... What’s the next part of our story? Rebecca: There was a star. (sings) There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn, rise up shepherds and follow! Ryan: There were shepherds. Sarah: And astronomers. Max: And nifty gifts! Lee: And more travel, this time to Egypt! Sarah: Ah, the Sphinx. Lucy: I bet Jesus loved to crawl up the paws of the Sphinx! Lee: I bet they just wanted to be at home — like me. (Jeanne gets loaf of bread out of her shopping bag, takes a piece and passes it to the others.) Grandma: Umm ...
... the sinner. Film: The Days of Wine and Roses. In this beautifully acted and compelling old movie (1962) starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick (remade as When a Man Loves a Woman in 1994), we see the consequences of addiction, a condition that is probably ... two governors of Illinois (representing both political parties) have been tried for some kind of political manipulation (George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich). George Ryan was sent to jail, even having to stay there while his wife was dying of cancer. Rod ...
... from Jesus’ cup and being baptized with Jesus’ baptism means you are willing to pay a price no one else will pay. Liz Ryan is the former Senior VP of Human Resources for a Fortune 500 company. Out of her extensive business background, she wrote an article ... Germany where the surviving soldiers were taken for medical treatment. Among the soldiers he visited was Lance Corporal Jeffrey Lee Nashton. Nashton, only 23 years old, suffered a fractured skull, collapsed lungs, a fractured leg, a broken arm, and ...
... story about a rookie umpire who stood behind the plate at his first game. Legendary fastball pitcher Nolan Ryan was on the mound. The second pitch of the game was so fast that the umpire didn’t ... watched over now.” Another man said, “I’m absolutely devastated by this. It makes you wonder if God is unhappy with what is going on.” Pastor Lee Eclov of Vernon Hills, Illinois writes, “There are times when it seems the most dependable, reliable presence in your life disappears into the fog in the ...
... relatives living with you, you can have two more for each one.” The woman just stood there paralyzed, feeling helpless when Ryan Abel, who is white, piped up. “I’m a relative,” he said. “So am I,” announced a young Chinese girl nearby ... at his job in a book‑storage building. He took a gun with him. The rest, as they say, is history. This man was Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (4) Rejection is a terrible thing, isn’t it? And it manifests itself in ...
