Monday Morning Manna
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Monday Morning Manna: Where You are, and Where You are Headed
Early in my attempts to follow God’s will, it seemed to some that I had gotten myself on a dead-end road, in a place that had no future. Looking back,…
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Monday Morning Manna: Billy Graham and my Dad
Last week Billy Graham observed his 97th birthday. He and my Dad were the same age, both born in 1918, only a few weeks apart. Growing up, I had great…
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Monday Morning Manna: Together – Now and Then
Another saint went home to heaven recently, reminding me again of the quote, “If your loved one is with the Lord, and the Lord is with you, they can never…
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Monday Morning Manna: Power of Example, or Example of Power?
I’m hung on a phrase. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in his non-Presidential-candidate speech, lifted a line from an earlier Bill Clinton speech, and said we must lead by “the…
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Monday Morning Manna: Mornings
I love early mornings. I’m usually the only one up at my house. It is quiet and still. I usually awake with a song or hymn on my mind, and…
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Monday Morning Manna: Prayer and More Needed for Returning Missionaries
In an earlier Manna I wrote, requesting prayer for 800 missionaries who have been asked by the Southern Baptist International Mission Board to take early retirement and return home by…
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Monday Morning Manna: Slowing Down from a Calling
I was suffering from what a minister-friend called, “intestinal uncertainty” but it was certain enough that I did what I almost never do – cancelled a nearby speaking engagement, and…
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Monday Morning Manna: Sending Prayers Where?
“Sending prayers your way.” Please don’t! There is little to nothing I can do with prayers sent my way. If you want to pray for me, please send your prayers…
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Monday Morning Manna: A Plea for Prayer
Many of us grew up in churches that taught us to pray for missionaries. Now is the time to intensify that prayer. Through tear-stained eyes, I have been reading communications…
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Monday Morning Manna: Redeeming The Thirty-Second Minute
Preceding the kick-off of a recent Monday Night Football game the announcer asked the fans to stand for a “thirty-second moment of silence.” There had been a tragedy in the…