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"A time of friendship and joy, A time of sharing and laughter, A time of fellowship around a table Laden with turkey and all the trimmings. A time of purchasing ..."

"One day my grandson said to me, "grandma I like talking to you, but grandma, I like playing with my toys with grandpa." And so it is we all have a gift w..."

"He gives us each day so that we can know Him better and enjoy Him more. He has made us to be totally dependent upon Him for all things. He delights in reveali..."

"Years ago a Montana, herdsmen wrote to a radio station asking that a certain note be sounded on one of their programs to which he listened. He wanted to tune h..."

"“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ the solid..."

"A cup used for show needs to be clean only on the outside. But when you take that cup off the shelf to make it a vessel for service cleanliness on the inside s..."

"“There are people whom I wish well, and only wish that I could wish better.” So wrote a famous poet. The good news is that we can wish better or should I say ..."

"Lord, elevate my prayer on wings of love and faith. I long to reach thine heart and linger there. Anoint my lips no trace of guile or sham be found to hinder ..."

"Power in Prayer Our greatest weapon today is prayer, thou many for it show no care. But all our early records show that this great art all men should know. T..."

"Lloyd Robertson, the newscaster, was recently quoted in MacLean’s as saying, “I have seen people be destroyed in this business because of their ego. They get w..."

"Carl Sandburg once wrote: “when a civilization perishes one condition can always be found. They forgot where they came from.” David the psalmist wrote: ..."

"Saint Francis said in one of his prayers: “May I not as much seek to be understood as to understand - to be loved as to love.” He was interested only in the p..."

"Christmas gifts, with their colourful wrappings, add a warm note of joy to the holiday season. This custom of giving gifts was true when the wise men of ..."

"“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leade..."

"A well known pastor was invited to dinner in the home of a very wealthy man in Texas. After the meal, the host led him to a place where they could get a ..."

"Scientists have grown a tiny green shoot from a 1,288 year old lotus seed from China. It is believed to be the oldest seed ever germinated. A thick shell prot..."

"“If you can laugh even in the worst moments one second of healing has started. Laughter is God given.” That quote from Joan Rivers at her April 15, 1997 appea..."

"Are you winning? That’s a question someone asked my husband while washing our car during the spring break-up. He was obviously referring to the futility..."

"A little girl walking with her father on a starry night, absorbed in contemplation of the skies on being asked what she was thinking, replied: “I was thinking ..."

"The other day I asked my granddaughter what she would like for Christmas. “Oh!,” she said, “grandma I want you,” thinking she didn’t understand me. I asked her..."