Some years ago, while I was in college, several of my friends benefited directly from a professor who taught them by example. Sister Mary Consuela, IHM, used to tell her students at Immaculata, "I throw the pebbles girls, and you have to make the ripples." She...
Rev.John Llyod Dorsey was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, USA on 22-11-1924 and left this world to be with Jesus on 17-9-2002 in New Delhi, India. He was a member of the Presbyterian denomination. Hearing the call of God, he came to India in 1947 and served his...
The funeral was over. The deep pain in Deb's heart was so fresh. She had to go to her Mother's house and she knew it, but cringed at the whole idea. Her brother Jim would not be there to help her through this. Sweet Jim, where was he when she needed him? He had a...
Our whole perspective changes when, finding ourselves in a hard place, we realize the Lord has either placed us there or allowed us to be there, perhaps for reasons presently known only to Himself.On their first wedding anniversary, August 18, 1938, Russell and...
I work full time, I have a great husband and a 15 year old son. I'm the president of the local soccer association. I teach Sunday school. I have a garden. I teach one night a week. And I love doing it all.I also take care of my mother in our home.When I was young,...
There is a light that shines within Those whom Jesus has delivered from sin. There is a darkness surrounding That's dispelled by God's grace abounding. Reach out to hold that Light aloft, To shine a beacon to the Cross. The only way our world will know Is if we shine...
It took the writings of a Japanese novelist named Shusaku Endo to impress on me that the phenomenon of reversal lay at the very heart of Jesus' mission.In a country where the church comprises less than one percent of the population, Endo was raised by a devout...