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You see it in many organizations. Join the Marines and the first thing they do, after the “buzz-cut” is issue a uniform. Go to prison and one of the first things that they do is . . . issue you a uniform. Ever stop to ask why? What’s going on with the uniforms? Well, uniforms give you an identity. In…

The best way to develop a love for someone is to pray for them. There is a story told of a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, that enjoyed the friendship of George Washington. In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who…

A few years back Pepper Rogers had a terrible season as football coach at UCLA. It even upset his home life. “My dog was my only friend,” he recalls. “I told my wife that a man needs at least two friends, and she bought me another dog.” Dunnam, M. D., MacDonald, G., & McCullough, D. W. (1992). Mastering…

In the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Doug Cummings writes: Lonnie Edwards, a physical-education instructor...was explaining square-dancing to his 5th grade class at Hooper Alexander Elementary School in DeKalb County, GA. As he called the children to their places, boy-girl, boy-girl, Nancy, a little…

With the falling of the leaves, the masks of green are stripped off the hillsides, revealing the diversity and uniqueness of each ridge and valley, rock and stream, old shed or oil well hitherto unseen. It is in the winter, when the hills bare their innermost selves, that we get to know them. Then, in…

You can make your world so much larger simply by acknowledging everyone else’s. – Jeanne Marie Laskas in Washington Post Magazine

An English publication offered a prize for the best definition of a friend, and among the thousands of answers received were the following: “One who multiplies joys, divides grief.” “One who understands our silence.” “A volume of sympathy bound in cloth.” “A watch which beats true for all time and never…

One Day One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend…

January 16, 2008 Visiting the prisoner By Tim Jessen Tony Dungy, coach of the 2007 Super Bowl winning Indianapolis Colts football team, was getting ready for his greatest test of the season the next day – a playoff game against San Diego, which his team eventually lost narrowly. As Chaplain in the Presbytery…

A Friend… Accepts you as you are. Believes in "you." Calls you just to say "Hi." Doesn’t give up on you. Envisions the whole of you, even the unfinished parts. Forgives your mistakes. Gives unconditionally. Helps you. Invites you over. Just wants to "be" with you. Keeps you close at heart. Loves you…

*“An account has been circulating on the Internet about a mother who was doing all she could to prepare her three-year-old son for the arrival of a new sibling. After discovering that the new baby was a girl, Michael sang to his sister night after night in his Mommy’s tummy. The pregnancy progressed…

“If you have a friend who likes snowboarding, you go snowboarding with him and it strengthens your relationship,” he explains. “Well, God loves justice, so if you seek justice with God, you’ll get to know Him better by being involved in something He cares about.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things,…

What are the keys to attracting visitors and keeping them coming back? by Charles Arn I sat affixed in front of my TV. THE BORG had just captured my hero and brought him onboard. “You will be assimilated,” a hideous-looking Borg intoned, raising his tentacles to the temples of “Star Trek” ’s Captain…

Many of our non-Christian friend and neighbors, however, may not know anyone with whom they can unburden their soul, and they don’t know how to reach God. So God sends you and me to be “God” to them, to be as available and compassionate to them as Jesus Christ is to us. Such encouragement is a matter…

In the Chronicles of Narnia Aslan says “I only tell you your story. I don’t tell you anybody else’s.” (Paraphrase)

Man Offers Ear to the Lonely on YouTube Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed , lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands. So, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call. Aftter posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston…

Lonely farmers in North Wales are to be pictured on milk cartons to help them find love. Dairy co-operative Calon Wen is behind the ‘Fancy a Farmer?’. Stickers on Calon Wen’s organic milk will feature three men and two women looking for a date. Among them is 30-year-old Iwan Jones. He said: “It’s a bit…

The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------…