Play a Poor Hand Well

With a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and a good teaching job at an Ivy League medical school, John Castelli felt like a winner. He had a dependable income, prestige in his neighborhood, and his father’s undying admiration. For ten years, Castelli did his job well and enjoyed a comfortable routine. And then, the man at the university who sponsored his …

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Great Oaks Still Grow From Little Acorns

In an upscale neighborhood of Chicago, a young married woman – popular, intelligent, wealthy – found herself overwhelmed by the headlines she read every day. Finally, she went to a neighbor and said, “Mary, you can laugh if you like or say no if you want, but would you consider meeting with me once a month, just the two of …

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Doing Good Works

The young people at Shively Christian Church were fiercely competitive with their neighboring church, Shively Baptist, especially in softball. They were also serious about attending the summer Bible camp led by their youth pastor, Dave Stone. After teaching a Bible lesson about Jesus washing His disciples’ feet, Pastor Stone divided the kids into groups and challenged them to find a …

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20th Day of the 12th Month (Adar)

Yeshua (Jesus) is the ultimate example of a perfect relationship with His earthly father and His heavenly Father, and he walked in the blessings of those right relationships. Yeshua submitted to His Heavenly Father first, and then to His earthly father. When He appeared to his parents to have done wrong, He hadn’t actually done wrong, because He was obeying …

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The Missing Man Table

The Missing Man Table, also known as the Fallen Comrade Table, is a semi-official place of honor in dining facilities of the US armed forces in memory of fallen, missing in action, or prisoner of war military service-members. Today we use this table to represent our fallen service men and women this Memorial Day. On this day we remember, but …

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Toy Soldier Poem

Remember the fallen Remember the lost Remember the families Who paid the cost Remember those serving Today as we speak They are the strong, the brave, Never the weak Please take a soldier With you as you go Place him in a place You will see and know So that you will be reminded To pray for all who will …

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