A young man, while bringing flowers to a cemetery, noticed an old Chinese man placing a bowl of rice on a nearby grave. The young man walked up to the Chinese man and asked, "When do you expect your friend to come up and eat the rice?"
The old Chinese man replied with a smile, "Same time your friend comes up to smell the flowers."
"Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the One who loves you most."
- A. W. Tozer
An old pastor stood in his pulpit addressing the congregation about the drought that had lasted for at least 8 months.
As all stood filled with faith, he told the congregation they would gather that night for prayer.
"Folks we are going to pray for rain so come prepared to see God move in a great way."
That night as many assembled the old pastor stood and asked a simple question.
"Folks, where are your umbrellas?"
The truth of the resurrection of Jesus captures the allegiance of of His followers.
This actually happened in a youth ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri.
I left work early so I could have some uninterrupted study time right before the final in my Youth Issues class.
When I got to class, everybody was doing their last-minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We went through the review, most of it right on the study guide, but there were some things he was reviewing that I had never heard of. When questioned about it, he said that they were in the book and we were responsible for everything in the book. We couldn't really argue with that.
Finally, it was time to take the test.
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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