Mark 6:30-34… 53-56 — The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” […]
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By Paul Harvey, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1992 ***************************** We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d know better. I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf. I really would. My cherished grandson,
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From a July 2024 sermon. This is how the Rapidan Dam area used to look (photo above)… A few weeks ago, after a six-inch rain south of Mankato, the already flooded Blue Earth River increased to 36 times its average flow. The news was that the Rapidan Dam might fail. And though the
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A while back I saw a you-tube clip of Louie C. K. (1967- ) on Conan O’Brian’s late night show. Louie C. K. is not my favorite comedian. Like so many entertainers today, his routines are filled with profanity, and his outlook on life is cynical and ungodly. But he oftentimes does speak
Today Donald Trump will take the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States. When he takes the oath, he will place his hand on the same two Bibles that he used eight years ago, when he was inaugurated as our nation’s 45th president. He will use the Bible his mother gave
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Monk Contemplating a Skull (1875), Thomas Couture (1815-1879) ———————— “To be Happier, Start Thinking More About Your Death!” This essay by Arthur C. Brooks first appeared in the New York Times on January 9, 2016; thus, all the references to the new year and New Year’s resolutions. It is by no means Christian meditation, but it contains the
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When we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans; and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms
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From Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC, by American Author and Presbyterian Pastor,Frederick Buechner (1926-2022 ), Harper and Row Publishers, 1973. ——————————————- AGNOSTIC: An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t know for sure whether there is really a God. That is some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. ANGER: Of
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(…continued) The question of why we are here and where we are going has two possible answers; one comes from an old beer commercial, and the other comes from the Bible. You can decide which one you like best, which one has the most credibility, and which one you will live your life by.
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On July 25, 2008 Randy Pausch died at the age of 47. He was a Computer Science professor at Columbia University and had been in the news several times in the year before his death. What has made him famous was a lecture he gave at his university, a lecture that has now
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