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Do You Remember The Little Girl From Canada That ... PRO
Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 8, 2001 (message contributor)
Do you remember the little girl from Canada that slipped into the backyard alone wearing only a diaper a couple of weeks ago?
It was –20 C. She ended up collapsing on the snow-covered lawn before being found by distraught family and friends.
The mother, who had been sleeping with the girl and a two-year-old sister in a bed at a friend’s house, woke up and noticed the youngest child missing. It took a frantic 45-minute search by friends and family to find the toddler’s body.
She was clinically dead, with no pulse and her toes frozen together. Her internal body temperature was less than half of the body’s normal level.
Allan DeCaen of Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital said, "I think to be fair I’m using the miracle word now. Whether you talk about it as a greater being, or whatever your personal beliefs are clearly...
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Just The Other Day A Mild Mannered Young Man Came ... PRO
Contributed by Georgina Pando-Connolly on Apr 30, 2004
just the other day a mild mannered young man came into my office ready for a divorce. He complained that his bride was so bossy that she was driving him off the wall. He wanted things to change, immediately. I told him that he needed to build his self-esteem and that this would take time. Then I ...read more
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At A Pastor's Conference In Spokane, Chuck ...
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
At a pastor’s conference in Spokane, Chuck Swindoll told of being at a California Christian camp. The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to hearing Dr. Swindoll speak and his delight at now finally being able to realize that desire. That evening Swindoll ...read more
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Previous Engagement PRO
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
From Sermonillustrations.com Someone once wrote and asked Emily Post, the etiquette expert of another generation, "What is the correct procedure when one is invited to the White House but has a previous engagement?" Replied Post, "An invitation to ...read more
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A Common Sense And Satisfying Interpretation Of ...
Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 31, 2003
"A common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.… There is, I shall argue, no contradiction between holding a staunch belief in supernatural design and being a creative scientist.… Just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines ...read more
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Singer Pavarotti PRO
Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 24, 2005
SINGER PAVAROTTI There was a time in Pavarotti’s life when he wasn’t sure whether to be singer or a music teacher. So he asked his father, "Shall I be a teacher or a singer?" His father replied, "Son, if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one ...read more
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