... five billion dollars in hospital and drug expenses. Discouragement and depression come to the best and strongest people. Martin Luther suffered from severe bouts of depression. Pastors today struggle with "burn-out." One in five American ministers ... he asked, "Are you going to fish or are you just going to sit there?" God says to us in our depression, "Are you going to sit there mulling over your troubles or are you going to do what I tell you?" In a world like this, we need to do what we can to handle our ...
... purchased. A special room is set aside in the house for the baby. Genealogical charts are often consulted, names are carefully mulled over and selections made. Before the birth itself a variety of signals tell the world - this child is ours and soon ... to boil ..." (Isaiah 64:1, 2a RSV). As followers of Jesus, we are instrumental in realizing God’s dream in our world. When Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed "I have a dream!" he was ultimately acknowledging God’s hopes for all of us. And through our parish ...
... didn't say what church," the man replied. "I said I want to see you in church." Bob swiveled away for just few seconds, to mull over the strange comment and when he turned back the man was gone. He looked all over the restaurant but couldn't see the man ... it or against it." She remembers seeing white men picking up black women and throwing them into the buses. She recalls seeing Martin Luther King, Jr. beaten up outside the city jail. He came out of jail in all white clothes, she remembers, and about ...
... 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." "When will He be two?" the little fellow asked after mulling this over for a moment in his mind. If the Lord is one, then surely, some day, He will be two. It reminds me ... Rivers, an outfielder for the Texas Rangers baseball team once said about his warm relationship with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin. Rivers is quoted as saying, "Me and George and Billy are two of a kind." (1) Well, that's quite an accomplishment. The ...
