As you look at the new year look at it as a block of time. You see 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. All is a gift from God. You have done nothing to deserve it, earn it, or purchase it. Like the … [Read more...]

His heart was broken. Phil was devastated when Lucy told him “I don’t think we’re a good fit.” Not a good fit? Phil and Lucy shared the same interests, they came from similar backgrounds, people even told them they looked alike. Phil … [Read more...]

THE LITTLE NEW YEAR One cold morning Maurice awoke from his dreams and sat up in bed and listened. He thought he heard a knock at his window; but though the moon was shining brightly, Jack Frost had been so busily at work that Maurice could not … [Read more...]

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So you are not perfect. Nobody is. You think you aren't good enough, strong enough and you don't have the ability to answer God's call. In fact, you may not even hear the call at all. Remember this: Moses stuttered.David's armor didn't fit.John … [Read more...]

It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. It was 5:00 pm in early December and the heavens opened. The good Lord released one heck of a rainstorm that turned into hail before it turned back into rain again. Yet, it was calm in my heart.  I was … [Read more...]

adapted from a message by Rabbi Meir Moscowitz Good morning! So why in the world should we celebrate our birthday? It's after all just another day when another human being was born. A birthday is chosen by G-d - not by your parents, … [Read more...]

It was a hot and sticky summer night twelve years ago. Kelly’s 30th high school reunion. She took one last look in the mirror and thought, “Not bad, for an old broad.” Then she laughed at herself. “Where did that expression come from? It’s 2007, not … [Read more...]

Poet Donald Hall told the story of a hermit in New Hampshire, a man who passed away leaving behind sheds full of hoarded stuff. In one of the sheds was a box labeled, “string too short to be saved.” That’s what we do with the trivia that gets in … [Read more...]

Can you identify a turning point in your life? Was it a celebration or time of great strife? Was there a loss that still resides in your heart? Was there a birth that puts joy in that same heart? Were there words heard from years past, With … [Read more...]