02598 – I No Longer Pray for Peace

On the edge of war, one foot already in,I no longer pray for peace:I pray for miracles.I pray that stone hearts will turn to tenderheartedness,and evil intentions will turnto mercifulness,and all the soldiers already deployedwill be snatched out of harm's way,and the...

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02597 – Now That I Am Older…

When I was in my late teens, I wanted to be a preacher. When I was in my late twenties, I wanted to be a good preacher. Now that I am older, I want more than anything else to be a Christian. To live simply, to love generously, to speak truthfully, to serve faithfully,...

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02582 – Ash Wednesday

If our lives were a long piece of fabric with our baptism on one end and our funeral on another, and we don't know the distance between the two, then Ash Wednesday is a time when that fabric is pinched in the middle and the ends are held up so that our baptism in the...

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02561 – Renewed by God’s Mercy

God's mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1-14). ...Let us be renewed by God's mercy; let us be loved by Jesus; let us enable the power of His love to transform our lives; and let us become agents of this...

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02559 – First Coming

He did not wait till the world was readytill men and nations were at peace.He came when the Heavens were unsteadyand prisoners cried out for release.He did not wait for the perfect time.He came when the need was deep and great.He dined with sinners in all their...

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