Some years ago in a small village in the Midwest, a little twelve-year old girl named Terri was babysitting her little brother. Terri walked outside to check the mail. As she turned back from the mailbox, she couldn’t believe her eyes. The house was on fire. So very quickly the little house was enveloped in…
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was a blind and deaf American author, disability rights advocate, and lecturer. She lost her sight and hearing after an illness when she was 19 months old. Despite her deafness and blindness, she was always inspiring. She once wrote a magazine article entitled: “Three Days to See.” In that article she outlined what things…
Pope Francis is not afraid to “Tell It Like It Is!” Here in great detail Pope Francis tells us how to recognize the Voice of God and how to recognize the Voice of the Enemy: Be careful of those who claim now to see the future with a kind of clarity and security. In crises “false Messiahs”…
Thousands of years ago a young Chinese emperor called upon his family’s most trusted advisor. “Oh, learned counselor,” said the emperor, “you have advised my father and grandfather. What is the single most important advice you can give me to rule my country?” And Confucius replied, “The first thing you must do is to define the problem.”…
Our Father, each day is a little life, each night is a tiny death. Help us to live with faith and hope and love. Lift our duty above drudgery. Let not our strength fail, or our vision fade, in the heat and burden of the day. O God, make us patient with another in the fret and…
Jesus in the Beatitudes says, “Blessed are the peace-makers for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). When Jesus says this he is turning your world and mine upside down. Most people are PEACE-KEEPERS and not PEACE-MAKERS. In our families we strive to keep the peace at all costs. “Don’t rock the boat. Grin and bear it. There is an elephant in…
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK In the halls where power sways,Where voices clash in loud array,A figure stands amidst the strife,A politician, versed in life. With words that cut and promises deep,He speaks to those who dare to weep,Yet when the stones of scorn are thrown,He turns his cheek, a stance well-known. “Forgive,” he says, with…
Angelina Jolie is an actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. For over 20 years she has been deeply involved with the poorest of the poor. In a recent TIME Magazine article, October 28, 2024, she wrote a few sentences that caught my attention: “More than half of Sudan’s population of 46 million is experiencing acute hunger, and…
POLITICS DEMANDS INVOLVEMENT For many, politics is a dirty word,Of dishonesty and power absurd.Misused and twisted, self-interest reigns,Propaganda spreads and truth refrains. The temptation to avoid it is strong,To disengage, and to avoid the wrong.But politics, despite all its sin,Demands involvement, so we must dig in. No Christian can afford to hide,Community needs us to…
Two psychiatrists were talking and one asked the other, “What was your most difficult case?” His colleague answered, “Once I had a patient who lived in a pure fantasy world. He believed that a wildly rich uncle in South America was going to leave him a fortune. All day long he waited for a make-believe letter to…
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