  My parents remember experiencing as children the hardships of growing up during the Great Depression.  And in this fast changing world, people my age look
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Based on a sermon by Methodist pastor and bishop William Willimon  (1946- ), in which he tells his (and our) story.    There was a time when I was not.  I look through old family photo albums, and I see whole generations of people who came and went without me.  All kinds of people,
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“Most of us don’t know exactly what we want, but we’re pretty sure we don’t have it.”  (Mad magazine, Issue #110) “Even the man who has everything is envious of the man who has two of everything.”  (Issue #255) “A lot of people who complain they don’t get what they deserve don’t know how lucky they
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