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  • Eyes Wide Open

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jul 6, 2021
     | 2,003 views

    It’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. My wife will ask me to get something out of the pantry or refrigerator and, after a quick check, I’ll report that the item she wants is not there. Then she looks and there it is, right where she said it would be. Right there staring me in the ...read more

  • Last Week I Read In The Advice Column In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Thompson on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 24,825 views

    Last week I read in the advice column in the paper about a couple who was celebrating 50 years of marriage. The husband wrote that someone commented, ¡§Ken, 50 years is a long time.¡¨ He immediately responded: ¡§Not nearly as long as it would have been without her.¡¨ I couldn¡¦t get the man¡¦s ...read more

  • Here Is A Story From Amy In Miami Beach About ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 1,382 views

    Here is a story from Amy in Miami Beach about anxiety and worry Dancing Potato Chips Not long ago I had “one of those days. I had company arriving in a couple of days and the toilet was clogged. I went to the bank, and the “its my first day” teller processing my deposit had to start over three ...read more

  • A Beginners Guide To Giving Thanks

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 21, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 843 views

    You would think giving thanks would come easily and naturally but, for me and I suppose others, it often times doesn’t. So, with the season of Thanksgiving upon us I thought I’d write this little guide for my benefit and hopefully for yours. Give thanks for the good things This is the easy one. ...read more

  • Ben Hooper

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024
     | 475 views

    In Rising Above the Crowd, Brian Habour tells the story of Ben Hooper. When Ben was born in the foothills of East Tennessee, little boys and girls like Ben who were born to unwed mothers were ostracized and treated terribly. By the time he was three years old, the other children would scarcely play ...read more

  • Michael Is The Kind Of Guy You Love To Hate. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 1,858 views

    Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee ...read more

  • Father's Day: A Tribute Today Is Father's Day. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,384 views

    FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards. Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone. He’s buried under an oak tree in a ...read more

  • John Pierpont Died A Failure. In 1866, Ar The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,658 views

    John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, ar the age of 81, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C., with a long string of personal defeats. Things began well enough. He graduated from Yale, which his grandfather had helped found and chose education as his ...read more

  • Father's Day: A Tribute By Max Lucado.

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,900 views

    FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE by Max Lucado. Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards. Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone. He’s ...read more

  • Michael Is The Kind Of Guy You Love To Hate. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,801 views

    Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was ...read more

  • A Baby's Hug  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,262 views

    A Baby’s Hug We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a highchair and noticed everyone was quietly sitting and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed glee and said, "Hi." He pounded his fat baby hands on the high chair tray. His eyes were crinkled in laughter and his mouth ...read more

  • A Couple Of Weeks Ago Christina And I Were ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,014 views

    A couple of weeks ago Christina and I were invited by some friends of ours, who are contemporary Christian musicians, to go to a sort of undercover church to hear them play some of their new songs. They were playing a place called the “Coffee Spot” in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It’s a little ...read more

  • The Durer Brothers: No One Makes It Alone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,163 views

    THE DURER BROTHERS: NO ONE MAKES IT ALONE Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this big family, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost ...read more

  • A Special Occasion  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,458 views

    A SPECIAL OCCASION If you are waiting for a special house guest or a special occasion to use something you cherish in your house, consider the following following article by Ann Wells that appeared several years ago in the Los Angeles Times: My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my ...read more

  • Broken Hearts Not Broken Glass!" Proverbs 19:1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,650 views

    “Broken Hearts Not Broken Glass!” Proverbs 19:1 Key verse(s) 1:“Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.” It’s time to rise up and take a christian stand! Christians are being persecuted worldwide. There is no doubt of this even in the minds of the ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything" By Francie Baltazar ...

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Mar 31, 2009
     | 2,786 views

    "Attitude Is Everything" by Francie Baltazar Schwartz Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager ...read more

  • The Christmas Scout

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,102 views

    THE CHRISTMAS SCOUT In spite of the fun and laughter, 13 yr. old Frank Wilson was not happy. It was true, he had received all the presents he wanted, and he enjoyed the traditional Christmas Eve reunions with relatives for the purpose of exchanging gifts and good wishes but Frank was not happy. ...read more

  • Genghis Khan's Hawk  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,834 views

    GENGHIS KHAN'S HAWK One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the woods to have a day’s sport. Many of his friends were with him. They rode out gaily, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the servants with the hounds. It was a merry hunting party. The woods ...read more

  • The Father Loves You

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 15, 2008
     | 3,599 views

    THE FATHER LOVES YOU The memory of one particular evening when my wife and I lived in Florida remains fresh in my mind. We were invited by some friends to listen to their children's contemporary Christian band play some of their new songs at the "Coffee Spot" in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It's ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything".........by Francie ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,094 views

    "Attitude Is Everything".........By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz (from upbeatnews.net) Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be ...read more

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