The Quarter of Remembrance by Mike Cope (reprinted)
http://preachermike.com/2007/12/21/two-bits-of-memory
I actually got to meet Dr. Channing Barrett, though I don’t remember the meeting because I was too young. But that doesn’t change my picture of him as a young man walking a marathon of miles
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Stiles on May 16, 2007
                
                
                
                    Truth is, I’m no different. I, too, want to extend my influence beyond just the few years I have on this earth. And I bet you do as well. 
To show you what I mean, I brought a couple of items with me this morning that help me in my own quest for living what I call a “beyond the horizon” kind of
                    
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                    A few years ago the Special Olympics were being held in Seattle, Washington.   Nine physically or mentally challenged runners lined up at the starting line for the 100 meter run. At the sound of the gun, all the runners began to run as fast as they could.  That is all, “except for one boy who
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Mar 15, 2012
                
                
                
                    I WISH I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
 
Mickey Mantle’s father was right handed and his grandfather was left handed. Between them, they taught him to switch hit. He is widely regarded to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players ever. He was inducted into the
                    
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                    7 Types of Loneliness
1. New-situation loneliness. You’ve moved to a new city where you don’t know anyone, or you’ve started a new job, or you’ve started at a school full of unfamiliar faces. You’re lonely.
2. I’m-different loneliness. You’re in a place that’s not unfamiliar, but you feel
                    
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                    Lee Eclov tells the story of one such person.  “People came early one Christmas Eve for the 11:00 pm service at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, in New York City.  Among them was a recovering alcoholic, six months sober, who slipped into the eleventh row.  This was his first Christmas since having
                    
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                    Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family! The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole
                    
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                    RESPONSE TO HURTING PEOPLE
In his book Soul Talk, Larry Crabb writes:
"Which is worse? A church program to build community that doesn’t get off the ground or one person sitting every Sunday in the back of the church who remains unknown? A Sunday school class that once drew hundreds but has now
                    
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                    COMMON BITTERNESS
When I was in college, I worked as a youth director at a little church out in the country about an hour’s drive away. There were two families in that congregation that didn’t get along. When they came to worship, they would take up their positions on opposite sides of the room
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 18, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We have a clear glass dining table in a condo that our family uses during the various holidays. One of the favorite pasttimes of our family is to begin a puzzle and complete it during our stay.  The glass table is our favorite place to put a puzzle together.
One afternoon after playing a round of
                    
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                    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 9, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I am not a connoisseur of great art, but from time to time a painting or picture will really speak a clear, strong message to me. Some time ago I saw a picture of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possession.
                    
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                    3.	Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee, & Julia M. Lewis have written a book: "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce : A 25 Year Landmark Study." Ms Wallerstein is founder and executive director of the Center for the Family in Transition, and a senior lecturer at the School of Social Welfare at the
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 26, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A pastor wrote:
"Some time ago I saw a picture of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possession. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes with a
                    
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                    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the Living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the
                    
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                    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the
                    
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                    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the
                    
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                    Video Clip: Dead Man Walking: From Videos that Teach -- Fields and James page 52
Can anyone, no matter what they have done, become a child of God? 
The Movie: Drama R
Sister Helen Prejan (Susan Sarandon) is a nun who receives a desperate letter from a death row inmate, Matthew Poncelet (Sean
                    
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