More Stories for the Heart The Second Collection [Paperback]

A sequel to Stories for the Heart, More Stories for the Heart offers up over one hundred stories that hug readers' hearts and encourage their souls. This treasury of timeless tales-written by some of the best Christian communicators today-offers a wealth of compassion and love certain to minister to multiple generations. Readers will find themselves sharing these uplifting tales in conversation and letting the stories' wisdom inspire their thinking. These are stories that will add flavor to readers' views...and will be carried in their hearts. Whether read during peaceful moments spent cuddled up by the fire, during moments basking in the sunshine...or during read-aloud family times with loved ones, More Stories for the Heart is certain to encourage the soul.Alice Grayis an inspirational conference speaker and the creator and compiler of the bestselling Stories for the Heart book series, with more than 5 million in print. She and her husband, Al, live in Arizona.The Day Philip Joined the Group
PAUL HARVEY with acknowledgement to Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr., rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta, who called my attention to a boy named Philip.

He was 9—in a Sunday school class of 8-year-olds.

Eight-year-olds can be cruel.

The third-graders did not welcome Philip to their group. Not just because
he was older. He was “different.”

He suffered from Down’s syndrome and its obvious manifestations:
facial characteristics, slow responses, symptoms of retardation.

One Sunday after Easter the Sunday school teacher gathered some of
those plastic eggs that pull apart in the middle—the kind in which some
ladies’ pantyhose are packaged.

The Sunday school teacher gave one of these plastic eggs to each
child.

On that beautiful spring day each child was to go outdoors and discover
for himself some symbol of “new life” and place that symló„