Month: April 2012

"Beating the odds" on the Titanic

April 12, 2012 | 9 comments

Here’s a thought-provoking article printed in the New York Times last week, written by an author whose grandfather was a Christian Science practitioner and also a survivor of the Titanic. “As hundreds of men perished…”

What tribe do you belong to?

April 11, 2012 | 2 comments

I was studying an account of God delivering the children of Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh in Egypt, and was delighted to read this verse: “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one

Watch your ancestors

April 11, 2012 | 4 comments

The ancestor of every action is a thought. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson We often blame our actions for the trouble that occurs in our lives, but it’s not the action that originated the trouble.  It’s the thought that led to

Quality or quantity?

April 10, 2012 | 3 comments

A reader sent in the below extract from a book he read. The message is relevant to the Internet age we occupy, and thought-stopping for any author who contributes to the mass of messages pouring over the airwaves…(LOL) “When telegraphs and

A prayer for peace

April 9, 2012 | 1 comment

Send Thy Peace Send Thy peace, O Lord, that we May think and act harmoniously. Send Thy peace, O Lord, that we May be contented and thankful for Thy bountiful gifts. Send Thy peace, O Lord, that amidst Our worldly