2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (528+ words) " " "The 1959 Broadway play "A Raisin in the Sun" tells the story of a black family in Harlem." They never had much money and saw little chance of escaping their poverty." Then the father died and the family learned he had…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (451+ words) " (continued) That might sound harsh and insensitive to you. You might be the one always doing more than your share, always putting in the extra time, always being taking advantage of, and always muttering under your breath "Well, someone has…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (988+ words) " " "Ken finally talked his wife Sue into going to a baseball game with him." He was a baseball fanatic; she thought the whole thing was stupid and boring." For nine innings, Ken observed every detail of the game, while Sue…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (491+ words) " The 1995 movie A Walk in the Clouds begins with scenes of a young married couple separated by war. He is in Europe fighting with the United States Army in World War II. She is back home going out with other men....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (138+ words) By Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a German Lutheran pastor and professor of theology. "He wrote dozens of books, including Sacred Meditations, a collection of 51 meditations published in 1606. "This piece was taken from the chapter 38 of that book. " " " "Consider the misery and brevity…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (633+ words) From The Lutheran Standard, June 5, 1979, page 29; author's name withheld. A man died at the age of 85. "He was one of those old and steady saints of the church. "He had been a devoted husband, a good father, a beloved man…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (626+ words) Blessed is the one'whose transgressions are forgiven,'whose sins are covered. 'Blessed is the one'whose sin the Lord does not count against them'and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent,'my bones wasted away'through my groaning all…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1111+ words) Above image: This is one of the earliest known images of Jesus, and it is of him as the Good Shepherd. Found in the catacombs of Rome, painted in the third century ************************* (continued) The model for Bruce Olson's ministry was,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (234+ words) " " "Bruchko went to the Motilones to tell them about Jesus, and almost all of the people of that tribe are now Christians. "They have churches and schools and hospitals. "Many of their children are now university graduates, and they don't…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (345+ words) Above:" The Talents, 1908 by artist Eug'ne Burnand (1850-1921). " "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them." The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five." "Master," he said, "you entrusted…...