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Matthew 13: 1-9 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower…

A couple had two little boys who were always getting into trouble. Their parents knew that if any mischief occurred in their village, their sons were probably involved. The boys’ mother heard that an elder in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her sons. The elder…

[1] The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. [2] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. [3] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a…

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Here’s a question about forgiveness–what about those I have wronged whom I no longer know? The man in the senior citizens home I visited as part of a high school group: I told him I would be back, but I never went back. I remember him, wronged him, but it was more than 30 years…

He who saves a single life saves the entire world. –The Talmud From “A Little Joy, A Little Oy.” Reprinted by arrangement with Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind. -Ajahn Chah, “Still Forest Pool” From “365 Buddha:…

“Go to the Bible to meet Christ…He is its author, its subject matter, the doorway to its treasures, the full-throated symphony of which Adam and the prophets heard just the faintest tune.” –Andre Seu

Those who want much, are always much in need. –Horace

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, chief of his troops, said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything that you do. Therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my kith and kin, but will deal with me and with the land in which you…

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