(…continued) I once knew a Cambodian refugee named Salee. Salee was a young man when the communist dictator Pol Pot came to power in Cambodia in 1975. Pol Pot was a ruthless tyrant, and over the next four years, two million Cambodians were dead as the result of his rule, many of them murdered […]
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Steve Jobs was truly one of the greatest geniuses the world has ever known. He has been called the Henry Ford of our time. Not only was he a brilliant inventor and innovator, he was also an incredible businessman, marketer, and leader. Along with a couple friends, he started the Apple Computer Company
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and George Whitefield (1714-1770) were close friends for thirty years. It was an unlikely friendship. Whitefield was an Englishman and Franklin was an American; and, in the later years of their friendship, America was moving toward independence, much to the dismay of England. Whitefield was an eloquent and fiery evangelical
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Above painting: “Home Sweet Home” Diane Dengel (1939-2012) ———————- From an old story, told by Aaron Zerah in How Children Become Stars: A Family Treasury of Stories, Prayers, and Blessings, Sorin Books, 2000. ———————————- A poor man lived with his wife and six children in a very small one-room house. They were always
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(…continued) Twenty centuries ago the Romans did not know what to make of the early Christians who were so odd as to have only one God, but they were impressed by how the Christians helped each other– and everyone else. In most the monasteries of the Middle Ages there were rules about hospitality,
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Many years ago, my brother and I took our two high school age sons on a trip to the mountains of Colorado. On the drive home, in the middle of Nebraska, our car started to choke and sputter. We pulled off at the first exit, coasted in to a motel parking lot, and
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A WEDDING MEDITATION Connor and Julia, family and friends, grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Everyone hopes for good weather on their wedding day, and the two of you sure have that today. What a nice day on which to begin your marriage! May your
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(…continued) Armando Valladares, and many other prisoners in the Cuban prison on the Isle of Pines, were inspired and strengthened in their faith by another prisoner they knew only as “The Brother of Faith.” ‘The Brother’ was a Protestant minister who, in that ‘hell on earth,’ created a community of living faith in Jesus
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John 13:1-16 — It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas,
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Charlotte Eliot was born in England in 1789. Her parents were wealthy, and for 20-some years she lived a care-free, fun-filled life. Then, she was struck with a crippling disease, and by her early 30’s she was a bedridden invalid. She became depressed, bitter, and angry at God. She would often be rude
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