It used to be a question I asked myself often. Not anymore. I spent many years thinking deeply, trying this and that, and praying for an answer to that one confounding question that worried me more than any other. How can I teach my … [Read more...]
Story: A Pause in Life
Life is but a stopping placea pause in what is meant to bea resting place along the roadto sweet eternity. We all have different journeysdifferent paths along the waywe all are meant to learn some thingsbut never meant to stay. Our destination … [Read more...]
Story: God’s Good News
Kathy is a news junkie. She is fully functional during the day, she goes to work, does her job, relates well to others. But when the five o'clock hour comes around, that's when she needs her fix. It's 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Another day done. Kathy … [Read more...]
Feature: Cut Your Emotional Losses
In a classroom full of students, a professor asks: "If you had $86,400.00 and someone stole $10.00 from you, would you throw away the $86,390.00 you still have to try and get your $10.00 back? Or would you just let it go?" They all said they … [Read more...]
Story: A Mother’s Walk
By Temple Bailey The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the … [Read more...]
Story: Living Socially
By Susan Diamond We've all heard the stories about saucy senior citizens, carrying on in senior living communities all over the world. We're surprised and then amused. "That's adorable - old folks with lovers!" And then…you get your own AARP … [Read more...]
Story: Baby Camel
A mother and a baby camel were having a talk. The baby camel asked, “Why do camels have humps?” The mother camel considered this and said, “We are desert animals so we have the humps to store water so we can survive with very little water.” The baby … [Read more...]
Story: In a Land Far Away
It was a time when vividly colored dragons and beautiful fairy princesses occupied the land. Good kings ruled their subjects fairly and evil was always soundly defeated. Little boys had their beanstalks, and geese laid golden eggs. Poverty was … [Read more...]
Story: Easter’s Lesson
It was a year when Easter Sunday fell on the first night of Passover. Charlie was trying to figure out a good way to meld the two holidays together. The Silverman-Clarke family is a mixed-faith family, and the kids had reached the age where they were … [Read more...]
Blog: Call Us Higher
By Susan Diamond I did something unethical today. I did something nice too, but it’s the lying and deceit that’s nagging at my conscience. I’ll start with the good deed. I’m standing in line on an unseasonably cold Sunday in the freezing … [Read more...]
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