Coffee and Chat with Gloria at ccwgloria.com is a frequently updated blog of Gloria (Banks) Redner’s insights on family, children, and Christian living.
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Laughter Moments
I was at the beach with my children when my four-year-old son ran up to me, grabbed my hand, and led me to the shore, where a sea gull lay dead in the sand. ‘Mommy, what happened to him?’ the little boy asked. ‘He died and went to Heaven,’ I replied. My son thought a [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 8:13 pm
WHAT DO YOU LIVE FOR?
A story I read talks about choices: A soccer ball and a music book — two very different things that play an important part in a story about a young girl, called Katy. Katy faced a very difficult decision. Many of her friends had signed up to play soccer. Katy liked to play soccer too, [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 8:10 pm
Don’t Quit your Journey…
because of Potholes in the Road –2 Corinthians 4:17-18 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 8:02 pm
The Glasses
Mother’s father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to some orphanage in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 7:57 pm
Fleming Story
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND -This is not a true story but could be used for inspirational thought. His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 7:54 pm
On The Rules of Life for Graduates
Some have said this was from Bill Gates talk to high school graduates but probably he did not say this unless he quoted Sykes. RULE 1. Life is not fair; get used to it. RULE 2. The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about [...] [Read More...]
>Posted to Coffee and Chat with Gloria on 22 February 2012 | 7:51 pm
