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  • The 2,000-Year-Old Seed

    Contributed by Roshelle Deas Roberson on Feb 6, 2012
     | 2,916 views

    THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD SEED This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex Chadwick. A tree grows in Kibbutz Ketura in the Israeli desert, and what a tree it is, a tiny sapling actually 2,000 years old, or the seed that it comes from is 2,000 years old, making it the oldest seed ever germinated. Botanists never gave ...read more

  • All In

    Contributed by Tom Feola on Feb 6, 2012
     | 9,084 views

    ALL IN The New York Giants were just a handful of days from the Week 16 game against the New York Jets, with the Giants stuck at 7-7 and their season fast slipping away. Losers of four of their previous five games, it seemed as if the Giants were destined to finish second or even third in the NFC ...read more

  • The Imaginary Ball

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 6, 2012
     | 2,087 views

    THE IMAGINARY BALL A golfer who had been playing badly went to a psychiatrist who told him to relax by playing a round of golf without a ball. "Do everything you would normally do, but use an imaginary ball." The golfer tried it the next day. He stepped up on the first tee, imagined he got a ...read more

  • Reasons For Leaving The Last Job

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 6, 2012
     | 2,217 views

    REASONS FOR LEAVING THE LAST JOB "Responsibility makes me nervous." "Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping.' I have never quit a job." "Was met with a string of broken promises and lies, as well as cockroaches." "I was working for my mom until she ...read more

  • What's The Demand?

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012
     | 3,655 views

    WHAT'S THE DEMAND? The magazine, Christianity Today, reported in its April 4, 1986 issue of a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem: a declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his men: "How can we ...read more

  • All I Could Do Was Listen And Talk

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012
     | 2,011 views

    "ALL" I COULD DO WAS LISTEN AND TALK The author Stephen W. Sorenson wrote in Discipleship Journal: For two years, because of severe tendinitis in both wrists, I could not pick up my young daughter, carry a log, or even open a twist-off pop bottle. To make matters worse, my wife and I, with help ...read more

  • The Power Of Delayed Gratification

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 5, 2012
     | 3,747 views

    THE POWER OF DELAYED GRATIFICATION Years ago, psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment on a group of four-year olds. Each child was offered a marshmallow, and was told that they could have it now, or if they could wait several minutes, they could have two. Some children grabbed the ...read more

  • Mickey Mantle's Salvation Story

    Contributed by Tom Feola on Feb 4, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,029 views

    MICKEY MANTLE'S SALVATION STORY The #7 is for the Mick, or Mickey Mantle, who played for the New York Yankees.    Why do I bring this out about Mickey Mantle.  Well 1st of all without a team playing with Him Mick would have won zero World Series.  But because of a team effort Mickey played in 12 ...read more

  • The 5 Biggest Mistakes That Threaten ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,545 views

    THE 5 BIGGEST MISTAKES THAT THREATEN RELATIONSHIPS Dr. Edward Hallowell and his wife, Sue, authors of Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Distraction, teach you how to spot hidden distractions in your relationship and reveal the mistakes you may ...read more

  • The Unnecessary War

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 4, 2012
     | 2,010 views

    THE UNNECESSARY WAR When Winston Churchill was in his early thirties, he tried with all his powers to awaken the English speaking world to the impending dangers of a resurgent Germany. At the time Germany was being influenced by one Corporal Hitler, but Churchill’s warnings were all to no avail. ...read more

  • The Importance Of Focus

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Feb 3, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,349 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUS When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline. The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold. They decided to ...read more

  • The Story Of The Gipper

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 2, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,738 views

    THE STORY OF THE GIPPER It was halftime of the 1928 Army vs. Notre Dame Game that legendary head coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech to his beleaguered players. Notre Dame was having one of its worst seasons on record and Rockne was trying to salvage what he could of the ...read more

  • We Crave The Light

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 2, 2012
     | 4,536 views

    WE CRAVE THE LIGHT A few years ago I was sitting in the doctor's office and picked up the Oct. 2001 edition of the National Geographic. It had an amazing article on the "Power of Light". The articles introduction caught my attention: "Light reveals the world to us. Body and soul crave it. Light ...read more

  • Miss Bettye And The Power Of Prayer

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 2, 2012
     | 3,225 views

    MISS BETTYE AND THE POWER OF PRAYER A 2009 article in the Chicago Tribune told the story of Bettye Tucker, a Christian cook who works the night shift at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She has been doing her job for 43 years--28 of them on the night shift. She sees a steady ...read more

  • One Bible Scholar Said "Christianity Is Not Only ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 2, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,217 views

    One Bible Scholar said "Christianity is not only about taking a person to Heaven, it is also ABOUT ...read more

  • Nolan Ryan Didn't Change Me  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Feb 1, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,186 views

    NOLAN RYAN DIDN'T CHANGE ME In 1991, Ryan, our son, age 6 at the time, played Challenger Baseball, a modified version of the game for disabled children. At the end of the season, each child received an official Challenger baseball for his or her participation. We asked Ryan what he wanted to do ...read more

  • The Ultimate

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 1, 2012
     | 3,337 views

    THE ULTIMATE In the early 1970s the Dallas Cowboys had a star running back named Duane Thomas who was kind of a head case. One year the Cowboys made it to the Super Bowl and someone asked Duane Thomas what he thought about playing in the "ultimate game." He replied "If this is the Ultimate Game, ...read more

  • King Tut Vs. William Borden

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
     | 2,377 views

    KING TUT VS. WILLIAM BORDEN In 1922 Howard Carter discovered the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen. King Tut had died at around age 19 and his tomb had been untouched for over 3000 years. Buried with him were solid gold chariots and thousands of golden artifacts. His gold coffin was found within ...read more

  • Painlessness Is Your Enemy

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
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     | 2,331 views

    PAINLESSNESS IS YOUR ENEMY Dr Paul Brand was born in India to missionary parents and spent most of his life caring for people who couldn’t feel pain - people with leprosy. He spent much of life studying pain. At one point he was given a grant to develop a system of warning that would protect ...read more

  • God Steps In Where Our Fathers Fail

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
     | 2,436 views

    GOD STEPS IN WHERE OUR FATHERS FAIL John Eldredge, author of Wild At Heart and Fathered By God among others, writes of fishing with his dad as a boy. Spending hours together on a Saturday morning trying to catch fish. "But" he writes, "the fish were never the issue. What I longed for was his ...read more

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