It’s an ongoing battle at the Twitchell household. We have a great number of beautiful songbirds that come to our birdfeeders in the front yard: goldfinches, house finches, red-winged blackbirds, orioles, and cardinals are accompanied by chickadees, mourning doves, blue jays. We tolerate the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 7, 2011
GOD IS LIKE A STRAINER
I have only made applesauce once in my life, and that was a month or two back when the Newells brought all those apples to church for all of us.
I made sauce the easy way; I had a press down apple corer / section maker, and then threw the apple slices – skin and all – into
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The old year dies and we face the new year as though it were an entity, new as a newborn babe.Yet, all our yesterdays are summarized in our now, and all the tomorrows are ours to shapeand years end is neither an end nor a
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Feb 16, 2002
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There’s an ancient document from the second century called the "Epistle to Diognetus". It’s a letter from a Christian to a prominent pagan named Diognetus, in which the author, who is unknown, is describing and defending this strange new religion of Christianity. It reads, in part:
"The Christians
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 22, 2008
There is a song that we sing called, "Enough." Sometimes singing the message of a song can have a tremendous impact. This is one for me. The words are about contentment in Jesus.
"All of you is more than enough for all of me, for every thirst and every need. You satisfy me with your love, and all
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
Erma Bombeck:
Sometimes we forget how important stability is to a child. I’ve always told mine, "The easiest part of being a mother is giving birth.... the hardest part is showing up for it each day..."
Mother’s day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Glenn Robertson on Nov 16, 2005
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In The Chronicles of Narnia, several young children represent Christians in a world of dragons, elves, unicorns, and many other mythical creatures. One of the children is a young boy named Eustace. Eustace is a very selfish boy. He always tries to see life for how it best benefits him. What he
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A true story that speaks about Mary’s extravagant love for Jesus.
A nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and
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