Posted by Tony Villari
Last I read, studies put the number of Christian sects in the world at 33,000 plus; all of them think they are more right and, therefore, more worthy of salvation than their brothers. I have found, in discussing scripture with Christian leaders around me, most of them read their scripture, they beli...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 24, 2017 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And so said all the disciples. Matthew 26:35 A Time to ThinkSomewhere in every crown of suffering, God has implanted a bud of strength that can burst open, releasing extra ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Charootz Factor Friday, March 24, 2017 You need hedges in your life. They're meant to protect you. The word in Hebrew is charootz - which means a hedge or a trench, but it also means a decision or determination, as in digging in. It's a decision, as if you're digging a trench, of what will be ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 23, 2017 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Matthew 28:18 A Time to ThinkSome people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at al...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 22, 2017 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues from generation to generation. Psalm 100:5 A Time to ThinkNo pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the hu...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Waters Of Bitterness Wednesday, March 22, 2017 In the beginning, darkness was over the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. But after the fall of man, there's darkness, confusion, void, fear, bitterness...
Posted by Pastor Bob Huggins
Secure In Yourself - Verse of the Day :Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 20, 2017 O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. Psalm 30:2 A Time to ThinkIt is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. –Anonymous A Time to ActConfidently trust God to handle things beyond your efforts. A Time to Pra...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Kaddish Revelation Monday, March 20, 2017 When a Jewish person dies, we recite the Kaddish. It's known as the prayer for the dead, or the mourner's prayer. It says this: Magnify and sanctify His great name. Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, honored, magnified, extolled and lauded be the Ho...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 19, 2017 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Psalm 36:5 A Time to ThinkPray, hope, don’t worry. –Saint Padre Pio A Time to ActHold onto God's promises–they will protect you from fear and lead you to jo...
Posted by Rev.Dr.Jerry (Gerald) Olseski,C.M.,D.D. Hon.
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, and spoke through His Son Jesus Christ, also speaks to us today, How? Through the holy written Word of God. God's Word, the Bible, really is God's communication to us. In it we find the history of God's...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 18, 2017 But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. Psalm 22:19 A Time to ThinkOnly God can turn a mess into a message, a test into a testimony. –Joyce Meyer, author A Time to ActPlace your hope and purpose completely in God's ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 17, 2017 May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him. Romans 15:13 A Time to ThinkHence I cannot be silent - and indeed, I ought not to be - about the many blessings and the great grace which the Lord has designed to bestow upon me. —...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Masklessness Friday, March 17, 2017 We often speak of people wearing masks, putting on a mask of smiles. When I was growing up, in our house was a box of masks of monsters and ghosts for Halloween. The truth is, in life, people wear masks that are nicer than the way they are inside - it's a facade...
Posted by Tony Villari
Each morning, when I wake and knock on wood to prove it, and after I look up to praise God for another day in paradise and another chance to excel in life, I can't wait to get out and about so I can enjoy what, for me, is an obvious paradox - the never ending circus which is humanity. We are t...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 16, 2017 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 A Time to ThinkI bind to myself today God's Power to guide me, God's Might to uphold me, God's Wisdom to teach me... –from St. Patrick's Breastplate A Time...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Salmon People Thursday, March 16, 2017 The ways of salmon amazes me. They swim upstream against the current, choosing to go against the flow and take on the adversity. They don't just persevere through the adversity; they embrace it. As believers, we're to be like the salmon of this world. The...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 15, 2017 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. Psalm 3:5 A Time to ThinkGo out on a limb when you pray for others. Take a risk. Be outrageous. Be passionate. Take a leap. Love a lot, not just a little. –Rick Hamlin, author A Time to...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Heaven Above The Ceiling Wednesday, March 15, 2017 On the Feast of Tabernacles, God commanded His people to dwell in a sukkah, a temporary hut. The sukkah roof had gaps in it, so when you looked up, you would see right through it to the stars. Believers meet in houses of worship and over every hou...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionMarch 14, 2017 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 A Time to ThinkEverything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose. –Iyanla Vanzant, life coach and relation...
Posted by Matthew Ruane
This post is mostly theraputic in nature for me. I have things I feel that I need to get out. Life is, well, hectic. My family and I are dealing with two very... well, pressing situations at one time. I'm not sure how much I feel like getting into them. However, some background is needed for compre...
Posted by Tony Villari
Islam was thrust upon me again, just last week, by an older Christian Deacon. He is a very 'by the Book' Christian, a believer that the Bible is the 'Word’ of God, and that Muslims do not believe in God. What? This came as unsettling news to me considering they're one of the three Abraham...
Posted by Thomas Cornfield
Yes be Silent , and know the Lord is with You My ministry is off the street (A John the Babest style) Instead of saying "Have a good Day" I say Lord Bless your day. almost all of us in one way or another have been introduced to religion in some way, young or older. Then we can fall away, an...
Posted by Priestess Amanda Rountree
In our lives, even without our ministries, we often take care of everyone and everything but ourselves. Work, bills, family, projects, school, this list never seems to shrink. We fill up our time with so much that we have to do that we seldom leave time for those things that we want to do. So...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
Sharing with the hopes that my experience will be helpful to others.I have a good life - especially compared to some - but there have been a lot of things weighing on me personally and professionally over the course of several years, - Let's just say that it is not a good idea to live in a con...
Posted by Rev.Dr.Jerry (Gerald) Olseski,C.M.,D.D. Hon.
A gift must be received in order to be enjoyed! You need God's Gift because you need a Savior. "All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God'' (Romans 3:23). "There is NO man that sinneth not." (1 Kings 8:46). "The wages of sin is death (eternal separation from God)" (Romans 6:23). Som...
Posted by Tony Villari
The Christian church has tried to make homosexuality a sin, in contradiction to the teachings about not judging others, forgiveness, tolerance, of love for all… except, of course... you know - gays. Yet, two thousand years of condemnation have multiplied the ranks of the gay community. ...
Posted by Rev.Dr.Jerry (Gerald) Olseski,C.M.,D.D. Hon.
Because the Lord Jesus Christ said so. Because you have a sinful nature. The nature we all receive from Adam is fallen, corrupt and totally depraved. God says the heart of man is desperately wicked and deceitiful above all things. With this old nature you could not enjoy yourself in Heaven hereafte...
Posted by Erich Habich-Traut
ABOUT SETHIANS: Sethians view the biblical Seth as their hero, who was reincarnated as Jesus. In the questionaire for ULC ministers it asks about what we believe. I have updated this information. Sethianism speaks of a trinity, which is similar to the Christian one, yet different. ...
Posted by Christopher Dorney
Its my sisters 30th birthday and my mum is throwing a family meal. I originally wasn't going as it's a busy weekend for me and it involves a lot of driving, over 400 miles. I changed my mind, thought it would be nice to surprise her and told my mum that I would be coming and that I was bringing my g...
Posted by Christopher Dorney
So yesterday I fell down the ramp that leads to my garage. It was my own fault really. I had left two large pieces of scrap metal there the previous week in the hope that a person I'd previously contacted would come and dispose of them. He didn't and I didn't do any thing about it. Thought I would g...
Posted by Tony Villari
I had a doctor admonish me, once, for not addressing him as 'doctor.' Actually, I called him by his first name; not even the courtesy of a 'mister.' I told him that if it stroked his ego, I'd try to assist. He informed me, quite curtly, that he deserved the title. I...
Posted by Auntie Moira
324,420,000, .... U.S. population (rounded figure) Just perspective. There's literally hundreds of millions of law-abiding, loving, compassionate, hardworking people. The same is true the world over. Look at the people whose names you know, whose faces you've seen in person, who han...
Posted by Janette Stark
I have learned throughout my life and by watching others in the real world before the WWW took me over. That I used to wear the mask depending on where I was and the occasion. Now it still rings true, to certain degree. I am myself, I am usually the odd ball out so to speak and I am content with who...
Posted by Janette Stark
Views on losing an estranged sibling to death. Someone who was very sad and blamed everyone associated with those who hurt them! Even though that person who hurt them was no longer around! When it comes to family the phrase "birds of a feather flock together" does not and should not stand true. Well...
Posted by Tony Villari
How many little things have to bite us in the ass and chew on our conscience, if we're lucky enough to have one, before we realize it isn't the little things, the outcomes of bad decisions which are terminally stupid, it's the person making the decisions. Maybe it's time to look in the mirror ...
Posted by Bridget Kielas-Fecyk
Let's talk about Privilege. There is White Privilege, Black Privilege, Native American Privilege, "Minority Privilege", Religious Privilege, etc. But what is that word? It means that there are certain things you can expect to have that others do not have. Now, for those of you who are already stiffe...
Posted by Matthew Ruane
Today’s world is strange. People can starve to death. How? It isn’t by not eating. It is by not having enough money to pay for food. What? But doesn’t food come from Sayari? Read More At The Klana Way Blog
Posted by Sista' Joy
Are you still struggling to achieve your dream? Are you discouraged and ready to give up and quit? I have one word for you - don't! No matter how hard your dream is to bring into reality, do not quit! Rest for a while if you must, and then go at it again. T...
Posted by Mystic Angel
Hi! I have heard alot about Starseeds, Indigo's and universal consciousness. I never really connected to alot of the beliefs about universal consciousness/ extra terrestrials, ect, I don't know, it just seems so foreign to me. I never really "got it." However, I also read about Indigo's, and starsee...
Posted by Archbishop Ervin Nemeth DD
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you." John 15:16. When we joined ULC, we did so because we were called. Something deep inside wanted it to happen. Same w...
Posted by Mystic Angel
I recently contacted an oldfriend on Facebook. I have known him since I was 14. We always has a unique connection that seemed to transcend communication. We were so in sinc that during a period of time we were together, we really didn't need to talk much. But things changed and we were seperated whi...
Posted by Tony Villari
Looking at the world through rose colored glasses accomplishes little except to suck the color from reality and make us, somehow, feel better for the lie, in this case, about our passive complicity in allowing the murder of innocence to continue unabated as we exercise our "divine" right to decide w...
Posted by Dennel Tyon
POSTED ON REDDIT, JUNE 2016: (still collecting data) My hypothesis: People who are uncertain about their spirituality desire a doctrine to follow, and those who truly know God do not need one; those who deny their spirituality simply do not see it. Proposed research questions: What...
Posted by Dennel Tyon
Thesis Paper Dennel B. Tyon Composition II/ENG 102 (April, 2011) Module 7, Assignment 2 Argosy University Online Dr. Pamela Allegretto-Diiullio I. I never understood why God and Evolution could not go hand in hand. And yet, the church I was attending as a young child w...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) is proposing new Ministry Chaplain Education Program to start this month. Through this program they will be offering a Chaplain Certificate Program, a Chaplain Diploma Program, and a Chaplain Degree Program awarding a Bachelors Degree. CLI offers world-class college...
Posted by Mystic Angel
I see you, I feel you, I know you. You call to me and I can't deny the pull. But I have walked through the mist my entire, unable to fully embrace the unknown. So many things cloud my mind, clutter my soul. The closer to I get to understanding, the further away I am. I learn, I grow yet the further ...
Posted by Sista' Joy
One thing we are guaranteed of in life is change. We will all experience it in life! Sometimes it comes suddenly. It can be very painful and almost overwhelming to our spirit. We unexpectedly lose our job. Our best friend dies. The greatest love of our l...
Posted by Sista' Joy
Do you listen to your intuition? How many times has it kept you from danger, given you some great ideas or led you to exactly what you needed, when you needed it the most? What has happened to you, when you failed to pay attention? Names We Call It Some people call it intuition, a hu...
Posted by Dennel Tyon
Who is God? (Posted on REDDIT as God is... ): God is nature - He is the air, the earth, the ocean, the fire. He is the trees, the grass, the flowers, the weeds. He is the bird in that tree, and the snake in that grass, the bug in the flowers and the thorn in the weeds....
Posted by Sista' Joy
All this week, the Holy Spirit kept saying to me, “Leave the Light on in Your Heart,” “Leave the Light on in Your Heart,” “Leave the Light on in Your Heart.” So insistent was its simple but powerful message that I was compelled to share it here! When this Divine ...
Posted by Tony Villari
Square pegs and round holes is where hammers come in handy. I've learned to think of myself as a hammer. Don't concern yourself with what other people think, follow your own path. If there's a brick wall blocking your path, make a door. You're only beaten when you quit. ...
Posted by Pauvlo Anguiano
When we as living beings begin to journey through the world, there will be difficulty. We must remember that the Lotus Flower rises fromm the most obscure muddy waters, think of the muddy waters as our life struggles, and like the flower we will struggle and grow and struggle to the top. ...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
This sermon was delivered in the fall of 2013 Iroquois Thanksgiving Prayer We return thanks to our mother,the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams,which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs,which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases. ...
Posted by Tony Villari
I am a hopeless romantic. I have to be. Love and I have always been strange bedfellows. It isn't that I don't know what love is, I have a pretty good grasp on the emotion... and exercise it often. I have a deep philosophy concerning it; I simply refuse to invest myself fully ...
Posted by David Martin
I was recently asked by a young man how I lived life as a "man from mars". That was a phrase the he had heard at work to describe me. (I take no offense at their characterization of me.) I have often said I look at life from a slightly off center view point and I make no apol...
Posted by Dennel Tyon
Dennel B. Tyon SCI 110 - The Rise of Modern Science Argosy University Online Dr. Richard Craven December 13, 2010 The Evolution of Creation I grew up, and was baptized, in the Mormon faith. But s...
Posted by Michael LiDonne
What does the cross mean to you? Some of you have a cross pendant on a chain that you wear or carry with you, but why do you wear or carry that? If it has meaning to you, it shouldn't and you should ask God for forgiveness for allowing the devil to make you think of Christ when you look at or wear...
Posted by torie yang
Refers back to the method of restoring knowledge using hard disk drive completely extractible disk, Or different kind of electronic and digital flea market your tv and radio stations. Already windows xp professional 64 bit are familiar with everyon which any clips would be. Stocking your current inf...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
I've been revisiting some of the sermons I've written in the past few years, and will be posting some of them here to invite discussion.This one is called In for Winter Out for Spring and was written in 2014. I know you’ll all be surprised by this, but I’ve been running on empty...
Posted by Tommy Lee Oscar
My purpose revealed. God is GREAT and worthy to be praised. Blessings to all my brothers and sisters near and far. Happy New Year to you all. Less than 24 hours ago I was just a guy, a normal guy living a pretty normal life. I had goals and ambitions I...
Posted by Tony Villari
I searched at great length for an image to put at the top of this post, and I fell prey to multiple choices of a man and woman - in this day and age, I knew better. After a heartfelt self-admonishment I settled on a photo which seems to leave the door open for whichever gender floats your boat...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
A couple of years or so ago, some of my friends started doing a "theme" word for the year, rather than a "resolution". Since many resolutions take on a negative connotation of what to NOT do; the "word of the year" puts a more positive spin on it of what you want to bring in or concentrate on in the...
Posted by Tony Villari
To sleep, perchance to dream? As the Bard once penned, "Aye, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause." And how long will that pause be? I've had plenty of dreams while amongst the living which...
Posted by Rev. Dr. (Imam) Hanif Koya, D.D.
Greets of peace and love to all! LOVE FOR ALL AND HATRED FOR NONE is the moto of the international Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of which I am a member and such we love all mankind and spread the message of love and peace and practice it too. Our members are persecuted in different parts of the...
Posted by Tony Villari
When it comes to survival there are several camps I would fear, these are the camps of "want." They are the perpetually poor who want what I have and the formerly rich who want what I have, and any other group who wants what I have. The fact that you are willing to share what you have is of so much ...
Posted by Matthew Stephen Abraham
Leave it to the internet to destory, on a continual basis, any faith a person might have left in humanity. By now I'm sure most people have seen the video of the two year old twin boys climbing on the dresser in what appears to be their bedroom and pulling it over on top of themselves trapping one o...
Posted by Tony Villari
Tick...tick...tick...tick... Living life between the ticking of a clock - with digital timepieces young people may soon be growing up not ever realizing what that means. For me it occurs every day. To read the rest of this post, take a second and follow this link to my blog, &ldqu...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
I found this piece when researching a homily - it spoke very strongly to me so I wanted to share it. In Praise of Darkness Barbara Brown Taylor Christianity has never had anything nice to say about the dark.“Darkness” is shorthand for anything that scares me — that I want nopart...
Posted by Tony Villari
"Hypostatically united," threw me for a loop, so I did what any self-respecting man would do, I stopped for directions - I looked it up. Don't bother, it didn't help. I knew it was time to stop looking when I was directed to a legal (as in law school) definition of the word. When lawyers get involve...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
In the early years of a new century and a new millennium, many of us wonder: What does the future hold? What will the next hundred years, or the next thousand years, be like? Click HERE to continue reading on my blog.
Posted by Matthew Stephen Abraham
JMJ: All Christian warriors, be they medieval knights to modern policemen or military men, to those of us committed to warfare in the spiritual realm have wrestled with the same question: How do we reconcile the seemingly contradictory teachings of Christ and the Old Testament which call u...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5, NIV) One of the most often-asked questions regarding the Christian faith goes something like this: "What about the person who has never heard that Jesus is the only way to God? What about the person...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
For the grace of God has been revealed,bringing salvation to all people.—Titus 2:11 May you experience God's gift of grace this Christmas! In Jesus,Cap'n Kenny Read my daily postings HERE
Posted by Tony Villari
Three reasons why the New York Times' War on Christmas denial is all wrong. Does this title confuse anyone else? Well, maybe it's just me, but I'd have written this differently, like highlighting "War on Christmas" so it isn't misconstrued as the "New York Times' War on Christmas" denial...
Posted by Rev. Renee Paddock
Solstice Meditations 2016 Each year from June 21 until December 21 or thereabouts the amount of light every day gets shorter. And from September through February the darkness is noticeably greater than the light. We are used to this. Some of us barely note it except maybe when it creeps up ...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Porque la gracia de Dios se ha manifestado para salvación de todos los hombres. (Tito 2:11, RVC) Como la luz en un sitio oscuro. Como la lluvia sobre un terreno reseco. Como el aroma del mejor perfume en un ambiente viciado. Como todo lo que refresca, revitaliza y renueva. Así es la g...
Posted by David Deweese
I am reminded that the child of God carried no book, or need to conquer. Everything one needs will be given until the final gift of light in death. Be a vessel not full but wanting all you are willing to give. Find silence and be greatful of imperfection. It is a gift, the image not of this world. P...
Posted by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)
Religion vs Spirituality Religion is a path to God. Spirituality is also a path to God. However they have differences in approach. 1. Experience vs Belief. Religion usually entails adhering to a certain dogma or belief system. Spirituality places little importance on intellectual beliefs, but...
Posted by Rev. Elizabeth Hoff, ULC
Recent experience has taught me that there is more to being a minister (MUCH more, in fact) than doing weddings. I am concerned that there are FAR too many people joining the ULC for the sole purpose of doing weddings. (When I hear a ULC minister describe their work as a "wedding ministry", t...
Posted by Tony Villari
Whenever I feel down, which isn't often, I can always find my happy place in the eyes of a child. I can be standing in line at Walmart and there will be a child in a basket that just won't stop looking at me. Before you know it I'm in a one way conversation with this little shit, they're...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. . . . But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. (Luke 2:8, 10, NIV) If you are a parent, then you can remember...
Posted by Tony Villari
This was to be "My Christmas Thought" for this coming Sunday, but it was viewed as a bit maudlin for the season. That is one view, but I'd prefer to consider the beautiful "miracle" of it all, but then, I revel in miracles around me throughout the year and in particular during the Christmas se...
Posted by Sara Williams
Know thy self To know yourself is to know god. In most religious bibles it is stated in one form or another that we were created in the image of god. The better you come to know yourself the better you will come to know and understand the world around you. If you are filled with love, care, and com...
Posted by Tony Villari
I think there is nothing quite as beautiful, nothing that can make a statement of perfection, as much as a woman who can carry herself with such refinement and class while sporting a well shorn head. It is truly not the lack of hair which defines the woman, but rather the woman who defines the...
Posted by Jay Olson
When I was young and in my prime. I didn't have a single dime. But what I had, you could not buy. And I hope I have it till the day I die. I had an angel following me. I had an angel I could not see. I didn't know the angels name. I loved that angel all the same. It made no diff...
Posted by Tony Villari
Did God create a man and a woman, or did He, as Genesis proclaims, create man, male and female, and name them Man? Isn't this written so as to leave it all open to interpretation? It would seem you can read it as all-inclusive of the rich variety of mankind, of those peacefully seeking His grace, th...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
There is a pernicious rumor that resurfaces every Advent season and spreads across social media faster than a cold in a kindergarten class. It’s the rumor that God can be “kept out” of Christmas. ...Continue Reading...
Posted by Matthew Stephen Abraham
Roses are said to be our Holy Mother's favorite flower. Every time we pray the Hail Mary prayer we give our Holy Mother a rose, and every time we pray a decade of the rosary (1 Lord's prayer and 10 Hail Mary's) we give her a bouqet of roses. Each time we pray a full set of mysteries of the...
Posted by Robert Derr
There seems to be a flap on social media this time every holiday season, that there's a "War on Christmas," largely because signs that maybe once read 'Merry Christmas' decades ago, now say, 'Happy Holidays.' The phrase itself goes back to at least 1942, with the song Happy Holiday, and has been use...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Saint Nicholas, also called Nicholas of Bari or Nicholas of Myra (flourished 4th century, Myra, Lycia, Asia Minor [near modern Kale (Demre), Turkey]; feast day December 6) one of the most popular minor saints commemorated in the Eastern and Western churches and now traditionally associated...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
I sit a few feet from a man on death row. Jewish by birth... His days are marked. I'm curious about what bolsters this man as he nears his execution. So I ask some questions. Q. Do you have family, Paul? A. I have none. ...Continue Reading...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by David Feddes Once upon a time there was a land where people saw God’s hand in almost everything. They looked at animals and mountains, at stars and rainbows, at sunshine and cornfields, and saw the hand of God. They looked at great events of history and saw the hand of God. They ...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
A Minister passing through his church In the middle of the day, Decided to pause by the altar To see who come to pray. Just then the back door opened, And a man came down the aisle, The minister frowned as he saw the man Hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was torn and shabby, And his coat...
Posted by Roy Grover
I do not understand people. The first thing people ask me is who did you vote for ? I tell them I voted for Donald Duck and the reason why ! We have enough gooffy in the White house already. That's when I ask them If they have heard the good word of the lord today. They say no and walk away . I do b...
Posted by Minister Edward P Miller II
Today I pray that all denominations come together and sit together in harmony. May God or your Higher Power, grant us the peace to see in this day that He's made for us a way to figure out how to come closer to Him. We look to the people that sit or surround us and remember that we are b...