... Nance’s little daughter, Emma, was playing with her Bible character paper dolls when she realized that the Jesus character was missing. Marlene and Emma looked all over the house, but they couldn’t find Jesus anywhere. Later that afternoon, Emma came running to ... who love him?” Amen. 1. Dale Lykins, http://www.jacksoncumc.org/worship/3_os_openingdoors.htm. 2. James Fadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism, pp. 11-12. Cited in David Bruce, 250 Anecdotes about Religion (Kindle edition). 3. Jim Wallis ...
... wife, Ellie, Erik’s biggest obstacles are the little things in life. For instance, Erik and Ellie have a baby daughter named Emma. Emma has made life a little more complicated for Erik, because she leaves her toys all over the floor. For the man who ... 4:2) that says, “You have not because you ask not.” In 1962 a 14‑year‑old boy by the name of Robert White wrote to President John F. Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, requesting the President’s autograph. Within a few weeks Evelyn ...
... to his wife, Ellie, Erik's biggest obstacles are the little things in life. For instance, Erik and Ellie have an infant daughter named Emma. Emma has made life a little more complicated for Erik, because she leaves her toys all over the floor. For the man who climbed ... Couple of High Climbers" by Carole Bula, Time magazine, June 18, 2001, p. 62. 5. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, Profile Books, Profile Books Ltd., London, England, 2002, p. 39. 6. From "The Letter to Diognetus" Cyril C. Richardson, eds ...
... we make the same mistake - doing thoughtlessly the thing that condemns us? There is a fascinating story about Emma Calve, French soprano, that turns out much better. She was famous in Brussels, Paris, London and the Metropolitan in ... make sense, and we are confused and lost. We do not make an investment of our lives in that which we do not trust. My son Robert G. Tuttle, Jr., tells of a young doctor coming to him for counseling. The doctor opened with this strange declaration: "I’ve got everything I ever ...
... every land on earth. We know her as the Statue of Liberty. Within the pedestal on which this great statue stands is a poem by Emma Lazarus graven on a tablet with these immortal words that describe the highest ideals of this nation of immigrants, “Give me your tired, your poor, ... 5. Ruth La Ferla, “Sleep, the Final Luxury,” New York Times, December 11, 2000. 6. Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 807. 7. Biblical ...
