Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The Question

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How do you deal with what is?

Jack Benny humor

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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. ~ Jack Benny A scout troop consists of twelve litt...
Monday, July 24, 2006

I Intend to Write It

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"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." ~ Winston Churchill
Saturday, July 22, 2006

Managing Conflict

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Real peace is not the absence of conflict. Rather, it is that state where conflict is managed effectively, efficiently and respectfully. ~ A...

Beatitudes of Reconciliation

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Blessed are those who are willing to enter into the process of being healed, for they will become healers. Blessed are those who recognize t...
Friday, July 14, 2006

Christian One-Liners

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Don't let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started out as a basket case. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Some people are ...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The Difference

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I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day. I had so much to accomplish that I didn't have time to pray. Problems just tum...
Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Loose Cannon in Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo

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from illustrations@clergy.net for Mark 4:35-41 – Calming of the Tempest Victor Hugo, who is famous for his novel the Hunchback of Notre Dame...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Patiently Doing Good

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"For [God] will repay according to each one’s deeds: to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he...
Saturday, June 17, 2006

Refreshed by current reference to the actual content of scripture

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"In Israel one must also take into account that the land is tenanted by a number of 'ancient' Christian churches ... that are h...

Refuse to Lose

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Refuse to Lose

The Laws of the Public Policy Process

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The Laws of the Public Policy Process by Morton C. Blackwell 1. Never give a bureaucrat a chance to say no. 2. Don't fire all your ammun...
Saturday, June 10, 2006

The Joy of Their Hearts

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This is what I have seen to be good: it is fitting to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun th...

Can I Lead a Good Life Without Christ?

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quote from C.S. Lewis: The question before each of us is not 'Can someone lead a good life without Christianity?' The question is, ...
Saturday, June 03, 2006

A Holy Priesthood of All Believers

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Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be bu...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

You Still Stand With Me

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A wife stayed attentive to her husband's every need as he slipped in and out of consciousness. During one of those last "aware...

Be Kind to One Another

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Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

The Four Ages of Man - Yeats

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The Four Ages of Man He with body waged a fight, But body won; it walks upright. Then he struggled with the heart; Innocence and peace depar...

The Secret of a Good Sermon

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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. ~ George Burns
Monday, May 29, 2006

Christianity outside the Church

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Christianity outside the Church D.L. Moody once called on a leading citizen in Chicago to persuade him to accept Christ. They were seated in...