“And there were moments when, bumping along on a bucket seat over a freeway of baked mud, passing through the strange quiet and the clear shining darkness of the […]
Month: August 2011
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Stan’s Corner, Thursday, August 11
Here is one of the most famous prayers of all time: The Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; where there is hatred, let me […]
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Stan’s Corner, Wednesday, August 10
Albert Schweitzer wrote a book about Jesus and here is a quote from that book which I have enjoyed a lot: “He comes to us as one unknown, without a […]
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Stan’s Corner, Tuesday, August 9
Here is one of the most powerful descriptions of Grace that I have ever seen: Grace occurs “in spite of “ something; grace occurs in spite of separation and estrangement. […]
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Stan’s Corner, Monday, August 8
During the Sunday morning service, we had a lovely duet by Pete and Karen Schilling with the title “Come Unto Me.” It is one of the most comforting Bible passages […]
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Stan’s Corner, Sunday, August 7
I wish I knew when I first felt the impact of Psalm 139 because it has come to mean a lot to me as a picturesque view of God. Here […]
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Stan’s Corner, Saturday, August 6
I am now reading the book Show Boat by Edna Ferber that is the basis for the musical we saw a month ago. In it is a graphic description of […]
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Stan’s Corner, Friday, August 5
Often, I enjoy reading the prayers printed in our Sunday morning bulletin and would like to read them again, but seldom do. Here is part of the prayer for illumination […]
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Stan’s Corner, Thursday, August 4
Earlier this year, Judie and I registered to go in October to the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky’s Appalachia to volunteer for a week of work. A Methodist from Maine […]