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Archives 1997 - 2005
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    2005
12/29/05   You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there, you'll get run over.
12/09/05   People are lonely because they build walls not bridges.
12/03/05   It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
11/25/05   God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.
11/14/05   All are welcome here.
10/01/05   Taking a moment to take it easy is being a friend to yourself.
09/22/05   Life is like an onion - you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
09/15/05   After the word 'love', 'help' is the most beautiful word in the world.
09/01/05   Our prayers are with all victims of Katrina
08/26/05   Treasure your relationships - not your possessions..
08/19/05   The only people to get even with are those who have helped us.
08/12/05   Time flies, but remember you are the navigator.
08/05/05   No bungee cords, but we encourage leaps of faith.
07/29/05   Nothing is as frightening as ignorance in action.
07/22/05   Happy moments make a great cushion for old age.
07/15/05   Words that soak into your ears are whispered - not yelled.
07/08/05   It is easier to argue principles than to live them.
07/01/05   Coincidence is when God chooses to remain annonymous.
06/24/05   When things get easy, it's easy to stop growing.
06/10/05   The soul is healed by being with children.
06/03/05   Smooth seas do not make skilled sailors - African proverb.
04/28/05   Love cures people - both those who give it and those who receive it.
04/21/05   If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
04/14/05   A church that does not evangelize will fossilize.
04/07/05   The future starts today, not tomorrow. - Pope John Paul II
03/31/05   Church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
03/11/05   If you think these messages are good, come hear the ones inside on Sundays.
03/04/05   You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
02/25/05   Jesus turned water into wine, but he can't turn whining into anything.
02/17/05   No somber God could have made a monkey, a ccamel, and a giraffe.
02/10/05   Lent is spring cleaning for Christians.
02/03/05   God sees us as we can be, but loves us as we are.
01/20/05   Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
01/13/05   Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
01/06/05   Our global family must come together to support tsunami victims.
    2004
12/10/04   We stand tallest when we stoop to help others.
12/03/04   You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
11/24/04   Living thanks is even better than giving thanks.
11/19/04   God's promises are like the stars, the darker the sky, the brighter they shine
09/28/04   For those who darken a church door, we have some nice big windows.
09/16/04   Attitude is your paintbrush - it colors every situation.
09/09/04   The loss of 1 soldier is too many, let alone 1000 - let there be peace on earth.
09/02/04   When our work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
08/26/04   Try these 4-letter words: love hope care give
08/19/04   It's a fine line between being in the groove or in a rut.
08/12/04   Truce is better than friction.
08/05/04   If you live afraid of life, you will live a frayed life.
07/29/04   The past is a guide post, not a hitching post.
07/22/04   Love will always find a way. Indifference always finds an excuse.
07/15/04   Practice makes perfect so be careful what you practice.
07/08/04   The love our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self.
07/01/04   Freedom is not worth having if there is no freedom to make mistakes.
05/20/04   Peace. Shalom. Paz. Mir. Amani. Pace. Beke. Paix. Pokoj. Shantee. Friede. Haywah.
05/13/04   We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
05/06/04   Our hearts, our minds and our doors are always open.
04/29/04   When the solution is simple, God is answering. --Einstein
04/22/04   Flexible people never get bent out of shape.
04/15/04   Make time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.
03/26/04   Be kind - everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
03/19/04   A judging mind can lead to a closed heart.
03/11/04   If you really want to understand "The Passion", read the book.
03/06/04   We all stumble - that's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
02/27/04   Babies' diapers and politicians must be changed for the same reason.
02/13/04   Tell those you love that you do.
02/05/04   Be fishers for God. You catch them He cleans them.
01/29/04   Prayer is the best wireless connection.
01/23/04   Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
01/16/04   Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. -Dr. King
01/09/04   A day without laughter is a day wasted.
01/02/04   For a Happy New Year, come in and learn how to be a happy new you.
    2003
12/08/03   The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
11/19/03   We don't need more to be thankful for, we need to be more thankful.
11/14/03   Pessimists need a kick in the can'ts.
11/07/03   Faith never stands around with its hands in its pockets..
10/03/03   Everyone smiles in the same language.
09/24/03   We don't change the message, the message changes us.
09/17/03   Isabel may huff and puff, but she can't blow this house down.
08/28/03   Workers are more important to God than the work.
08/21/03   School - a place with four walls and tomorrow inside.
08/14/03   Speak kind words and you'll hear kind echoes
08/08/03   Enthusiasm is contagious - be a carrier.
08/01/03   Give of yourself freely and you'll never be a loan.
07/24/03   Facts are troublesome things to the evildoer.
07/17/03   Do you have any idea where you're going? --God
07/10/03   Do all the good you can... as long as you can. -- John Wesley
07/03/03   Freedom is indivisible. It is for all or none.
06/28/03   If you can read this, you are close enough to come inside.
06/13/03   What part of "thou shalt not ..." didn't you understand? -- God
05/19/03   Kite rise highest against the wind, not with it.
05/09/03   All mothers are physically handicapped - they only have two hands.
05/02/03   We are not a nonprophet organization!
03/20/03   Let us remember the God of love in time of war - pray for peace!
03/13/03   No one grows old by living, only by losing interest in living.
03/06/03   A kite is joy on a leash - think spring!
02/13/03   The world needs more warm hearts and fewer hot heads.
02/01/03   We mourn with our nation the loss of the shuttle Columbia.
01/30/03   Formula for failure - try to please everybody.
01/16/03   If God seems far away, who moved?
01/09/03   The Bible contains the vitamins for a healthy soul.
    2002
12/31/02   If you haven't changed your mind lately, are you sure you still have one?
12/02/02   Thankfulness to God should be as regular as our heartbeat.
11/22/02   Be thankful...the Ten Commandments contain no loopholes or amendments.
11/15/02   Too many are willing to pick up the stool when the piano needs to be moved.
11/08/02   There is a way to stay out of hell, but no way to get out.
09/20/02   The past is to learn from, not live in.
08/23/02   Can't sleep? Count your blessings, not sheep.
08/16/02   Mature faith is flexible.
08/09/02   It thats more courage to repent than to keep on sinning.
08/02/02   Money will do more to you than for you.
07/25/02   It pays more than it costs to be honest.
07/18/02   The truth may hurt, but a lie is agony.
07/12/02   It takes more courage to repent than to keep on sinning.
06/28/02   Some people wave the American flag, but "waive" what it really means.
06/10/02   A stressed person can use a friend whose time has calm.
05/31/02   A diet helps people gain weight slower.
05/24/02   Laughter is to life what salt is to an egg.
05/17/02   One can be born free and the taxed to death.
05/10/02   Ch??ch - What's missing?
05/03/02   The wages of sin have never been reduced.
04/26/02   True religion is the life we live, not the creeds we profess.
04/19/02   Treat the Earth well - it is on loan from our children.
04/12/02   One can be born free and then taxed to death.
04/05/02   Wisdom has two parts: 1. Having alot to say 2. Not saying it.
03/22/02   Praises go up, blessings come down.
03/15/02   Do as much as you can and trust God to do the rest.
03/08/02   God cares for people through people.
03/01/02   Learn to live your life for an audience of one - God.
02/22/02   The good life is finding spiritual growth and trust in God.
02/15/02   Lonely is the human heart when love is absent.
02/01/02   God promised a safe landing, not smooth sailing. God is faithful.
01/25/02   Sorrow looks back, hope looks forward, faith looks up.
01/18/02   Worrying is stewing without doing.
01/11/02   Good intentions die unless they are executed.
01/04/02   If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
    2001
12/16/01   Faith keeps the man who keeps the faith.
12/02/01   In time of war, the first casulaty is truth.
11/18/01   Let's be thankful even in these trying times.
11/11/01   We should turn a cold shoulder to hot gossip.
11/04/01   If you think God doesn't have a sense of humor, look at yourself in the mirror in the morning.
10/07/01   At communion, let's not see what separates us, but the gift that makes us one.
09/30/01   As people of faith, we know that evil is not the last word.
09/23/01   We must work together to heal our hurting nation.
09/11/01   We grieve for our nation. God Bless America.
09/09/01   Our hearts, our minds, and our doors are always open.
08/26/01   A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of things.
08/19/01   Exposure to the Son can prevent burning.
08/12/01   Behave yourself or you may come across a place hotter than this.
08/05/01   People who are wrapped up in themselves are overdressed.
07/29/01   After all is said and done, what counts is not what we've said but done.
07/22/01   You can't do a kindness too soon - you never know how soon it will be too late.
07/15/01   Love is a matter of timing - we need it all the time.
07/08/01   Be sure you put your mark on the world - not a scar.
07/01/01   If you should hit rock bottom, you still have something to build on.
06/24/01   When we get all steamed up, it usually boils down to nothing.
05/06/01   A successful household may take time - home wasn't built in a day.
04/22/01   It can be lonely at the top, that could be why God made us.
04/15/01   Wishing won't bring the bucket up from the bottom of the well.
03/25/01   Strong winds are of little use to a ship with tattered sails.
03/18/01   The time to look down on people is when you're helping them up.
03/11/01   There is no traffic jam on the extra mile.
03/04/01   No matter how thin you slice it, there are still two sides.
02/18/01   The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
02/11/01   Blessings seldom come in pairs - misfortunes seldom come alone.
02/04/01   Troubles and weeds thrive on lack of attention.
01/28/01   Learn to have patience - none of us am perfect.
01/14/01   Discussions are constructive - arguments are destructive
    2000
12/31/00   Celebrate the New Year by blowing your horn - not your top.
11/26/00   Make this season a meaningful Advent - ure.
11/19/00   If the only prayer you say in your whole life is 'thank you', that would suffice.
11/12/00   When you sell yourself, make sure you don't misrepresent the goods.
11/05/00   No more pumpkins, no more bazaar, just sayings for your car.
10/01/00   Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it briefly but don't swallow it.
09/24/00   Our health is at risk when we are run down and also when we are wound up.
09/17/00   Abusing one's health could become a grave mistake.
09/03/00   Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
08/27/00   Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church.
08/20/00   When you have to swallow your own medicine, the spoon seems larger.
08/13/00   God so loved the world that he did not send a committee.
08/06/00   The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
07/30/00   To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
07/23/00   In 3 words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
07/16/00   An unusual amount of common sense is called wisdom.
07/09/00   A kindness put off until tomorrow could become only a bitter regret.
07/02/00   There is plenty of heavenly music for those who are tuned in.
06/25/00   Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, that's where the fruit is.
05/28/00   The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
05/21/00   God forgives - can you?
05/14/00   A Mother's patience is like a tube of toothpaste - it is never quite all gone.
04/30/00   Like linen, language looks best when it is clean.
04/23/00   If your religion means much to you, live it so it will mean much to others.
04/16/00   Note a change between an endless hope and a hopeless end.
04/09/00   Very few of us gets cramps from seizing our opportunities.
04/02/00   The kind of wealth most of us need isn't dollars as much as sense.
03/26/00   Could it be that justice is what we get when the decision is in our favor?
03/19/00   Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
03/12/00   Anger causes your mouth to work faster than your mind.
03/05/00   God's invitation - come. God's commandment - go.
02/20/00   When a friend makes a mistake, don't rub it in, rub it out.
02/06/00   What God presented to Moses was not ten suggestions.
01/30/00   Weather forecasting is still a few hours behind arthritis.
01/23/00   We were going to change the sign, but it was snow use.
01/16/00   Castles in the air are all right until we try living in them.
    1999
12/31/99   Be careful that you don't decorate the new year with vows of folly.
12/19/99   Christmas is for giving, and should be a time of forgiving.
11/28/99   Give thanks for good things that happen and for bad things that don't happen.
11/14/99   Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.
11/07/99   Groundwork is very necessary before one takes to the air.
10/17/99   A good time to do something is between yesterday and tomorrow.
10/10/99   A first-class mistake is to treat others as second-class citizens.
10/03/99   This will be a better world when the power of love replaces the love of power.
09/26/99   Education is one commodity of which we can never have a surplus.
09/05/99   Work is a tonic that contains no habit forming drugs.
08/29/99   The hardest thing to open is a closed mind.
08/08/99   Drive with care, life has no spare.
08/01/99   Living without faith is like driving in a fog.
07/25/99   Earth hath no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.
07/18/99   Saying it with flowers is better than throwing bouquets at yourself.
07/11/99   Faith helps us to face the music even when we don't like the tune.
07/04/99   When patriotism is a dirty word, a nation is ready to be taken to the cleaners.
06/28/99   The courage to speak should be matched by the wisdom to listen.
06/20/99   Goodbye Sunday to Pastor Jeanne after 14 years of faithful service.
06/13/99   When offering helpful advice, make it a small helping.
06/06/99   Giving it another try is better than an alibi.
05/30/99   If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
05/16/99   Good luck often comes to those who don't include it in their plans .
05/09/99   Among the few things that are more expensive than an education is the lack of it.
05/02/99   In searching for riches, do not lose the things that money can't buy.
04/25/99   Evil deeds, like fire, can be hidden for a short time - but the smoke cannot.
04/18/99   There are two lasting gifts you can give children, roots and wings.
04/11/99   Always hope - it's often the last key that opens the lock.
04/04/99   The three sad days are quickly sped. Alleluia!!
03/28/99   The soul would have no rainbows ----had the eyes no tears.
03/21/99   Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.
03/14/99   People who boast of being self-made often have parts missing.
03/07/99   Be concerned with the sword's sharpness not how ornamental the scabbard.
02/28/99   Age doesn't always bring wisdom, sometimes age comes alone.
02/21/99   Be a good scout - girl or boy - do a good deed every day.
02/14/99   Love looks through a telescope, envy looks through a microscope.
02/07/99   If experience is the best teacher many of us could be better pupils.
01/24/99   Miracles are not limited to 34th Street.
01/17/99   If you use four-letter words, try these: Care, Help, Give, Love.
01/10/99   Conscience is not the voice of God, it is the gift of God.
01/03/99   Don't let your resolutions go in one year and out the other.
    1998
12/20/98   Blessed are they who give without remembering and who receive without forgetting.
12/13/98   While Christmas shopping please avoid brotherly shove.
12/06/98   If you never forgive - let us hope you never offend.
11/29/98   Gratitude is an exquisite form of gratitude.
11/22/98   Be grateful for the doors of opportunity and for friends who oil the hinges.
11/15/98   It is pointless to find fault with what you don't understand.
11/08/98   We often show command of language when we say nothing.
11/01/98   Whatever the cost of living, it's worth it!
10/25/98   Beware of the high cost of low living.
10/18/98   Children are often copycats, is your example showing.
10/04/98   Don't let the line be too busy when conscience wants to speak.
09/27/98   It is difficult to improve when you use only yourself as a model.
09/20/98   One way to save face is to know when to keep the lower half shut.
09/13/98   We make a living by what we get and a life by what we give.
09/06/98   Don't tell all you know but know all you tell.
08/30/98   There are many more people trying to meet the right people than be the right people.
08/23/98   People of good judgment seldom rely wholly on their own.
08/16/98   The kind of wealth many of us need isn't dollars as much as its sense.
08/09/98   Speak well of others and you won't need to whisper.
08/02/98   Not much is done by starting tomorrow.
07/19/98   You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving.
07/12/98   People whose main concern is their own happiness may not find it.
07/05/98   Character is made by many acts, it can be lost by a single act.
06/07/98   People who stand on dignity aren't really going anywhere.
05/31/98   Life is fragile - handle with prayer.
05/17/98   One of the best gifts children can receive is time.
05/03/98   Few can travel the road to success without a puncture or two.
04/26/98   The burden of grief is lightened when shared.
04/19/98   To make a success of old age you have to start young.
04/12/98   Death cannot kill that which never dies.
04/06/98   Be careful of your thoughts they may break into words at any time.
04/01/98   This may come as quite a shock - this weekend you must change your clock.
03/29/98   Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry.
03/22/98   Promises may make friends, but it is performance that keeps them.
03/15/98   When a friend makes a mistake, don't rub it in, rub it out.
03/08/98   The world needs more warm hearts and fewer hot heads.
03/01/98   An angry person is seldom reasonable - a reasonable person is seldom angry.
02/22/98   The greatest homage yu can pay the truth is to use it.
02/15/98   I love you is not with a large I and a small u.
02/08/98   No one raindrop considered itself responsible for the flood.
02/01/98   Goals are dreams with deadlines.
01/25/98   The test of moral living is being able to give your parrot to the town gossip.
01/18/98   Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.
01/11/98   An ounce of example is worth a pound of advice.
01/04/98   Looking up to admire your halo can create a pain in the neck.
    1997
12/28/97   The new year - a time to take a fresh look at old habits.
12/21/97   If you have not loved a child you know not Christmas.
12/07/97   Kindness is like snow-it makes everything it covers beautiful.
11/30/97   Let us give thanks - if only for all the bad things that are never going to happen.
11/16/97   It isn't how high you go in life, but how you get there.
10/26/97   The best health insurance is moderation.
10/05/97   Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, that is where you will find the fruit.
09/28/97   People who boast of being self-made are in danger of having a few missing parts.
09/21/97   The one who laughs lasts.
09/14/97   Growl all day and you'll be dog-tired at night.
09/07/97   An argument is a question with two sides - and no end.
08/31/97   Some things have to be believed to be seen.
08/24/97   When you meet temptation--turn to the right.
08/17/97   Many good intentions die young, but not because they were executed.
08/10/97   Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
08/03/97   People of good judgment seldom rely wholly on their own.
07/27/97   Feed your faith, your doubt will starve to death.
07/20/97   The life without laughter is a long road without an inn.
07/13/97   There is nothing more frustrating than ignorance in action.
07/06/97   This is our choice: to live in peace or pieces - choose peace!
06/29/97   Some think God is like medicine, not needed when feeling well.
06/15/97   Most triangles turn out to be wrecktangles.
06/08/97   The giving earth remembers, it's people who forget.
05/25/97   God often visits us but frequently we are not at home.
05/18/97   Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
05/11/97   Home does not seem like much unitl it isn't there.
05/04/97   Labels disable.
04/20/97   You can't carve your way to success with cutting remarks.
04/13/97   Attitudes are contagious. Yours worth catching?
03/16/97   An upright person can never be a downright failure.
03/09/97   A burden must be carried before it can be put down.
02/23/97   Keeping away from the mire is better than washing it off.
02/16/97   The hand that controls the universe can handle your cares.
02/09/97   Faith climbs the mountain, and hope enjoys the view.
02/02/97   Try opening your meals with a prayer instead of a can opener.
01/26/97   Those who fear the future are likely to fumble the present.
01/19/97   We cannot all play the same instrument but we can all be in the same key.
01/12/97   You may wander far but God's love has a very long arm.
01/05/97   A great use of ones life is to spend it on something that out lasts it.
10/12/87   Don't put a period where God put a comma.


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