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‘Summer Memories’
(“There’s A Guiding Hand”) SUMMER TIME –– Summer is my FAVORITE season of the year! Period! Winter is just “Winter,” and Autumn is too drab. Spring rarely visits us now, for it seems […]
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‘Calling Up Memories of Our Moms’
(“Precious Memories”) “…I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee…” (2 Timothy 1:5 KJV). Or, as the Amplified Bible says of this verse, “I am ‘calling up memories’ of your sincere faith…” […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “At the Cross”
The CHURCH HYMNAL: “At the Cross” “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18). […]
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Looking Back At Christmas
Each year passes by so quickly when we get multiple years behind us. It seems like no time at all that we were standing in our churches on Easter morning and singing, “He lives, He […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Many years ago, a song leader – in a church where my parents once attended – stopped the choir during a Sunday service to give cheerful and encouraging words to the congregation. Among other things, […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “Just Over In the Glory-Land
A seemingly insignificant local story made front-page news in my hometown newspaper on August 16, 1961, but it was no small thing for a local 5-year-old. The boy was taking a bath on the afternoon […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “Just A Little Talk With Jesus”
Some readers of this column were perhaps at the National Quartet Convention the year Vestal Goodman suddenly left her front row seat and climbed the steps of the stage to pray for a man who […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “What a Friend We Have (in Jesus)”
We’re all accustomed to hearing words of exclamation–– all the way from remembering Eddie Haskell’s (“Leave It to Beaver”) frequent and insincere compliment to Wally and Beaver’s mother, “That’s a lovely dress you’re wearing […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “Have Faith in God”
Many years ago, a small-town newspaper reported about the town picnic that was held just days before. The top “social news” printed that day told of the exciting highlights of the picnic, along with the […]
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The CHURCH HYMNAL: “It’s a Grand and a Glorious Feeling”
Every day we live, we deal with things that are “not-so-grand.” That goes without saying, so it’s not really necessary to list things we find “not-so-grand” because… well, many things we face daily are greatly […]