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Going for gold in grumbling
How often do we go for gold in grumbling? How hard is it for us to let someone else be more wretched than we are?
Are you an eye, a little toe or a spleen?
The Lord put His Church together so that each member is an important part of the Body. We are incomplete when even one of our ...
Of handshakes and holograms
“You’re going to be out of a job soon, Pastor Bob,” I said to our pastor in the handshake line the other Sunday. "Not you ...
‘Now’ is a good time to pray
Every “now” of our lives is a good time to pray. Whether we are content or troubled, each day is a good day to pray ...
Pray, praise and give thanks
Our life together should certainly include bearing one another’s burdens and interceding for the sorrowful, but it is also important to celebrate together — to ...
Ordinary superheroes
God does not call on us to don a cape and trounce bad guys, vigilante style. But He does take care of our neighbors through ...