There are only 18 days left until Christmas and I am stuck in a chair with a badly sprained ankle from a fall down the church stairs last night.  I am the vice chairman of our Christian School Board and was filling in for our chairman who is on his way to Sweden and Denmark for a wonderful Christmas adventure with his wife.  I had Christmas cookies on the table for our members and I wanted hot water for tea, hot chocolate, and apple cider.  This meant a simple trip up the stairs to the fellowship hall kitchen to get the big industrial sized coffee pot for heating hot water.  Unfortunately, on the way down disaster struck and here I am today stuck in this chair. 

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Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.  Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.  But God chose the foolish things of this world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.  It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.  Therefore, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord". 

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Today's pace of work is such that many today feel guilt when they slow down, or heaven forbid, actually take time to rest or do something fun.  Studies show that more American's than ever before feel that they are overworked.  We are not only working more hours per week but the shift in societal norms from two parent households with the man in the workplace and the woman managing the home chores and work to either a two parent household with both parents working or worse yet a single parent household, has added  responsibilities to the shoulders of everyone.  The old system allowed the spouse who worked outside the home to come home and relax while the spouse managing the household was able to take an occasional ...