Mother of the Bride (MOTB)from Robert Fulgham, It was on Fire When I Lay Down On It(the Presbyterian minister who wrote Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) I have married more than a thousand times. Officiated as the minister at a whole lot of weddings and usually managed to get involved in […]
Resurrection Changes Everything
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Date: May 24, 2020
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I know of a church in Portland, OR, (First Presbyterian Church) when I lived there and a wealthy member donated $1 million for a new pipe organ. A brand new pipe organ. What do you do with a gift like that. They couldn’t just plug it into their Sanctuary. Everything about the acoustics of the […]
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What’s Your Narrative?
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Date: May 21, 2020
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Author Michael Lewis on the stories we tell ourselves: “As I’ve gotten older—I would say starting in my mid-to-late 20s—I could not help but notice the effect on people of the stories they told about themselves. If you listen to people, if you just sit and listen, you’ll find that there are patterns in the way they […]
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Resurrection Narrative
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Date: April 11, 2020
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We love resurrection type stories. Ex. Home Depot. In 1978 Arthur Blank worked for Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers. Bernard Marcus was CEO of Handy Dan and Blank was vice president of finance when both were fired as part of an internal power struggle. Fired. Devastated? In 1978, Blank co-founded Home Depot with Marcus with […]
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The Lion Tamer Who Survived
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Date: July 8, 2019
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by James Clear Clyde Beatty was born in Bainbridge, Ohio in 1903. When he was a teenager, he left home to join the circus and landed a job as a cage cleaner. In the years that followed, Beatty quickly progressed from a lowly cage boy to a popular entertainer. Beatty became famous for his “fighting […]
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Searching in the Dark
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Date: November 23, 2018
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“One night there was a man down on his hands and knees looking frantically for something on the sidewalk under a street lamp. A police officer stopped by and asked him what he was doing. “I’ve lost my keys,” answered the man. “Will you help me look for them?” The police officer joined in and […]
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What Will Really Happen?
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Date: December 30, 2017
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In his book Spirit Life, D. Stuart Briscoe writes, “When I moved to the United States, I was impressed with the number of total strangers who visited my home to wish me well. They all sold insurance! One day my visitor was talking about the necessity to be prudent in the preparation for all possibilities. […]
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Refining Silver
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Date: July 23, 2017
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The believer must face trials to develop perseverance and to have the character of Jesus Christ. No matter where you were born, no one is born with the character we need to live well. It must be developed. We must cooperate in that development. And it’s a series of tests, preparation and tests. Some […]
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The Value of Life: Eugene Clark
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Date: March 25, 2017
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He wrote “I Know Who Holds the Future” with Alfred B Smith. Nothing is Impossible…popular in churches in the late 1960’s Nothing is impossible When you put your trust in God. Nothing is impossible when you take Him at His word. Hearken to the voice of God to thee, Is there anything too hard for […]
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5 Thanksgiving Stories
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Date: November 19, 2016
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THE BEGINNING OF ALL VIRTUES Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. — Cicero Contributed by: SermonCentral PRO BLIND FOR A DAY Helen Keller once said, ” have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few […]
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