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Walker Moore

A family is like a car – if one part fails, it won’t run right

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It happens whenever our family gets together. Most families, like ours, are scattered out and about across the USA, and family gatherings doesn’t happen very often. But when they do, I hope and pray your family isn’t like ours. I’m not even sure why we get together. We have no plans and no agenda; we…

Don’t buy any cheap stuff and spend time with your children

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Yesterday morning, my wife came downstairs ready for church when she noticed a string hanging off her blouse. She went into the kitchen and took out a pair of cheap scissors to cut the thread. She whacked away but to no avail. The scissors wouldn’t do the job. Later the same day, she tried to…

The Royal Ambassadors had a deep impact on young people­­

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Every Saturday morning when most boys were out playing, I met with other boys my age gathered in a dark dank basement at Calvary Baptist church, Chillicothe Mo. I went for two reasons, I belong to a group called Royal Ambassador, it is a Southern Baptist Mission organization that helps boy to become Godly mission…

There must be a special place in Heaven for nursery workers

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To say the least, I have led an unusual life. I have labored in the steamy jungles of Panama. I have sat down for dinner with the vice president of China. I have lived in homeless shelters . . . and stayed in castles. Now, I can add one more adventure—probably the greatest challenge yet….

You think I may be shallow but at least I am also very weak

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For someone who isn’t a writer, coming up with an article each week is a daunting task. One of the problems I face is that I have only one mind, 10 fingers and 26 letters to work with. I sometimes think if we just had a few more letters in our alphabet, my job would…

Grandma Scott’s ‘special elixer’ could cure everything but sin

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A couple of weeks ago I thought I might have Covid . . . or at least suffering from flu-like symptoms. Whenever I am sick, I can’t help wondering if I have something more serious than an ordinary illness. You see, I come from a long line of self-diagnosers. I don’t know if this trait…

Now is the time to capture a heartbeat of obedience to God

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Kids are smart. In fact, I believe they are the smartest people in the world. Victoria, my three-year-old niece, called me at the office the other day. She didn’t want to talk to my wife, just me. When I asked how she was doing, our little princess told me she wasn’t feeling good. I asked…

Mom knew her boys needed ‘What a friend we have in Jesus’

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Raising four boys in rural America, my mother thought we needed some kind of sophistication, so she required us to take piano lessons. Every week, she would drive us out into the country to a farm where two spinsters lived. Neither Mary nor Martha had ever been married, and if you had asked me as…

‘The Church of Homer Simpson’ just reinforces ignorance

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I had a thought today.  I know this surprises you as much as it did me. For the most part, we are not a thinking people. Someone says, “Buy this,” and we buy it. Our society as a whole has lost the art of thinking. Since we don’t think much anymore, we now have people…

Parents need more involvement and a lot less outsourcing

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I think that one of the huge problems today is the outsourcing of our children. Outsourcing became a way of business in the 1980s. If I can find a company that can make a part cheaper than I can, I will outsource that part, allowing the other company to take care of it for me….