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SUNDAY CHOICE – Brokenness, Beauty, & the God Who Makes All Things New – By Charles Schokman Image Source : lynnhpryor “As we sit on the beach, I watch my youngest as she hunts for shells. She races up to me, sharing her finds. Over and over she brings them to me, delighting in each of them as treasure: “Mom, isn’t that orange color beautiful?” “Look at the curves of this one, aren’t they pretty? “Feel how smooth this shell is!” “I love the stripes on this one.”  As I survey her pile, I realize that none of these shells are ones that I would have chosen. These are not the ones you’d set out on display. They are broken and chipped, each marred in some way. While my daughter notices the beauty, I see the brokenness. I observe what is missing, rather than seeing the remnant of loveliness that remains. As ...

Sep 28, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Charles Schokman Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Why go to Church? – By Charles Schokman Image Source : soundcloud If you’re spiritually alive, you’re going to love this! If you’re spiritually dead, you won’t want to read it. If you’re spiritually curious, there is still hope! A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember one of them. So, I think I’m wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.” This started a real controversy in the “Letters to the Editor” column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: Image Source : youtube “I’ve been married for 30 years now. ...

Sep 16, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Charles Schokman Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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