“You are the light of the world.
A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand,
and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way,
Let your light shine before men,
that they may see your good deeds
and praise your [...]

“I expect to pass through this world but once;
any good thing therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature,
let me do it now;
let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
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Stephen Grellet
1773-1855
French born Quaker Minister

Not a churchgoer?
Not your thing?
Look at attending church with this perspective:
If you’re ill and cannot get better by yourself, you go to a doctor. If you’re seriously ill, you go to a hospital.
Look at church as a hospital for sinners.
If you attend, get the most out of the experience.
Speak with others.
You may meet someone whose [...]

When you distance yourself from God…
When you cut yourself off from God…
You lose sight of how ugly sin really is.
Drink from His cup…
or you’ll always be thirsty.
-Jefferson Moore (The Stranger, 2007)

FAT CHANCE
He couldn’t exactly conceal himself behind a cloud, as he often wished, and Izzy  was finding it rather difficult to remain inconspicuous as he sauntered among his High School classmates after the day’s final buzzer had sounded.
Izzy Chancey weighed a little over 300 pounds and the Cushing’s syndrome he bore made each step a [...]