Pastor Jerry Burns

Dear Master for this coming year
Just one request I bring:
I do not pray for happiness,
Or any earthly thing—
I do not ask to understand
The way Thou leadest me,
But this I ask: Teach me to do
The thing that pleaseth Thee.
I want to know Thy guiding voice,
To walk with Thee each day.
Dear Master make me swift to hear
And [...]

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A real-time 3D scoreboard display experiment at last week’s Cowboys game was turned off to loud cheers after just seven minutes of being active. The problem: most of the 80,000 people in attendance didn’t bother to put on the head gear required to see the 3D effect, and instead saw a blurry image, which they [...]

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What’s all this hectic rush and worry?
Where go these crowds who run and curry?
Why all the lights — the Christmas trees?
The jolly “fat man,” tell me please!
Why, don’t you know? This is the day
For parties and for fun and play;
Why this is Christmas!
So this is Christmas, do you say?
But where is Christ this Christmas day?
Has [...]

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