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How to ruin a perfectly good fast

Submitted by tcblack on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 9:17am
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Table Service

You know the routine when you go to the hospital for any procedure. “Don't eat anything after midnight.” Most of us can comply with that simple directive until morning. I've noticed a few places they've added “No breakfast” to the “Don't eat anything after midnight” mantra apparently because some people just don't get it.
NURSE: Ok, Mr. Whatsyername did you eat anything after midnight?
MR.WHATSYERNAME: No ma'am I didn't, went straight to bed ate nothing all night and only had coffee and waffles at breakfast time.
Kind of missed the point didn't he.

This morning I want to talk to you once again about fasting with three questions and three answers. And I want to start with the first question, “How can I ruin a perfectly good fast?” And I'll give you a hint, eating something has nothingto do with it.

Life

Submitted by tcblack on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 1:48pm
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Life


Life. It is a word filled with hope, joy and opportunity. As long as there is life there is always a chance that no matter how difficult your circumstance it may get better after all. For Mary Magdalene the struggle of life had been enormous. We do not know everything about her, but those things we do know are significant.

Death

Submitted by tcblack on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 7:33am
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Depression "On the Threshold of Eternity" - Vincent Vangogh

Death and Taxes

Here we stand on Good Friday, just a few days before April 15th, tax day. As the old saying goes the only certain things in life are death and taxes. And we are surrounded by both of them.

Death. The dictionary defines it as, “a permanent cessation of all vital functions : the end of life...”1 What a cheerful thought. But death is not normally a cheerful thing. It is the essence of finality.

Death is ugly. Death is dark. Death is mysterious and frightening. Say the word death with sincerity in the middle of a party and watch the fun evaporate before the sound of the word fades. Not everyone gets sick, not everyone gets well. Not everyone gets married, and not everyone pays taxes. But with only two exceptions of which I'm aware (Enoch and Elijah) everyone – absolutely everyone faces death. It is as near a universal fact as possible. There is a distinct certainty of death. More than any description I can fathom, death is above all characterized as a terrifying separation of the known from the

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