The poem below was inspired by “Try Something Different” by Price Pritchett, a story that appeared in the original Chicken Soup for the Soul. True freedom does not mean doing what I want, but freely choosing to obey the will of Christ, Who is the Door to freedom itself (John
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Bright Gabriel’s voice the Virgin heard And was receptive to God’s word. The sleeping Joseph saw, it seems, Angelic visions in his dreams. Shepherds prompted by Heaven’s choir Sought newborn Christ with hearts afire. And wise men came from country far, Led on by light of natal star. How could
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I thought we all might do well to break out our fishing gear anew. Some fishermen go out to sea with specially crafted nets. They catch an awful lot of fish, which end up in markets. But there are very many fish that nets will never take. Some fish are
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“It’s a little brass ring. What a quaint sort of thing! What’s the story behind it?” you ask. Though the hour is late And it’s hard to relate, I’ll embark on the arduous task. ‘Twas a late April day, Perhaps early in May, She and I on the boardwalk together.
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My master went away one night to some far-distant land. I knew not where he went, of course, but I did understand That he, though countless leagues away, was surely coming back. “Do be on guard,” he ordered me, “and don’t grow one bit slack!” His whole estate my
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