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We have a famous poem on our kitchen wall. Let me read it to you:
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to
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Anglican
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
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In C. S. Lewis’ book Till We Have Faces one of the characters is struggling with the ugliness she sees within her and says, “I would set out boldly each morning to be just and calm and wise in all my thoughts and acts; but before they had finished dressing me I would find that I was back in some
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Methodist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 21, 2003
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I have an old tape by a group called One Bad Pig, a Christian thrash-metal group. About the most obnoxious kind of music available. Anyway, there’s one song on it called "Man in Black", with Johnny Cash being the guest vocalist. It’s quite a blend of country and metal.
At the very end of the
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Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 14, 2003
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We all know what it’s like to still have growing to do.
Jeanne Olsen, a mother of five from Illinois, took her daughter Kirsten, age 9, out for a mother-daughter breakfast. During their meal, Jeanne courageously asked her daughter, "How do you think I could be a better mom?"
Kirsten thought for a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2004
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Do you have at least one person nearby whom you can call on in times of personal distress?
• Do you have several people whom you can visit with little advance warning without apology?
• Do you have several people with whom you can share recreational activities?
• Do you have people who will lend
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Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
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Have you ever been to a church where you didn’t feel welcome? You went in and looked around the foyer area and no one greets you. You proceed through the doors into the sanctuary and find yourself a seat in the back row and begin to prepare yourself for the worship time. People come filing in
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by W F on Jun 12, 2005
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We don’t have to go too far to find proof that our friends and neighbors need hope. People are drugging themselves, drinking too much, working too much, spiralling into depression, killing themselves and wanting to be euthanased all because they cannot face
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Contributed by David Thompson on Jul 30, 2005
Those of you who have sat close to me know that I can’t carry a tune, my tones are off. It makes my mind wander and probably yours too, if you sit very close to me.
I have to remind myself that it’s not the sound that comes from my lips, it’s
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Contributed by Michael Thomas on Nov 12, 2005
I have a one year old girl and a three year old boy. I wrestle with keeping our shopping list for our children to only a couple items each. Our kids have more stuff than they really need and what they need more of is time with dad and mom. If you tell yourself that you have to buy more stuff,
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Lutheran
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 23, 2005
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I have always held my Father in high respect. I always wanted to please him. But, when I was in 10th grade I lost interest in school. Grades had always been pretty easy and I thought I could just skate by. Besides, everybody knew, baseball and basketball was what was really important. Then I got
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Christian Church