Contributed by Dorothy Napier on Sep 21, 2009
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THE CENSUS TAKER FROM ROME
I am reminded of a story told of a cesus taker from Rome, who went to Galilee around 28 A.D. As he entered the region he came upon a man sitting on a donkey. he man had long hair and a flowing beard. He wore an old cloak, sandals, and beads.
Pardon me the census taker
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 2, 2010
DREAM BIG
"I believe God wants us to dream, and to dream big, because He’s a big God who wants to do big things, and He wants to do them
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 29, 2010
THE BRUISED REED
As I talked with Nancy that day she said,"I pray to God every night and ask Him why He has been so unfair to me. Why did He leave me alive?" She is an elderly woman suffering the results of a stroke. She said "My Mother died of a stroke. Why didn't He take me too, instead of
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
MIDDLE C
When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house. Downstairs on the first floor was an elderly, retired music teacher who was infirm and unable to leave the apartment. Douglas said that every morning they had a ritual they
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Brethren
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 12, 2011
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GOD WILL LIFT UP YOUR HEAD
During the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night as they stayed in a small village inn, homeless and afraid, his wife broke down and cried openly in despair. To comfort her,
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Nazarene
THE LIBERTY BELL
One of the most, iconic symbols of our national heritage --the Liberty Bell --hangs magnificently in the city of brotherly love. In 1751, the Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell to commemorate the commonwealth's fiftieth anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of
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Lutheran
Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 1, 2011
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WANTING TO GIVE UP
"In 1965 a divorced mother of two found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris's steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the name 'Chris Steak House'
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Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 18, 2011
VALUE FROM BROKENNESS
"Going once, going twice, sold for $7,000.00!" The auctioneer said right before his gavel hit the table. Rita Coors was elated. She'd just purchased a porcelain mask, hand painted by John Denver.
She couldn't wait to hold it in her hands. As the auctioneer at the 1997
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 22, 2011
WHEN EVERYTHING CRUMBLES
September 11th is one of those moments frozen in time. It is one of those moments that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. When the first plane struck the tower at 8:45am, it was a moment that would reshape the fabric of
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Church Of God
Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 1, 2013
RENEWAL AND NEW LIFE
Henry David Thoreau, in his classic book, Walden, told of a powerful custom of the Mucclasse Indians. Once each year, they had a village clean up called a "busk." First they would make new clothes for themselves as well as furniture and cooking utensils. They would keep all
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