LORD ON THIS LABOR DAY
8/24/2008

We celebrate the work we do,
and we thank You for the blessing of our jobs.
We ask for those seeking employment that
You guide them in their search for work.
We ask for guidance when we are confused.
We ask for patience when working through conflicts.
We ask for strength to complete each day.
We ask for rest when we are weary.
We ask that You be with those whose faces
we might never see but who work tirelessly
each day for the good of us all.
AMEN

The Golden Rule
8/3/2008

Christianity - In everything do to others as you would
have them do to you: for this is the law and the prophets
(Matthew 7:12)
Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a
brother or sister is still in the darkness. 1 John 2:9
Judaism - What is hateful to you do not to your
fellowman. That is the entire Law; all the rest is
commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 3id)
Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do
not notice the log in your own eye? Luke 6:41
Islam - No one of you is a believer until he desires for
his brother that which he desires for himself. (Sunnah)...
You shall love your neighbor as yourself Leviticus 19:18
Bubbhism - Hurt not others in ways that you yourself
would find hurtful. (Udana-Varga 5:18)
Live in harmony with one another Romans 12:16
Hinduism - this is the sum of duty: do naught unto
others which would cause you pain if done to you.
(Mahabharata 5:1517)

THE SIMPLE LIFE
7/27/2008

‘TIS THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE,
‘TIS THE GIFT TO BE FREE,
‘TIS THE GIFT TO COME DOWN
WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE;
AND WHEN WE FIND
OURSELVES
IN THE PLACE JUST RIGHT
‘TWILL BE IN THE VALLEY OF
LOVE AND DELIGHT.
WHEN TRUE SIMPLICITY IS
GAIN’D
TO BOWAND TO BEND WE
SHAN’T BE ASHAM’D,
TO TURN, TURN
WILL BE OUR DELIGHT,
‘TIL BY TURNING, TURNING
WE COME ‘ROUND RIGHT.
SHAKER HYMN