... God. I seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where no water is." Harry Emerson Fosdick has a marvelous reflection on that Psalm. He says to stand afar off and say, "Oh God" is neither difficult, or searching. ... deeply. That began a relationship and a correspondence. Three or four months after they had left, Jerry was writing Ruby and as a part of the letter she was bringing Ruby up to date on what was going on in our family. Now this was like 21, 22, 23 years ...
... the celebration of the Lord’s birth. Norm Lawson tells of two friends who were visiting over coffee. One of them was very harried. Frazzled, in fact. It was just a few days before Christmas, and she wasn’t ready ”hadn’t gotten the cards out; hadn’t ... ! You may have read in the papers a few months ago about a Spring Valley, Illinois, man who had his wife’s diamonds and rubies mounted in a ring for her birthday. He decided on one final touch. He tied a birthday card and a balloon to the ring and ...
... she yells." Gary, age 6. "A mother doesn't do anything except she wants to. Nobody makes her take baths and naps or takes her frog away." Harry, age 8. "If I forget to tell my mom I need my shepherd costume tomorrow morning, she finds one in the night. That is a mother." Laura ... 785.07 dollars a week. Indeed, the value of a good wife has long been known. Verse 10 says she is "more precious than rubies." I like the cartoon of a boy looking at his mom's wedding picture and asking, "Is that the day you came to ...
... its doors for three hours on its busiest deposit and withdrawal day of the week? Today would H & R Block let its harried pre-April 15th employees take a three-hour break one week before that tax deadline date? Forget it. Today our 24-7 ... starts at $12,500. Let us stop domesticating the cross. The cross is not a geometric figure that can conveniently hold a lot of diamonds or rubies to make a dazzling piece of jewelry. The cross is a symbol of the barbarism and butchery that is made possible by human sin and ...
