One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is more beautiful than all the life in the world to come.
--Rabbi Jacob b. Kurshai, Mishna: Abot
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
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Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
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Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 23:6-23:19
You shall not subvert the rights of your needy in their disputes. Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the wrongdoer. Do not take bribes, for bribes blind the clear-sighted and upset the pleas of those who are in the right.
You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow. Let the needy among your people eat of it, and what they leave let the wild beasts eat. You shall do the same with your vineyards and your olive groves.
Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor, in order that your ox and your ass may rest, and that your bondman and the stranger may be refreshed.
Be on guard concerning all that I have told you. Make no mention of the names of other gods; they shall not be heard on your lips.
Three times a year you shall hold a festival for Me: You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread--eating unleavened bread for seven days as I have commanded you--at the set time in the month of Abib, for in it you went forth from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty-handed; and the Feast of the Harvest, of the first fruits of your work, of what you sow in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in the results of your work from the field.
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign, the Lord.
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened; and the fat of My festal offering shall not be left lying until morning.
The choice first fruits of your soil you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
From Parshat Mishpatim. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Thursday, January 31, 2008
How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere else?
-Matthew Flickstein, "Journey to the Center"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations," edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144 U.S.A, www.wisdompubs.org.
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, January 31, 2008
It takes courage to show your dreams to someone else.
--Erma Bombeck
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Thursday, January 31, 2008
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?--Corrie Ten Boom...
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Bryan W.
"My brother was recently diagnosed with colon cancer." --from Beliefnet member PaperDoll78 Add your prayers now...
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 5: 30-47
[30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. [31] If I bear...
Thursday January 31, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, January 31, 2008
John 5:30-47 30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 “If I...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, "My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I'm constantly falling asleep. It's just horrible!" "It will pass," the teacher said matter-of-factly. A week later, the...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 29, 2008
Contrary to what some people might believe, there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is wrong is the confused way we grasp onto these pleasures, turning them from a source of happiness into a source of pain...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 22:27-23:5
You shall not revile God, nor put a curse upon a chieftain among your people. You shall not put off the skimming of the first yield of your vats. You shall give Me the first-born among your sons. You shall...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, January 30, 2008
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.--Andre Gide...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time.--Hudson Taylor...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Jorge L.
He was hit in the head with bat by someone trying to steal his tire rims. --from Beliefnet member adri Add your prayers now...
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 5: 19-29
[19] Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise....
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 30, 2008
John 5:19-29 19 Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20 The Father...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The Gallaghers, a couple from Minneapolis, decided to go to Florida during the icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Both husband and wife had hectic schedules and it...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 22:4-22:26
When a man lets his livestock loose to graze in another's land, and so allows a field or a vineyard to be grazed bare, he must make restitution for the impairment of that field or vineyard. When a fire is...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. -The Dalai Lama...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball.--Mitzi Chandler...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us.--Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for God's Children
"My heart lays heavy within my soul whenever I read about another child falling victim to abuse." --from Beliefnet member Glad-Chick Add your prayers now...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 5: 1-18
[1] After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [2] Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. [3]...
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
John 5:1-18 1 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.--Maimonides, "Eight Chapters"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Learning the Art of Forgiving
Is Your Sin Different from Everyone Else’s?
I remember my teacher, Simon Greenberg, telling me that a man once approached him about something terrible he had done. "I never thought I could do such a thing," he said. Rabbi Greenberg replied, "That may be why you did...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 21:20-22:3
When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod, and he dies there and then, he must be avenged. But if he survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, since he is the...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Monday, January 28, 2008
Compassion is characterized as promoting the aspect of allaying suffering. Its function resides in not [enduring] others' suffering. It is manifested as non-cruelty. Its proximate cause is to see helplessness in those overwhelmed by suffering. It succeeds when it makes...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 28, 2008
Signs You're the Reincarnation of Someone Famous... -During a thunderstorm, you build a giant boat and start stealing your neighbor's pets. -When the boss criticizes your work, you hack off your right ear and mail it to him. -Not only...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Monday, January 28, 2008
Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.--Lawrence J. Peter...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Monday, January 28, 2008
It is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. It is as though He said, 'Learn to live in your will, not in your feelings.'--Amy Carmichael...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Enid G
"Please help us pray to accept the infertility issue in our lives." --from Beliefnet member BelieversInGod Add your prayers now...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 4: 43-54
[43] Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. [44] For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. [45] Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having...
Monday January 28, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, January 28, 2008
John 4:43-54 43 When the two days were over, he went from that place to Galilee 44 (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet's own country). 45 When he came to Galilee, the...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 21:1-21:19
These are the rules that you shall set before them: When you acquire a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years; in the seventh year he shall go free, without payment. If he came single, he shall leave single; if...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Sunday, January 27, 2008
Going along in company together, a wise man Must mix with other foolish persons. But on seeing what is wrongful he abandons them. As a full-fledged heron leaves the marshy ground. -Udana 8.7 From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Sunday, January 27, 2008
A Recently Spotted Bumper Sticker: Witches' parking only. All others will be toad....
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Sunday, January 27, 2008
I’m not overweight, I’m just nine inches too short.--Shelley Winters...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Sunday, January 27, 2008
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, 'The old is good.'--Luke 5:38-39 (Revised Standard Version)...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Evelin M
"A young lady who is addicted to drugs and has a child." --from Beliefnet member paulapjp38 Add your prayers now...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Mark 7: 31-37
[31] And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. [32] And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment...
Sunday January 27, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, January 27, 2008
Mark 7:31-37 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
The sun gives light by day, the Torah by day and night.--Asher b. Saul, Kol BoReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 20:15-20:23
All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the blare of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they fell back and stood at a distance. "You speak to us," they said to Moses, "and...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Saturday, January 26, 2008
From this point on you really know. This is called the pinnacle of Zen, the sovereignty of Zen. It is also called knowledge of what is knowable; it produces all the various states of meditation, and anoints the heads of...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Saturday, January 26, 2008
From this point on you really know. This is called the pinnacle of Zen, the sovereignty of Zen. It is also called knowledge of what is knowable; it produces all the various states of meditation, and anoints the heads of...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Saturday, January 26, 2008
A zealous Christian who was trying to convert a Hindu found himself getting nowhere. "The thing is," argued the frustrated Christian, "you have to be born again!" "But I have been born again!" insisted the Hindu. "And again and again...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Saturday, January 26, 2008
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.--Goethe...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Saturday, January 26, 2008
Jesus did not become identical to us; he did become identified with us.--Donald English...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Lisa S.
"She had a kidney transplant four years ago and now it is failing." --from Beliefnet member wizerstar Add your prayers now...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 4: 27-42
[27] And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? [28] The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into...
Saturday January 26, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, January 26, 2008
John 4:27-42 27 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Death was decreed for all, so that men may not be righteous just for the sake of life.--Jonathan ben Eleazar, Jewish scholar of the third century, PalestineReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Friday, January 25, 2008
An aspiring Yogi wanted to find a Guru. He went to an Ashram and his preceptor told him, "You can stay here but we have one important rule: all students observe Mouna or a vow of silence. You will be...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 19:20-20:14
The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up. The Lord said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people not to...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Friday, January 25, 2008
Half the spiritual life consists in remembering what we are up against and where we are going. -Ayya Khema, "When the Iron Eagle Flies" Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations," edited by Josh Bartok, with...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Friday January 25, 2008
Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?--Carnegie Dale...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Friday, January 25, 2008
The love of God is like the Amazon river flowing down to water one daisy.--Unknown...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for the Disabled
"Pray for all who are disabled, or pray specifically for an individual." --from Beliefnet member Rabbi Gene Add your prayers now...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 4: 16-26
[16] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. [17] The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: [18] For thou hast had five...
Friday January 25, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, January 25, 2008
John 4:16-26 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
One pang of conscience is worth more than many lashes.--Jose b. Halafta, Talmud: Berakhot, 7aReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Thursday, January 24, 2008
Q: Why do Pagan girls make the best wives? A: Because they will worship the ground you walk on....
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 19:7-19:19
Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him. All the people answered as one, saying, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do!" And Moses brought back...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dwelling in kindness, a monk with faith in the Awakened One's teaching, would attain the good state, the peaceful state: stilling-of-fabrications ease. Monk, bail out this boat. It will take you lightly when bailed. Having cut through passion, aversion, you...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, January 24, 2008
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.--A sister of Nil Nilson...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiraiton for Thursday, January 24, 2008
The cheerful giver does not count the cost of what he gives. His heart is set on pleasing and sharing Him to whom the gift is given.--Julian of Norwich...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Lindsey A.
"Lindsey needs a heart transplant." --from Beliefnet member lostgur1951 Add your prayers now...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 4: 1-15
[1] When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, [2] (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) [3] He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. [4] And...
Thursday January 24, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, January 24, 2008
John 4:1-15 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea and started back to...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Man's advocates are repentance and good deeds.--Talmud: Sabbath, 32aReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 19:1-19:6
On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai. Having journeyed from Rephidim, they entered the wilderness of Sinai and encamped in the...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Greed, I say, is a great flood; it is a whirlpool sucking one down, a constant yearning, seeking a hold, continually in movement; difficult to cross is the morass of sensual desire. A sage does not deviate from truth, a...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Five Jewish men influenced the history of Western civilization. Moses said the law is everything. Jesus said love is everything. Marx said capital is everything. Freud said sex is everything. Einstein said everything is relative....
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.--Charles Spurgeon...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Wednesday, January 23, 2008
God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.--Matthew Henry...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 3: 22-36
[22] After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. [23] And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 23, 2008
John 3:22-36 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people...
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Tabitha B.
"She had surgery to remove her bladder due to bladder cancer. Please pray for a complete recovery." --from Beliefnet member lilla4 ">Add your prayers now...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.--Proverbs 2:20As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 18:24-18:27
Moses heeded his father-in-law and did just as he had said. Moses chose capable men out of all Israel, and appointed them heads over the people--chiefs of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens; and they judged the people at all times:...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Forming a new world religion is difficult and not particularly desirable. However, in that love is essential to all religions, one could speak of the universal religion of love. --His Holiness the Dalai Lama From "The Pocket Dalai Lama," edited...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Tuesday, January 22, 2008
And Moses looked upon the Lord and said: "We are your chosen people and you want us to cut the tips off of our WHAT?"...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, January 22 2008
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.--Norman Vincent Peale...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Are you humbly grateful? Or grumbly hateful?--Pastor Roland Smith...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 3: 16-21
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 3: 16-21
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, January 22, 2008
John 3:16-21 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the...
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Greg S.
"He has been given 6 months as of September and is going fast." --from Beliefnet member jlbbhjct ">Add your prayers now...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old: You shall fear your God.--Leviticus 19:32As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Learning the Art of Forgiving
Forgive To Be Forgiven
Like all relationships, forgiveness is best when it is reciprocal. Each will feel the sinof the other as greater— "I forgive you, and you forgive me, but what you did to me was worse.”" But such weighing of misdeeds rarely...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 18:13-18:23
Next day, Moses sat as magistrate among the people, while the people stood about Moses from morning until evening. But when Moses' father-in-law saw how much he had to do for the people, he said, "What is this thing that...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Monday, January 21, 2008
Everything comes to pass, nothing comes to stay. --Matthew Flickstein, "Journey To The Center" Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations," edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 21, 2008
Christian Pick-up Lines God told me to come talk to you. Excuse me, I believe one of your ribs belongs to me. You know they say that you have never really dated until you have dated a Christian....
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Monday, January 21, 2008
We must not give only what we have; we must give what we are.--Cardinal Mercia...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Monday, January 21, 2008
We are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside...True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar…--Martin Luther King, Jr....
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 2:23 - 3:15
[23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. [24] But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, January 21, 2008
John 2:23 - 3:15 23 When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them,...
Monday January 21, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Vipin K.
"May he heal quickly and completely from existing Leukemia and any other health challenges." --from Beliefnet member pinkcity Add your prayers now...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Judge not your neighbor till you've been in his place.Hillel, Mishna: AbotReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 18:1-18:12
Jethro priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out from Egypt. So Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after she had been...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Sunday, January 20, 2008
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water. --Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream" Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations," edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144 U.S.A, www.wisdompubs.org....
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Sunday, January 20, 2008
A little boy was afraid of the dark. One night his mother told him to go out to the back porch and bring her the broom. The little boy turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I don't want to...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Sunday, January 20, 2008
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.--Tecumseh,...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Sunday, January 20, 2008
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.--Proverbs 27:1...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Mark 3: 7-19
[7] But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, [8] And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, January 20, 2008
Mark 3:7-19 7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; 8 hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan,...
Sunday January 20, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Joseph C.
"Father wanting to 'Let Go and Let God' take him Home from his Illness." --from Beliefnet member kynanajean ">Add your prayers now...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
It is the lot of man to suffer, it is also his fortune to forget.--Benjamin Disraeli, "Vivian Grey"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Saturday, January 19, 2008
A Recently Spotted Bumper Sticker: Jesus: Don't Leave Earth Without Him...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Saturday, January 19, 2008
Erroneous views keep us in defilement While right views remove us from it, But when we are in a position to discard both of them We are then absolutely pure. --The Sutra of Hui Neng From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 17:1-17:16
From the wilderness of Sin the whole Israelite community continued by stages as the Lord would command. They encamped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses. "Give us water to...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Saturday, January 19, 2008
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either--but right through every human heart.--Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Saturday, January 19, 2008
By living fully, recognizing that all we do is by His power, we honor God; He in turn blesses us.--Becky Laird...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 2: 13-22
[13] And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, [14] And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: [15] And when he had made...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, January 19, 2008
John 2:13-22 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip...
Saturday January 19, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Mackenzie W.
"10-year-old girl with a brain tumor and will be starting chemo this week." --from Beliefnet member tpalen ">Add your prayers now...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Friday, January 18, 2008
A recent survey has compiled all the qualities that people expect from the perfect pastor: Results of a computerized survey indicated that the perfect pastor preaches exactly 12 minutes. He frequently condemns sin but never upsets anyone. He works from...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 16:11-16:36
The Lord spoke to Moses: "I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Speak to them and say: By evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; and you shall know that...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Friday, January 18, 2008
A petty officer often thinks of the rules; a seasoned general doesn't talk of soldiering. --Zen proverb From "The Pocket Zen Reader," edited by Thomas Cleary, 1999. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com....
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Friday, January 18, 2008
Do not turn away from those who are in need, but share all things in common with your brother. Your heart shall not cling to the high and mighty, but turn to the good and humble folk. --The Didache...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Friday, January 18, 2008
When written in Chinese, the word ""crisis"" is composed of two characters--one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.--John F. Kennedy...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 2: 1-12
[1] And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: [2] And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. [3] And when they wanted wine, the mother...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, January 18, 2008
John 2:1-12 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out,...
Friday January 18, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Lucille W.
"Developed a violent strain of pneumonia and has been on a ventilator since Christmas day." --from Beliefnet member mwright63 ">Add your prayers now...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
When the rabbis speak of paradise and hell...these are only metaphors for the agony of sin and the happiness of virtue.--Kaufmann Kohler, "Jewish Theology"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Thursday, January 17, 2008
A young clergyman, fresh out of seminary, thought it would help him better understand the fears and temptations his future congregations faced if he first took a job as a policeman for several months. He passed the physical examination; then...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 15:27-16:10
And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there beside the water. Setting out from Elim, the whole Israelite community came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Thursday, January 17, 2008
All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? --Dhammapada 129-130 From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, January 17, 2008
The whole worth of a kind deed is in the love that inspires it.--The Talmud...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Thursday, January 17, 2008
The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the power of God.--Blaise Pascal...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 1: 43-51
[43] The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. [44] Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. [45] Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, January 17, 2008
John 1:43-51 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to...
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for the Rios Family
"A family of six in Grover PA is in need of prayer with a loss of a job in the home." --from Beliefnet member desiree1 ">Add your prayers now...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
He is great who is not ashamed to admit he does not know.--Judah HaNasi, Talmud Jerushalmi: HagigaReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A small boy stunned his parents after Sunday School when he began to empty his pockets of nickels, dimes and quarters. Finally his mother asked the obvious question, "Where did you get all that money?" "At church," the boy replied...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Cut down The forest of desire, Not the forest of trees. From the forest of desire Come danger & fear. Having cut down this forest & its underbrush, monks, be deforested. -Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu....
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 15:27-16:10
And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there beside the water. Setting out from Elim, the whole Israelite community came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him, "What are you going through?"--Simone Weil...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Wednesday, January 16, 2008
I have known him all my life, and one day I learned his name.--A young Chinese girl...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 1: 29-42
[29] The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. [30] This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 16, 2008
John 1:29-42 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a...
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Sue M.
"Sue has just been diagnosed with breast cancer metastasis to the bone and is in severe pain in spinal area. She will be undergoing surgery." --from Beliefnet member Zanbree ">Add your prayers now...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
If I knew God, I would be God.--Midieval Jewish proverb...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The new army recruit was given guard duty at 2 a.m. He did his best for a while, but at about 4 a.m. he went to sleep. He awakened to find the officer of the day standing before him. Remembering...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion. --His Holiness the Dalai Lama From "The Pocket Dalai Lama," edited by Mary Craig, 2002....
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Genesis 14:15-14:25
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And you lift up your rod and hold out your arm over the sea and split it, so that the Israelites...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.--Willa Cather...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I live and love in God’s peculiar light.--Michaelangelo...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 1: 19-28
[19] And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? [20] And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. [21] And they...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
John 1:19-28 19 This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”...
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Grace B.
"Grace is a sweet 7-year-old girl that has been diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome type B." --from Beliefnet member Joan B Add your prayers now...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.--Yiddish proverb...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Learning the Art of Forgiving
What Happens When We Can’t Forgive?
Judaism teaches that forgiveness must be sought. One is obligated to ask sincerely three times. But, of course, asking alone is not sufficient. The asking must be sincere, and so must the attempt to undo the damage. If the offender...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 14, 2008
One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, "I'm not going." "Why not?" she asked."I'll give you two good reasons," he said....
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Monday, January 14, 2008
"The results of karma cannot be known by thought, and so should not be speculated about. Thus, thinking, one would come to distraction and distress. "Therefore, Ananda, do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others....
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 14:9-14:14
The Egyptians gave chase to them, and all the chariot horses of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his warriors overtook them encamped by the sea, near Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites caught sight of the Egyptians advancing...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Monday, January 14, 2008
Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.--George Iles...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Monday, January 14, 2008
Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.--Leo Aikman...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 1: 1-18
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, January 14, 2008
John 1:1-18 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not...
Monday January 14, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Velma C.
"Pray for my mother, her doctor's say there is nothing they can do for her." --from Beliefnet member mymommyangel ">Add your prayers now...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Do not steal, do not deceive, and do not lie to one another.Leviticus 19:11As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Sunday, January 13, 2008
Q. When was the first meat mentioned in the Bible? A. When Noah took Ham into the ark....
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Sunday, January 13, 2008
Abandoning malicious speech, he abstains from malicious speech; he does not repeat elsewhere what he has heard here in order to divide (those people) from these, nor does he repeat to these people what he has heard elsewhere in order...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 13:17-14:8
Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, "The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Sunday, January 13, 2008
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.--Herm Albright...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Sunday, January 13, 2008
Take heart, it is I; have no fear.--Mark 6:50 (Revised Standard Version)...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 1: 29-34
[29] The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. [30] This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, January 13, 2008
John 1:29-34 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a...
Sunday January 13, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Angela A.
"Angela is suffering a rare nerve disorder." --from Beliefnet member Angie50 Add your prayers now...
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Perhaps a human being does not die until he no longer sees anything but the past and the present moment.Leo Baeck, "The Pharisees"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Saturday, January 12, 2008
Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight-- for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease. -Dhammapada, 2, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu....
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 13:1-13:16
The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying, "Consecrate to Me every first-born; man and beast, the first issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine." And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, on which you went free...
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Saturday, January 12, 2008
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.--German Proverb...
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Saturday, January 12, 2008
You can be committed to church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.--Joel Osteen...
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 15: 1-16
[1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. [2] Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit....
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, January 12, 2008
John 15:1-16 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3 You...
Saturday January 12, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Dionne L.
"My only child is addicted and Hepatitis C positive." --from Beliefnet member enapay Add your prayers now...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
A Jew can be Jewish with God, against God, but not without God.Elie WieselAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Saturday, January 12, 2008
Q. Why should we be encouraged by the story of Jonah and the whale? A. Because Jonah was down in the mouth, but came out all right....
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Friday, January 11, 2008
Noah: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Adam and Eve: "Strangers in Paradise" Lazarus: "The Second Time Around" Esther: "I Feel Pretty" Job: "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues" Moses: "The Wanderer" Jezebel: "The Lady is a Tramp"...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Friday, January 11, 2008
Defiled by passion, the mind is not released. Defiled by ignorance, discernment does not develop. Thus from the fading of passion is there release of awareness. From the fading of ignorance is there release of discernment. -Anguttara Nikaya...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 12:29-12:51
In the middle of the night the Lord struck down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on the throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Friday, January 11, 2008
You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.--Christopher Robin to Pooh...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Friday, January 11, 2008
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.--Amy Carmichael...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, January 11, 2008
John 14:6-14 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Wayne and Donna S.
"My step-dad Wayne has terminal cancer." --from Beliefnet member Debbra Add your prayers now...
Friday January 11, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 14: 6-14
[6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. [7] If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
A man is led the way he wishes to follow.--Huna, Talmud: Makkot, 10bReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for January 10, 2008
Fulfillment of desire is an illusion; desire leads to more desire, not satisfaction. --Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate" Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001. Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations," edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 12:21-12:28
Moses then summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go, pick out lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover offering. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Thursday, January 10, 2008
At a remote monastery deep in the woods, the monks followed a rigid vow of silence. This vow could only be broken once a year on Christmas, by one monk, and the monk could speak only one sentence. One Christmas,...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, January 10, 2008
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.--Billy Graham...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Thursday, January 10, 2008
You are to think of yourselves as only existing in this world to do God’s will. To think that you are your own is as absurd to think you are self-created. It is an obvious first principle that you belong...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, January 10, 2008
John 10:7-17 7 So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. 9...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Janet L.
"I lost my only child, Janelle, on Oct 14, 2007, at the age of 29." --from Beliefnet member nellie29 Add your prayers now...
Thursday January 10, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 10: 7-17
[7] Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. [8] All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. [9] I...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
A good man does not sell his beast to a cruel person.--Medieval Sefer HasidimAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 11:4-12:20
Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: Toward midnight I will go forth among the Egyptians, and every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as beings continue to suffer. --His Holiness the Dalai Lama From "The Pocket Dalai Lama,"...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Jesus was in the town square as a mob was bringing in an adultress to be stoned. When he realized what was about to happen, he called out in his Son of God voice, "LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, January 9, 2008
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.--Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Wednesday, January 9, 2008
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem to be against us, we do not believe Him at all.--Charles Spurgeon...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 9, 2008
John 8:12-19 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” 13 Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for K.G.
"My wife and I are going through some tough times right now." --from Beliefnet member Gary D Add your prayers now...
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 8: 12-19
[12] Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. [13] The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
The first step toward liberty is to miss liberty; the second, to seek it; the third, to find it.--Leopold Zunz, German-Jewish scholarReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 10:24-11:3
Pharaoh then summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the Lord! Only your flocks and your herds shall be left behind; even your children may go with you." But Moses said, "You yourself must provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Then the Buddha said to his monks, walk over the earth for the blessing of many, the happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the welfare and the blessing and the happiness of gods and men. --Vinaya...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Paddy goes to confession and says to the priest, "Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been three weeks since my last confession, and in that time I have committed the sin of adultery." The priest says, "Was it...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
On the heights it is warmer than those in the valley imagine.--Friedrich Nietzsche...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.--C.S. Lewis...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
John 7:37-52 37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Dawn H
"I have developed a bad gambling problem." --from Beliefnet member Delta Add your prayers now...
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 7: 37-52
[37] In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. [38] He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you.--Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land)Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Learning the Art of Forgiving
Must Forgiveness Forfeit The High Ground?
To forgive is to forfeit the high ground. I may no longer stand over you, better than you. We are touched by the God-given grave of being equal again. That’s because central to forgiveness is the recognition that all people...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Monday, January 7, 2008
From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is what keeps us in the cycle of birth and death. Our reactions to our feelings are our passport to rebirth. -Ayya Khema, "Being Nobody, Going Nowhere" Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001....
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 7, 2008
Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said "You know, ever since summer started, I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church. I've tried everything--noise, spray, cats--nothing seems to scare them away!" Another...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 7, 2008
Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said "You know, ever since summer started, I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church. I've tried everything--noise, spray, cats--nothing seems to scare them away!" Another...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 7, 2008
Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said "You know, ever since summer started, I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church. I've tried everything--noise, spray, cats--nothing seems to scare them away!" Another...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Monday, January 7, 2008
Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said "You know, ever since summer started, I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church. I've tried everything--noise, spray, cats--nothing seems to scare them away!" Another...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 10:12-10:23
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Hold out your arm over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat up all the grasses in the land, whatever the hail has...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Monday, January 7, 2008
There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.--Lillian Eichler Watson...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Monday, January 7, 2008
Jesus did not come to make God’s love possible, but to make God’s love visible.--Unknown...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, January 7, 2008
John 6:30-33, 48-51 30 So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 6: 30-33, 48-51
[30] They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? [31] Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from...
Monday January 7, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Linda W.
"Has Stage 4 lung and bone cancer." --from Beliefnet member angel eyes Add your prayers now...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
His revelation is continuous. New aspects of the Torah unfold constantly. The more we study it, the more it expands.--Judah Arieh, "Sefat Emet"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Sunday, January 6, 2008
From passion arises sorrow and from passion arises fear. If a man is free from passion, he is free from fear and sorrow. --The Buddha From "Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day," by William Wray, 2004. Reprinted by...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Sunday, January 6, 2008
A Recently Spotted Bumper Sticker: I don't care WHO you are. You're not walking on the water while I'm fishing....
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Sunday, January 6, 2008
A Recently Spotted Bumper Sticker: I don't care WHO you are. You're not walking on the water while I'm fishing....
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 10:1-10:11
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them, and that you may recount in the hearing...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Sunday, January 6, 2008
I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.--Dolly Parton...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Sunday, January 6, 2008
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…--1 Peter 1:3 (Revised Standard Version)...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, January 6, 2008
Matthew 2:14-21 14 Then Josephh got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 2: 14-21
[14] When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: [15] And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the...
Sunday January 6, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Dante T
"This sweet 15-month-old little boy was recently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma." --from Beliefnet member mrstill Add your prayers now...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Prompted by love is greater than prompted by fear.--Rabbi Simeon ben Eleazar, TalmudReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Saturday, January 5, 2007
There once was a 94-year-old nun in the 1890's whose worn-out body began to surrender. Her doctor prescribed for her a shot of whiskey three times a day, to relax her. However, not to be lured into worldly pleasures, she...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Saturday, January 5, 2008
What is meant by nonduality, Mahatmi? It means that light and shade, long and short, black and white, can only be experienced in relation to each other; light is not independent of shade, nor black of white. There are no...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 9:17-9:35
Yet you continue to thwart My people, and do not let them go! This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Therefore,...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Saturday, January 5, 2008
Don't cut your conscience to fit this year's fashions.--Lillian Hellman...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Saturday, January 5, 2008
To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, ‘Come to me and rest.' But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus.--Hudson Taylor...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, January 5, 2008
John 11:17-27, 38-44 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Theresa B
"I am praying for the restoration of my family." --from Beliefnet member TAB Add your prayers now...
Saturday January 5, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 11: 17-27, 38-44
[17] Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. [18] Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: [19] And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones.--Ibn GabirolReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Friday, January 4, 2008
A truck driver was driving down the highway when he saw a priest at the side of the road. He stopped to pick up the priest and give him a ride. A ways down the road the driver saw a...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Friday, January 4, 2008
Considering the harm others do to you As created by your former deeds, do not anger. Act such that further suffering will not be created And your own faults will disappear. --Nagarjuna, "Precious Garland" From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 8:19-9:16
And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.'" And the Lord did so. Heavy swarms of insects invaded Pharaoh's palace and the houses of his courtiers; throughout the country...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiraton for Friday, January 4, 2008
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.--Henri Bergson...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Friday, January 4, 2008
I have held many things in my hand, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.--Martin Luther...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Jeannie S
"I am a single mother, disabled with a stroke and fighting for social security." --from Beliefnet member sdangelgirl Add your prayers now...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 9: 1-12, 35-38
[1] And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. [2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? [3] Jesus answered,...
Friday January 4, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, January 4, 2008
John 9:1-12, 35-38 1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
He who repeats what he has learned one hundred times cannot be compared to one who repeats it a hundred and one times.--Babylonian Talmud, Hagigah 9bAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Thursday, January 3, 2008
Jesus and Satan have an argument as to who is the better computer programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they agree to hold a contest with God as the judge. They set themselves before their computers and...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Thursday, January 3, 2008
Friends, I know nothing which brings suffering as does an untamed, uncontrolled, unattended and unrestrained heart. Such a heart brings suffering. --Anguttara Nikaya From "Teachings of the Buddha," edited by Jack Kornfield, 1993. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston,...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 8:7-8:18
The frogs shall retreat from you and your courtiers and your people; they shall remain only in the Nile." Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the Lord in the matter of the frogs which...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, January 3, 2008
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.--Rabindranath Tagore...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Thursday, January 3, 2008
Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.--Madeleine L'Engle...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 6: 15-27
[15] When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. [16] And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Everyone
"This is for anyone who needs a friend to listen and pray with." --from Beliefnet member ladysmith1014 Add your prayers now...
Thursday January 3, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, January 3, 2008
John 6:15-27 15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Always think of the end, and you will never do amiss.Apocrypha: Ben Sira 7:36Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Going along in company together, a wise man Must mix with other foolish persons. But on seeing what is wrongful he abandons them. As a full-fledged heron leaves the marshy ground. --Udana 8.7 From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 7:8-8:6
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, 'Produce your marvel,' you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh.' It shall turn into a serpent." So Moses and...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Wednesday, January 2, 2008
There was a religious woman who had to do a lot of traveling for her business. Flying made her very nervous, so she always took her Bible along with her. One time, she was sitting next to a man. When...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, January 2, 2008
After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.--Cynthia Ozick...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Hold God's hand on the road of life.--St. Peter Julian Eymard...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 6: 1-14
[1] After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. [2] And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. [3] And Jesus...
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 2, 2008
John 6:1-14 1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Jewish Wisdom
Daily Jewish Wisdom
Even if all the world tells you. "You are righteous," consider yourself a sinner.--Rabbi SimlaiReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Buddhist Wisdom
Daily Buddhist Wisdom for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Torah Reading
Exodus 6:29-7:7
And the Lord said to Moses, "I am the Lord; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I will tell you," Moses appealed to the Lord, saying, "See, I am of impeded speech; how then should Pharaoh heed me!"...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Joke of the Day
Joke of the Day for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
God created the mule, and told him, "You are mule. You will work constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years." The mule answered,...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.--Marie Curie...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Daily Christian Inspiration for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
If this is to be a Happy New Year, a year of usefulness, a year in which we shall live to make this earth better, it is because God will direct our pathway. How important then, to feel our dependence...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 5: 1-15
[1] After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [2] Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. [3]...
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
John 5:1-15 1 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In...
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