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Years ago, a man named John Edwin Daniels sought to inscribe his name in history by establishing a world record for long-distance walking.  His goal was to hike from the lower tip of Baja, California to the northern end of Maine.  The journey required ten months and he completed it on schedule.  When he arrived at his destination, newsmen and radio microphones were waiting to record his impressions upon completion of his well-publicized trip.  The announcer who conducted the interview asked: “Mr. Daniels, you have walked over 4,000 miles.  Tell us, during these past ten months what was your greatest […]

Good human relationships are based on mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual need.  This is true of husbands and wives, parents and children, employers and employees, friend and friend.  It is true even of our relationship with Jesus. This truth, as strange as it may seem, is clearly indicated all through the New Testament.  One such example is the feast we celebrate today – the baptism of Jesus.  It was crowned with divine approval.  But it was also accomplished by human hands.  Jesus was baptized but it was done by a man – John the Baptist.  John, at first, was […]

Usually, we think of our Christian faith as a personal relationship between an individual and God.  Certainly, it is that but it is not exclusively that.  We need to remember that our faith needs to grow within the family.  All of us come from homes, we live in homes, and some among us look forward to establishing their own homes.  This means that the success and happiness of our individual lives are deeply dependent upon the fate and fortunes of our family. For that matter, so is the future of our world.  What happens in the home in large measure […]

Usually, we think of our Christian faith as a personal relationship between an individual and God.  Certainly, it is that but it is not exclusively that.  We need to remember that our faith needs to grow within the family.  All of us come from homes, we live in homes, and some among us look forward to establishing their own homes.  This means that the success and happiness of our individual lives are deeply dependent upon the fate and fortunes of our family. For that matter, so is the future of our world.  What happens in the home in large measure […]

I read a story some time ago which I doubt is true, but it deals with a very profound truth.  The setting of this story was an exclusive men’s club in London in the early part of this century.  One member of the club was an outspoken atheist.  He did not believe in God.  He was critical of religion in general, and of Christianity in particular.  One day, someone wrote a little poem and posted it on the club bulletin board.  The man’s name was Joe, and the poem about him said:  “We have heard in language, highly spiced, that […]