Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Jul 23, 2007
Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, and he falls fast. The fledgling has never
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"Never Give In"
"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
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Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 8, 2007
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• A six-year-old boy came home with a note from his teacher in which it was suggested that he be taken out of school, as he was “too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
• Alfred Tennyson’s grandfather gave him 10 shillings for writing a eulogy for his grandmother. Handing it to the
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Christian Church
MANY YEARS AGO I READ SOME WORDS PENNED BY F. BUECHNER. I wrote these words in the front of my Bible. I have studied these words many times. I make an offering of these words to you.
THE SKELETON IS YOU!
F. BUECHNER:
OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS ANGER IS POSSIBILLY THE MOST FUN.
TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
It’s the Sun A study conducted by climate scientists at the Univ. of Rochester, the Univ. of Alabama, and the Univ. of Virginia finds that atmospheric warming patterns over the last 30 years are not caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Study results greatly contradict the findings of the U. N.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Whenever I hear the word “everlasting” I am reminded of Everlast boxing gloves. I recall living in Moberly, Missouri where the Everlast Boxing Equipment company is located. The building where the company first began production has been abandoned for a new facility; however this presented a bit of
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 11, 2008
Limerence [from Wikipedia]
Limerence can often be what is meant when one expresses "having a crush" on (or infatuation with) someone else although limerence, unlike a crush, can last months, years or even a lifetime. It is characterized by intrusive thinking and pronounced sensitivity to external
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Independent/Bible
ALWAYS LOOK SKYWARD
"A man in the prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by a gunshot.
He writes: "With his eyes gleaming...he slowly turned his head, giving one last...longing look towards the sky.
He’d often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings...the sky was the home of his
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Anglican
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Did you hear about the lady that was bitten by a skunk with rabies? The doctor came into her room and informed her: "Yes, the skunk had a bad case of rabies, and rabies is a highly contagious disease. You are now infected with rabies."
The doctor told her that rabies was deadly, and there was no
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Assembly Of God
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Soon after our last child left home for college, my husband was resting next to me on the couch with his head in my lap. I carefully removed his glasses. "You know, honey," I said sweetly, "without your glasses, you look like the same handsome young man I married."
Her husband
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A Backyard Neighbor Funeral
Mr. Green peered over his fence and noticed that the neighbor’s little boy was in his backyard filling in a hole. Curious about what the youngster was up to, Mr. Green asked, “What in the world are you doing, Jimmy?”
Tearfully, little Jimmy replied, “My special little
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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Life Is Like A Jar Of Rocks
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 26, 2010
GOOD FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
“You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout I'm telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list and checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping - He knows when
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Oct 27, 2000
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Two men had gone moose hunting up in Canada for a week. Their week of hunting was over, and a pilot had flown in to pick them up, as arranged ahead of time. The pilot taxied the plane down the grass landing strip to where the hunters stood with all of their equipment and the two moose they had
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