Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
One of my good friends from Ozark is a guy named Eric. I remember one day Eric told me this story. Eric was entering theater class and it was the last class of the day. He walked in, the regular teacher was not there so there was a substitute teacher. He was the first person in class and the
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Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
A few years ago I had a good friend. I considered him to be one of my best friends. We spent a lot of time together. We shared some good times. I thought that he would be one of the friends I would have for the rest of my life. Then we hit a small bump in the road and lost touch. Our
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 25, 2010
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My Dad wasn’t a very good father to me or my sisters. He drank too much and got angry at our Mum far too often. At 5 years old while my Dad had a roaring argument with my Mum, I decided to swing my fists at him and tell him I hated him and tried to push him away from my Mum.
As a kid, I remember
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
A Few Good Men –Col Jessup, Guantanamo Bay Cuba - “I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4,000 Cubans who are trained to kill me so don’t think for one second that you
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 8, 2007
When we give good gifts, we think of Christmas. There is a lady that my Dad knows who literally spends well over $500 on her child (that is one child) for Christmas. She doesn’t make a lot of money. She is an hourly employee in a service industry job. Translation: She makes at best a little of
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Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jan 25, 2008
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It had been a good day in Mosul, Iraq. Five So. Baptist workers were making progress toward a water purification project. They had met with officials and laughed with new Iraqi friends. They were headed home for a night’s rest before starting again the next morning. But they never made it
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 4, 2008
Jim Collins’ book, Good To Great, sold more than a million copies. The first sentence captures his main point: “Good is the enemy of great.” Collins believes that most organizations fail to become great because they are good, and we settle for good. Good is good enough for most people.
As a
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 19, 2008
A friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg, even though you’re a little cracked. Erma Bombeck
William Ward says, ‘A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties
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Contributed by David Daniels on Jan 23, 2001
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In 1988, the Houston School district nominated bus driver Lillie Baltrip for a safe-driving award. As she was driving a busload of her colleagues to the awards ceremony, she turned a corner too sharply and flipped the bus over sending herself and 16 others to the hospital. Now, do you think she
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
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The Story of Lawyer and a Doctor
Recently, in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer’s Journal there were various list of questions that lawyers have been known to ask in court. Here is such series of questions:
Question: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 11, 2003
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The mantle of righteousness that comes with forgiveness is made of vertical and horizontal threads. The vertical threads are the relationship between us and the Lord, representing our restored relationship. Horizontal threads are the relationships we have with others, established by our forgiving
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