The Creature “Strife”
  There is a legend from Greek mythology that the god Hercules was once walking along a narrow road when a strange-looking creature appeared threateningly in front of him.  
  Hercules struck this creature with his club and passed on, but soon afterwards was surprised to be
                    
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                    "Upon the fields of friendly strife Are sown the seeds That, upon other fields on other days
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 3, 2021
                
                
                
                    One definition of the word irony is, “a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.”
•	It is ironic, for example, that the most shop-lifted book is the Bible.
•	Every year ABC cuts down A Charlie Brown Christmas—a movie about
                    
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                    Family
Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Families are wonderful. Families are challenging. I am reminded of this every time I see my favorite Cosby Show episode in which Cliff, the father played by Bill Cosby, and Theo, the son played by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, have a chat about Theo’s desire to live like a “regular” person rather than
                    
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                    FAMILY STAGES
Now you know why I say, "The family takes a lot of work!"  A healthy family will go through several stages that require perseverance and a good work ethic.
Stage One -- The family begins at the, "I do"s and a couple is birthed. Now comes the dying to self.
Stage Two -- The couple's
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BORN INTO THE FAMILY
Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, in Leading on Empty, writes of his daughter, adopted when only three days old. The apple of his eye, Abby, compromised her faith and morality, making choices that expelled her from college, and for two years was searching for her identity, struggling why
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
                
                
                
                    FAMILY FUSS
If you think your family has problems, consider the marriage mayhem created when 76-year-old Bill Baker of London recently wed Edna Harvey. She happened to be his granddaughter’s husband’s mother. 
	
That’s where the confusion began, according to Baker’s granddaughter, Lynn. "My
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
                
                
                
                    Quote: Robert Orben:
Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we
                    
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