Contributed by Todd Schäve on Jun 27, 2001
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A handy tool for coming up with an acceptable solution is S.O.D.A.S.:
S-ituation (Define or agree on what the problem is that you will work on in a gentle and respectful manner).
O-ptions (Brainstorm together or come up with as many solutions as possible, for you never know what may work).
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 19, 2001
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The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 1, 2007
The daughter of a preacher picked up a paper packet of straight pins from her mother’s sewing basket. As it fell open dramatically, the little girl gave one astonished look, then dashed to the study, saying, “Look, daddy, look! Here’s your congregation; see? Pew after pew of them, sitting in
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Pentecostal
Danielle Fineout grew up as the daughter of missionaries in Zaire. As a little girl, she went to a day-long rally celebrating the one-hundreth anniversary of Christian missionaries coming to that part of Zaile. After a full day of long speeches and music, an old man came before the crowd and
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 24, 2008
(Set up. Have everyone in the congregation receive a small empty plastic cup. Enter sanctuary carrying an empty pitcher with pants pulled down around the ankles. Suggest the wearing of pajama bottoms or sweats over underwear.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 29, 2008
CAMEL RIDE UP MOUNT SINAI
It is 3:00 in the morning and we are waiting with other pilgrims on the back side of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the base of mount Sinai. It is a moonless night, pitch black beyond the small light we huddle around. I wonder if I dressed warm enough, I am surprised it
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 22, 2008
Resources are being completely used up. In Ireland, they used up the forests and timber decades ago. Right now, the primary source of oil including heating oil and gas comes from the North Sea. But at current consumption levels, those supplies will be used up in fifteen years. So Ireland
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
Up to 10 percent of the world’s population that does not attend church on a regular basis describes itself as “spiritual, but not religious.” The term actually seems to come out of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1970’s as AA was trying to explain that although a belief in a higher power was required,
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