Pictured above:Â St. Mary the Virgin Church, Sawston, England, oldest part of church was built in 1066 A. D. ———————— There have been quotes from this essay in previous Emailmeditations, but the next two meditations will contain the entire piece. Â Lewis wrote this as an article for a parish newsletter at the request of Father […]
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 Above: Joseph Receives his Brothers, by Gustav Dore  (1832-1883) ——————    (…continued)  Sold by his brothers into slavery, Joseph is carried away to Egypt.  There, he spends many years as a slave, and then, in jail after being falsely accused of a crime.  He, of all people, could blame his misery on his childhood;
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Painting above: Joseph’s Coat Brought to Jacob, Giovanni de Ferrari, 1640 ********************************   My Grandfather’s Son is the autobiography of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.  Justice Thomas was raised by his grandparents, and his story reminded me of the Old Testament story of Joseph.  Both were raised by flawed, but powerful and good men.
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By John Stonestreet, for Breakpoint, June 23, 2015, at: Â www.breakpoint.org —————————— Â Â Â Today, we felt compelled to talk about the events of last week, the horrific killing of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Â Â Â Why? Â Because we’re seeing in those events how light overcomes darkness.
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 I am posting one more meditation on the amazing life of Louis Zamperini, told in the Laura Hillenbrand book Unbroken and portrayed in the recent movie by the same title.  This meditation, written by by Randy Alcorn for his blog at < http://www.epm.org >, tells a bit more of the story of how Zamperini’s spirit was
By Joshua Harris.  Originally published in New Attitude Magazine, 1995.    In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room.  There were no distinguishing features save for the one wall covered with small index-card files.  They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical
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The first to apologize, is the bravest. The first to forgive, is the strongest. And the first to forget, is the happiest. ******************************* Job 5:2  —  Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. Psalm 37:7-9  —  Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked
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From Tramp for the Lord, © 1974, by Corrie ten Boom and Jamie Buckingham, p. 50-53    (continued…)  A year later I was in Darmstadt again.  My friends had given this man a car with special fixtures so he could drive without legs.  He met me at the train station to bring me to
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From Tramp for the Lord, © 1974, by Corrie ten Boom and Jamie Buckingham, p. 50-53    After the war, Germany was filled with wounds and scars– not all of them on the surface.  In one tiny cubicle in the camp at Darmstadt, I found a German lawyer.  He was sitting miserably in a
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By James Mulholland, Praying Like Jesus: The Lord’s Prayer in a Culture of Prosperity, © 2001    “Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us” is a call to mercy.  Forgiveness is not optional.  It is the foundation of a healthy relationship with God and with others.  To love mercy is
