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You Never Know What May Happen Next!

My Father always retired to the best room after morning church and Sunday lunch, and always took the news paper with him. My Mother would always say to us boys a few minutes after, “Keep quiet boys your Dad will be asleep in the next room”. Around 4 o- clock she would take him in [...]

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Love your Enemies

There is an old story from France which tells of a shepherd who gave his heart to Jesus and felt called to the life of a Christian monk. His death is recorded in 593 AD when he was then head of a monastery. When the monastery was being built, he and other monks built a [...]

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JUST SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU THINK .

Just two little true stories that you may apply to your own life. Talking with the oldest inhabitant of the village a tourist  was told that the old man was 104 years old.  “wonderful, that is something to be proud of ! “.  The old man was too deaf to hear that  remark, but the [...]

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How to Find Joy

As a child we used to have an Aunt and Uncle visit us with their daughter Jean, and they always arrived  on the local 2pm bus. We all enjoyed the Sunday visit, but there was one snag, they didn’t  leave early enough for us to get to church on time for the evening service.  My [...]

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DIFFICULT QUESTION.

That great man of God,   Rev. Dr. Sidney Berry once posed a question.         “Which is the harder thing to do- TO  MAKE A START,  or TO KEEP GOING” ? I understand that most young people find it very hard to get up in the morning and start their day, bed is so warm [...]

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THE RIGHT WAY .

                                                            THE  RIGHT  WAY . The elderly couple who live just across the way from us invited some friends we both knew, to stay with them for a few days. When they came to leave they brought out  a map to find how to get to the next part of the holiday. The couple [...]

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EXPLANATION AND APOLOGY.

EXPLATION AND APPOLOGY. Some of you may be wondering why I have not written contributions here recently. For some years I have always thought that I must try to provide for my wife who I felt was sure to outlive me,  as I was ten years older than she was, she was much more healthy [...]

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NO DOUBT !

This morning I turned on my radio for the news, and I caught a conversation between two men who were representing religious education in schools, and to my amazement they said that the most important part was to question whether there was a god at all.              How can these men, or anyone,  doubt the [...]

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THE DAY IS COMING. Very soon we think.

The two main classes in Johnny’s school were over thrilled and excited when they learned that they were going on a special trip leaving the next week.  The teachers emphasized that each child could only go if they brought a note or letter to the school from a parent or guardian giving permission for them [...]

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DEATH, THEY GET IT WRONG

She was a dear little old lady, but rather short sighted. She looked at the newsboard outside the paper shop, one day in 1943 when news of the war was so important, but try as she did she could not read what it said. Turning to a passing man she asked  “ Please can you [...]

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