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Prayables Parable: Chop Wood

A student approached his teacher and asked, “How do I find pure holiness?” The teacher replied, “Chop wood, carry water.” “And what do I do after I find it?” “Chop wood, carry water.” The moral of the story: Holiness is found and lived, … [Read more...]

Story: Pencil Parable

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. There are 5 things you need to know, he told the pencil, before I send you out into the world, always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 471

Week Ending Friday, March 13, 2026 {quotes} Stop using gossip as a bonding tool. It doesn't make others like us more; it makes them trust us less. Glennon Doyle Holiness does not usually arrive with thunder and lightning. The holiest moments … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 470

Week Ending Friday, March 6, 2026 {quotes} Every day, we are renewed and given a clean slate on which to draw our lives. Our choices yesterday do not determine our choices tomorrow. Menachem Mendel Schneerson If you’re following your calling, … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 468

Week Ending Friday, February 20, 2026 {quotes} Today is a blank canvas. Create a masterpiece. Will Bowen You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. Augustine of Hippo Small, good decisions … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 467

Week Ending Friday, February 13, 2026 {quotes} Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, courage in your own. Robert Burns Smell the sea, feel the sky, and let your soul and spirit fly. Van … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 466

Week Ending Friday, February 6, 2026 {quotes} Walk a mile in my shoes. See what I see. Hear what I hear. Feel what I feel. Then maybe you'll understand why I do what I do. author unknown The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 465

Week Ending Friday, January 30, 2026 {quotes} Brave are the ones who fail and fail, yet they keep being kind, keep going strong, keep being at peace, and keep spreading love. Anjum Choudhary Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 464

Week Ending, Friday, January 23, 2026 {quotes} I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 463

Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2026 {quotes} I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour, and every moment of our lives, if we will only tune in and remain so. George … [Read more...]