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           There is a familiar quotation that says: “I shall pass through this world but once.  Any good, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.  Let me not defer nor neglect, for I shall not pass this way again.”            Those lines serve to remind us of the transient nature of life.  It does not stand still.  It is constantly on the move.  And once any  part of life has passed us by, it is gone forever.  We can never get it […]

       During the severe cold of last winter, a reporter, who wrote a syndicated column that appeared in many of the major newspapers, told a story that deals with a problem that subtlety confronts many people.  It was about a man whose car got stuck on the ice while he was on his way home from work.  The man was white, and the community in which he was stranded was predominantly black.  It was after dark, and the man was frightened.  To make matters worse, he ran down his battery.  There was no service station in sight.  He […]

     Several centuries ago our Lord prayed for the unity of all who live on the face of this earth. Specifically, His words were these: “I pray that they may be one, as we are one – I living in them, and you living in me – that their unity may be complete.      Of all the prayers that Jesus ever prayed, this one sometimes seems the farthest from being answered, especially in light of the events of recent times. Within the Christian community,                              […]

     Worry is one of the common denominators of our human race.  It’s a   universal tendency that cuts across all human boundaries.  Young, old, rich, or poor – to some extent every one of us is a worrier.  Some of us do it more, some less: but we all do it. And there is a sense in which worry is understandable. We are living in a dangerous and uncertain world. We are presently involved in a war against terrorism. Bad things can an have happened to people and we have no way of predicting when or to whom. Put […]