Many people want to know, What is the best prayer for peace and comfort. We might begin with a simple prayer, “Help me Lord.” Much depends upon the problems that beset us. A civilian in a war zone has a lot more reason to pray for peace and comfort than someone who just lost […]
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Prayer can become an interest for many people in difficult times. Even now in what has been called a Post Christian Culture. As tragic events unfold on our screens people turn to prayer. Mass shootings, destructive weather or poor economic times each have a way of turning people to pray. For many it comes more
An offer I couldn’t refuse The Holy Land Trip It was a Sunday evening early in 1983 when the phone rang. “Hi, Geoff,” said a familiar voice. “How would you like to go to the Holy Land with me?” Of course I wanted to go but there were obstacles. How could I leave Lily and
In the summer of 1995 I was blessed to have the opportunity to share a Philippines Mission Trip with Philip Weeks, Hugh Kaiser and Frank Myers, a member of my congregation. Having known Philip for many years and heard numerous wonderful experiences of his missionary adventures I was eager to go. One of my observations
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Tombstones help us live better lives. When I lived in Hardwick Massachusetts, I was fond of visiting the local graveyard. It had many old graves marked with slate headstones. They were very interesting and easy to use for gravestone, rubbings. My favorite had the following inscription. In memory of Cap. Ebenezer Cox Who died March
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Seminary Class Freshman year of seminary we were all required to take a course called Awareness, Relatedness and Wholeness. It was not academically challenging. It was however so personally challenging that we all rearranged the first letters and called it WAR! It was in this class I first read Carl Jung, learned about Personality Type
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People wonder Some people wonder “Can Faith be Found?” The Rev. Sam Shoemaker, spiritual father of AA and the 12 Steps was known to challenge seekers to a 30 day prayer experiment. It was really quite simple. For 30 days pray and converse with God as if you really believe he exists, is listening,
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Introduction This post is about Practical Advice for Better Relationships . Every one could use some practical advice for better relationships. “Can’t we all just get along.” These famous words are from Rodney King whose run in with the police led to one off the worst riots in our nations history. Like the trite answer
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I thought it would be fun to reimagine the parable of the prodigal son with a Prodigal Daughter. There was a man who had two daughters. The younger one said to her father. “I don’t want to wait until you die to inherit my share of your wealth. Give me now what you would have
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The wisdom of the wise given in short sentences can contain a ton of wisdom. Wisdom from Zig is no exception. Zig Zilar is perhaps one of the best and most popular speakers on the motivational circuit. He has also offered many inspirational books. Here I just want to talk about one meaningful sentence. Look