Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
"Life is but an empty dream! -
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem."

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
"Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"
Was not written of the soul.

We all share a deep need for significance. Like the poet Longfellow, most of us don't like to think f life as "an empty dream." We all want life to count for something, to have a worthwhile goal.


Mark Twain described the fate of all… Continue

Take Time to Listen:
Listen & Rejoice When two people are talking
at the same time, no one is listening. Consequently, there is no
communication. For conversation to be meaningful it requires talking and
listening. How hard can that be? Yet, 87 % of those who divorce say their main
problem was that they could not communicate. Listening begins with an
attitude. If I choose to believe that every person I encounter is made in God's
image; that their thoughts and feelings are important, then I a… Continue

Going Down to Egypt
By Rev Dean Beaty 1/24/10
Genesis 12:10 “And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down
into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” (KJV)

Abraham went down to Egypt but didn't return the same.
He brought back some of Egypt and Hagar was her name.
She was just a servant girl to help around the house.
But she became a problem and a hindrance to his spouse.

You never can go to Egypt without sin's clinging vines.
It grows and gather round us… Continue

I'm Thankful to God
By Rev Dean Beaty 1/25/10
Psalm 107:1-2 “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;” (KJV)

I'm thankful to God for the gift of His love,
For Jesus who came to the earth.
For me blood was shed, then Christ rose from the dead,
And gave to my soul the new birth.

I'm thankful to God because of the cross,
For there Jesus ransomed my soul.
He paid for my sin,… Continue

The Ox Knows His Owner
By Rev. Dean Beaty 1/21/10
Isaiah 1:3 “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib:
but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” (KJV)

The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's stall:
But my people toward their God, knoweth not the Lord at all.
They wander in the blindness that sin will always cause.
They say there is no God, therefore disregard His laws.

“We can do just as we please for there's no creator God.”
And even in preschool they t… Continue