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Money-giving is a good criterion of a person’s mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people. –Dr. Karl Menninger

A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to ‘Where do pets come from?’ Adam said, ‘Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me every day. Now I do not see you any more. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how…

Matthew 20: 17-28 17 While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, 18 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to…

[17] And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, [18] Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, [19] And shall deliver him to…

Welcome to Nancy Guthrie’s guided journal “Hoping for Something Better,” which she based on her book of the same title (Tyndale 2007). New journal entries will appear in your profile Monday-Saturday for 6 weeks. If you missed any so far, stay subscribed to this feed and you can begin when it starts over. Be sure…

“My husband is a wonderful man. We recently found out he has testicular cancer.” –from Beliefnet member i8moonie Add your prayers now

You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor nor show deference to the rich; judge your kinsmen fairly. –Leviticus 19:15 As cited in “Jewish Wisdom” by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

‘The Bible,’ we are told sometimes, ‘gives us such a beautiful picture of what we should be.’ Nonsense! It gives us no picture at all. It reveals to us a fact: it tells us what we really are… –F.D. Maurice. The Prayer-Book and the Lord’s Prayer

Do not underestimate your ability. –Geshe Chekawa, “In Advice From a Spiritual Friend” Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from “Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations,” edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144 U.S.A, www.wisdompubs.org.

When Joseph was taken down to Egypt, a certain Egyptian, Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his chief steward, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he stayed in the house of his Egyptian master. And when his master saw…

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