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A Woman Named Dawn Mcknight Wrote A Letter To The ... PRO
Contributed by Bill Harper on Jan 23, 2001 (message contributor)
A woman named Dawn McKnight wrote a letter to the editor of the Birmingham News. She said:
My 14 year old son and I were recently running an errand and saw a sight that made me sick to my stomach.
As we were going through a drive-through window at a bank, my son observed that in a pile of trash on the side of a neighboring building were two American flags-one still on a flagpole. When the management was questioned, one man appeared somewhat con-cerned and assisted with removing the flags in order for me to take them and have them treated with the respect that they deserved. The other man said he had “more important things to do.”
Fortunately, there have been others who felt that they had the “time” to fight, be wounded and die for this very flag.
I was proud that my son was as concerned as I was. Naively, I thought this was a single incident. But not long ago my husband...
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Leonard Ravenhill (While Revival Tarries, Chapter ...
Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 15, 2007
Leonard Ravenhill (While Revival Tarries, Chapter 2, Prayer Grasps Eternity) No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop-window to display one’s talents; the prayer closet allows no ...read more
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One Day Out Of The Blue An Old Friend Of Mine ( I ...
Contributed by Jeff Leigh on Jul 23, 2005
One day out of the blue an old friend of mine ( I will call him Keith) phoned me to say he was in town and wanted to catch up. We hadn’t seen each other for over 15 years - I wasn’t a Christian when we were friends. Him and I were hell raisers, we were into anything and everything not good. Anyway ...read more
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James S. Hewett, Illustrations ...
Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 16, 2005
ILLUSTRATION... -James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited p. 378 A fifteen-year-old boy came bounding into the house and found his mom in bed. He asked if she were sick or something. He was truly concerned. Mom replied that, as a matter of fact, she didn’t feel too well. The son ...read more
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In 1968 I Worked With A Nurse At Bethesda Naval ...
Contributed by Jack Valentino on May 24, 2005
In 1968 I worked with a nurse at Bethesda Naval Hospital who told me one day after I had just lost it with a co-worker. “You know you are only as big as the things you let bother you” Although I wasn’t in the mood to hear it at that time, it did impact me. However she didn’t respond much better ...read more
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Star Wars Episode I
Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 16, 2005
ILLUSTRATION... Star Wars Episode I The Trade Federation is angling to take over the planet of Naboo, placing Queen Amidala, its ruler, in peril. The incursion sets off a galactic political struggle. One of the pivotal points in the movie comes when the Queen seeks out the other inhabitants of ...read more
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