The Masterpiece makers – January 29, 2012
Have you ever seen a painting by the artist Renoir—in a museum, perhaps, or in a book of impressionist art? We marvel at the beauty...
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The Greater Courtesies – January 22, 2012
Nineteenth-century American writer Christian Bovee once said, “The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater, ennoble it.”1 Sometimes, with the pressures and stresses of life, we...
I Have a Dream – January 15, 2012
On a blustery winter evening in 1956, Martin Luther King attended a church meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, leaving his wife and baby at home. Near...
Come Depressed and Leave Refreshed – January 08, 2012
Very often, the surest way to make an adversity or heartache a little more bearable is to think a little more about the adversities and...
The Promise of Hope – January 01, 2012
The beginning of a new year is a good time to remember that most darkness is temporary. No matter how bleak or dark things may...
The Bells on Christmas Day – December 25, 2011
One hundred and fifty years ago, Christmas of 1861, the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was too filled with grief to celebrate. Only months...
On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men – December 18, 2011
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed… And...
The Simple Story of Christmas – December 11, 2011
The first Christmas carol that many children learn invokes a tender scene: “Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, The little Lord Jesus...
No Ordinary Event – December 04, 2011
Sometimes the most extraordinary things happen in the most ordinary places. Two thousand years ago, in a very common setting, a shepherd’s field, angels proclaimed...