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Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Weekly Reading, Sunday, April 14, 2012

Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles in and...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Forest of the 30,000 Ladders to Heaven.

Each one of the 30,000 Protestant denominations may be represented by a ladder that reaches to Heaven. The...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

There are many ladders. How many reach to Heaven?

We may picture ourselves on a ladder that rests on earth and reaches to Heaven. Every day, we...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Democracy is self-destructing.

Democracy’s biggest drawback are vicious, unprincipled losers. They are one reason: Democracy is self-destructing. When Margaret Thatcher, may...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

If everyone were Catholic, how would the world be a…

If everyone were Catholic, how would the world be a better place? 1. There would be far, far...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Things are better than ever. Be happy.

There are a lot of us worrying about “how bad things are”. Many are convinced we’re approaching a...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Weekly Reading. Sunday, March 7, 2013

Reading 1 Acts 5:12-16 Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Make-work takes care of the body and corrodes the…

There are three kinds of make-work. First, there is the Amish plan for make-work. They farm, very inefficiently,...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Is make-work good?

The nation, in 1900, was divided into farms of 160 acres. Eight or nine of every ten Americans...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

“Thou shalt not prioritize falsely.”

On Monday, we used America’s 20,000 high schools to provide a sense of perspective on the issue of...