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Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. –Zen saying

Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” But she said to her, “Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you would also…

Matthew 15: 29-39 29 After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down. 30 Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he…

A Sunday school teacher asked the children just before she dismissed them to go to church, “And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?” Annie replied, “Because people are sleeping.”

[29] And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. [30] And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:…

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Adapted from ‘The Journey: How to Live By Faith in an Uncertain World’ by Billy Graham (W Publishing Group, 2006). Used by Permission. God has given us to one another. One of the main tools God uses to shape us and make us more like Christ is our fellowship with other Christians. In face, unless…

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it. –Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

There are two freedoms: the false where a man is free to do what he likes; and the true where a man is free to do what he ought. –Charles Kingsley

Act like you expect to get into the end zone. –Joe Paterno

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