... what it means to be a good neighbor. Actually he was one of Jesus’ modern day disciples. His name, Fred Rogers, host of the PBS children’s show, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Some of you may be familiar with a story by journalist Tom Junod. It is a true story of ... food they could to survive a rumored Israeli siege. And it did happen. West Beirut was totally cut off. And so the Session of the church met to decide how to distribute the food they had purchased. Two proposals were put on the table. The ...
... A third grade teacher had been working long and hard to help a certain student improve his behavior and attitude. After a reading session that was continuously disrupted by this student, the teacher in her frustration said to the boy, “John, I am going to turn ... and walked to the stillness of his study. And he wept. And he poured out his heart to God. And God visited him with peace. Roger, as I said, was a hymn writer, and his study had a stereo system and a bunch of tapes. He walked across the room and ...
... are not willing to labor at love. A couple came to me several years ago, wanting to get married. During our pre-marital counseling sessions, I asked the groom, "Why do you want to marry this girl?" He replied, "She’s so beautiful and sweet, I can’t help ... erase it, yet our hearts, once open, cannot close and forget. I am absolutely convinced that the source of Miss Roger’s beautiful definition was St. Paul’s second guideline to the Thessalonians as to how Christians stay Christian: through the " ...
... season has come into their lives. I sometimes think of this when I am meeting with a couple prior to their wedding. I often begin those sessions by asking each partner to tell me what he or she likes best about the other. Sometimes they both are able to zero in right ... http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808449510&intl=us 4. William H. Willimon, in The Lectionary Commentary, Roger E. Van Harn, ed., The First Readings (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2001), p. 290. 5. Quoted by Jeffrey Zaslow, " ...
... saw faith in action. But more importantly, they saw the presence of the risen Christ in the lives and actions of the faithful. Often times in the past, certain sessions of General Conference have turned into knock down drag out brawls that were anything but Holy even though much of what was said was in Holy language. This year, ... are you devoted? 1. Parables, Etc., January 1987 2. Preaching Magazine; March/April 1996, p. 54. 3. Roger von Oech, A Kick In The Seat Of The Pants. Parables, Etc., October 1987.
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
