A fierce thunderstorm lashed Memphis Tennessee on the evening of April Weary and feeling ill the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr decided not to give his planned speech for striking sanitation workers at a church hall He was surprised by an urgent phone call saying a large crowd had braved the weather to hear him So he went to the hall and spoke for forty minutes delivering what some say was his greatest speech ldquo I rsquo ve Been to the Mountaintop rdquo The next day King was killed by an assassin rsquo s bullet but his speech still [... more]

I started reading the Bible to my sons when my youngest Xavier entered kindergarten I would look for teachable moments and share verses that would apply to our circumstances and encourage them to pray with me Xavier memorized Scripture without even trying If we were in a predicament in which we needed wisdom he rsquo d blurt out verses that shone a light on God rsquo s truth One day I got angry and spoke harshly within his earshot My son hugged me and said ldquo Practice what you preach Mama rdquo Xavier rsquo s gentle reminder echoes the wise [... more]

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When my friend Marge met Tami at a Bible study meeting she noticed that they seemed to have little in common But Marge befriended her and she learned a valuable lesson from her new friend Tami had never been to a Bible study and she was having a hard time understanding something the other women in the study talked about that God communicated with them mdash something she rsquo d never experienced She so desired to hear from God that she took action Later she told Marge ldquo I set aside an old wooden chair and every time I study [... more]