Such Terrible Storms!
Our TV and computer screens have been filled with the images of terrible storms, overwhelming floods, hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes. Jesus talked about this: “Everyone then who hears these words of…
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Two Gifts From God!
In 1872, at the age of 16, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) decided he wanted to go to school. He walked 500 miles to Hampton Institute in Virginia, and presented himself…
Someone So Needed Today!
In his book, All Rivers Run To The Sea, Eli Wiesel (1928-2016) tells of his Jewish family, living in Hungry during the dark days of the WWII. Later, Wiesel along with his parents…
A Better Life Somewhere!
In a Peanuts comic strip Lucy is speaking with Linus at the base of a hill. Lucy says,"Someday I'm going over that hill and find the answer to my dreams.... Someday…
Self-Pity and the Devil!
Self-pity weeps on the devil’s shoulder, turning to Satan for comfort. Satan’s invitation is: “Come unto me all you that are grieved, peeved, misused, and disgruntled, and I will spread…
Jesus Provides For Those He Guides!
A priest was scheduled to give a retreat one day. But he forgot to set his alarm clock and he overslept. In his haste he cut himself while shaving. To…
SEPTEMBER 11th
September 11th: A Poem Might it be, as my mother said to me on this ugly, sinful day, That the world is on its last go-round? Hijacked wild birds strip…
“Pick Up the Ball!”
It was a dark and dreary day in 1916, a day well suited to the most brutally devastating rout in all of football history. One look at the two teams…
Discouragement!
One day the devil decided to have a garage sale. On the day of sale, his tools were placed for public inspection, each being marked with its sale price. There…
Changing Your Life!
"O God, give me purity – but not yet." This is how the young Augustine prayed as he resisted his mother Monica and her Christian witness. One day in his…
