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If you treat a sick child as an adult and a sick adult as a child, it usually works out pretty well. That’s how it goes in the May household. “Buck up!” is the mantra Karen May repeats when one of her kids is sick. No babying her “babies.” But last week when her husband…

Best Religious Music Mandisa is a popular contemporary Christian artist who sings with a style that’s pleasing to listen to and feels just right. “Waiting for Tomorrow” is a song about good intentions. The lyrics speak of change and being better, “Everyday’s a day to start over.” When Mandisa sings “Grabbing the hand that’s reaching…

Daily Prayer I grew up with prayer as a quiet quick few seconds before bed, but that’s no longer enough. Adoration, praise, supplication, and pleas for intervention. They may not have been part of my past, but maybe they will be part of our future, Yours and mine, together. Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayables

Best Inspirational Music If you’re of a certain age, you can hum the tune, and probably know most of the lyrics to Loverboy’s famous party song. But if you listen closely to Loverboy’s lyrics with the Sabbath in mind, you won’t hear the beer bong or slippery sheets. You can imagine a weekend of renewal…

Daily Scripture There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Hebrews 4:9-10 The sages debate why God made the seventh day one of rest. One great thinker said Man needs the Sabbath to balance the week…

Daily Quote “Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.” Marion Howard READ MORE and enjoy these features from the Daily Prayable! →…

Daily Joke A businessman rushed into the office of his rabbi and complained loudly about his troubles. “I am stone broke,” he cried. “My creditors call day and night demanding money. My wife says she’ll divorce me if I don’t straighten out my financial problems and my daughter say she wants me to give her…

There may be a generation gap as wide as the Grand Canyon. But one thing Sue Ellen and her children agree on: everybody’s working for the weekend. Sound familiar? Then you’re of a certain age, can hum the tune, and know most of the lyrics to Loverboy’s famous party song. Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend…

Daily Joke A preacher is buying a parrot. “Are you sure it doesn’t scream, yell, or swear?” asked the preacher. “Oh absolutely. It’s a religious parrot,” the storekeeper assures him. “Do you see those strings on his legs? When you pull the right one, he recites the lord’s prayer, and when you pull on the…

Best Inspirational Music Let’s take a ride in the way-back machine and enjoy “You Light Up My Life,” an inspirational song from the 70’s. Debby Boone made this academy award winning song the most popular single of the decade. “You Light Up My Life” is typically thought of in the romantic genre, yet many fans…
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