Employed By Grace

By John Woodward | March 19, 2001

A friend of mine–who knows I enjoy puns–sent me this testimony about a fellow who tried to find work: “My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn’t concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it, so they gave…

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Jekyll or Hyde?

By John Woodward | March 14, 2001

Years ago when I read my daughter’s English paper, I was intrigued by her quote from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr Jekyll had surmised, “If each [good force and evil force]. . . could be housed in separate identities, life would be relieved of all that was unbearable; the unjust…

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The Great I AM

By John Woodward | March 5, 2001

When I was growing up, our family would sometimes recite in unison a prayer to thank God for the meal. A prayer I recall is “God is great; God is good; let us thank Him for our food…” One day while I was at home the phone rang and I answered it. I recall that…

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