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“TWICE MINE!”

By, Linda DeSilva The boy hugged his model boat tightly. Some months earlier he had made it and sailed it on the large ornamental pool in the local park. Then, one day it broke loose from the string and drifted to the other side. He ran around as fast as he could, but it wasContinue reading ““TWICE MINE!””

CALLED TO REMEMBRANCE

I watch the morning news as they pour over the “events” of the previous night and the morning traffic. Without the advertising of the lawyers they would probably have been off the air a long time ago. In this modern society, where would we be without the lawyers? There is a recorded encounter of JesusContinue reading “CALLED TO REMEMBRANCE”

A VISIT AT THE GRAVESIDE

I go there every week or so, make sure everything is in order at the spot we picked some years ago, check the flowers and replace them if necessary. I do not spend a lot time there, but I usually shed a few tears and leave, saying as I depart: “See you soon Honey!” IContinue reading “A VISIT AT THE GRAVESIDE”

DEATH

“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’” John 3:3 That word brings back all types of memories for a preacher, from the first funeral of the youngest person, or the suicides, or the teenagers, or that of your closest friends… evenContinue reading “DEATH”

HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE?

“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” Hebrews 2:1 The question above naturally prods the mind into multiple ideas about entrapment of an animal, the imprisonment of a person, and imagining a host of other things that speak to that issue. In the context ofContinue reading “HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE?”