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More Stately Mansions… – Sunday, February 10, 1980

We have all seen the remarkable construction of the chambered seashell—how each year the developing marine animal adds another compartment to its home, making a...

On Wasting a Lifetime – Sunday, February 03, 1980

Is there really, somewhere, in a meadow far away, still a shepherdess who sings all day while she watches her flocks?  If there is, we...

Gifts of the Night – Sunday, January 27, 1980

A dynamic and optimistic executive was once asked if he ever got discouraged. His quick reply was a pearl of insight. He said, "I don't...

Beginning Anew – Sunday, January 20, 1980

Oh divine Redeemer…turn me not away…grant me pardon and…remember not my sins… oh divine Redeemer. 1

Homesickness – Sunday, January 13, 1980

Of all the sicknesses which afflict man, homesickness is at once the easiest to contract and the most difficult to cure. For we can be...

A Light For This Year – Sunday, January 06, 1980

The turn of a decade, perhaps even more than the turn of a year, is a time for reflection, a summing up of where we've...

It Is Not Marriage That Fails

January 14, 1973

It  is estimated  that  nearly  three-million  couples will be married in the United States this year – many for the first time. Marriage is on...

Let Your light So Shine

January 7, 1973

" We are sowing, daily sowing, Countless seeds of good and ill, . . ."1   There are few of us who pass through life without affecting  -   for good or bad -  the lives...

What Life Is Now

December 31, 1972

As we look toward the New Year, we could easily become overwhelmed at the challenges  that  lie  ahead. If we are not careful, over concern...