Purpose – April 28, 2013
A wise man who has experienced much in life recalled how, as a boy, he and his friends used to carve toy boats out of...
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Consider the Lilies – April 21, 2013
In this remarkable age, everything seems to be moving faster and faster. The Internet provides almost instantaneous information; communication crosses oceans and continents in a...
The Power of Music – April 14, 2013
Music has been called the timeless and universal language—a language of peace, of love, of hope. No matter where we live, regardless of our age...
Just Begin! – April 07, 2013
For many years, a husband and wife had been gathering branches that fell from the trees on their heavily wooded lot. One by one they...
A Promise of New Hope and Everlasting Life – March 31, 2013
One cold day, toward the end of a long, snowy winter, a family noticed serious damage to the beautiful ivy that grew on the outside...
Are You Listening? – March 24, 2013
We live in a world that seems to have stopped listening. Sound bites have replaced conversation; texting has displaced telephone calls; rhetoric has supplanted dialogue;...
Called to Serve – March 17, 2013
When Adam Geibel was only nine days old, he caught a cold that led to an eye infection. What should have been a routine treatment...
Giving Comfort – March 10, 2013
The classic western film Shane depicts a tragic conflict between ranchers and farmers. In one scene, the distressed wife of a farmer, feeling a need...
Happiness – March 03, 2013
The Gallup organization recently released a poll whose purpose was to measure positive emotions worldwide. A thousand people in more than a hundred countries were...