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  • Two Days

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,634 views

    TWO DAYS There are two days we should not worry about. One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we ...read more

  • Poem  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,486 views

    POEM Jesus! whose blood so freely stream’d To satisfy the law’s demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem’d, Before the Father’s face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form’d the plan, Or who fulfill it but a God? No drop remains of all ...read more

  • In 1863 President Lincoln Designated April 30th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,067 views

    In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. Let me read a portion of his proclamation on that occasion: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, who owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and ...read more

  • There's A Bit Of Verse In The Form Of A Prayer ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
     | 1,242 views

    There’s a bit of verse in the form of a prayer that I think is appropriate: Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind, Steady my hurried pace with the eternal reach of time, Give me amid the confusion of the day the calmness of the everlasting hills, Break the ...read more

  • A Couple Got Married And The Bride Brought The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,137 views

    A couple got married and the bride brought the bulk of the financial support into the marriage. And she knew it too. She always had a way of reminding her husband that she was the source of their financial security. One day as they were driving along she was in an especially proud mood and she ...read more

  • Sure Is Hot Down Here  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,749 views

    We have many jokes about the subject of hell. Consider the supposed story of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his ...read more

  • The Lord's Army

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,370 views

    The Hinsons sang: I’m enlisted as a soldier in this mighty army band, marching out to battle with my weapon in my hand, heard the captain give the orders and they don’t include retreat, We’re crossing o’er the border to a land of no defeat. Now tell me who’s gonna fight and who is gonna win, who’s ...read more

  • If There Is One Emotion That I Have Been Familiar ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 3, 2008
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    If there is one emotion that I have been familiar with, it is anger. I lived with anger for most of my childhood and teenage years. It became quite comfortable and familiar so much as that most other responses such as disappointment and fear became masked by my anger. Now what I am telling you ...read more

  • I Have This Attic Over My House. There Are All ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 26, 2009
     | 1,872 views

    I have this attic over my house. There are all sorts of things up there; most of them non-life forms. Among the assorted things I do not understand is a myriad of electrical and mechanical devices. The most evil of those is a disconnect for the two zone heat and air units. It’s a safety device. ...read more

  • She] Was Born In 1752 To A Quaker Family In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 1,127 views

    [She] was born in 1752 to a Quaker family in Rhode Island. She used to tell people she had died when she was twenty years old but God had resurrected her. She ended up more than two hundred fiercely loyal disciples who believed that she was their ticket to God. …she was on the banks of a river ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Was Sad To Open The Newspaper ...  PRO

    Contributed by Edward Frey on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 3,062 views

    A few weeks ago I was sad to open the newspaper and read that McKenzie’s Bakery was finally going out of business for good. I was sad to think that we wouldn’t be able to find any more nice King Cakes for Mardi gras. In fact, we had been saving coupons in the hopes of using them in the future. ...read more

  • Runner’s World (8/91) Told The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,870 views

    Runner’s World (8/91) told the story of Beth Anne DeGiantis’s attempt to qualify for the 1992 Olympic Trials marathon. A female runner must complete the 26 mile, 385 yard race in less than two hours, forty-five minutes in order to compete in the Olympic Trials. Beth started strong but began ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Girl Who Went Off To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,172 views

    I heard a story about a girl who went off to college. She didn’t write very often, but on this one occasion she wrote her parents. When they got the letter they were elated. But when they opened it, it read, "Dear mom & dad, I would have written sooner but all my stationery burned up when ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was A Freshmen In College, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,258 views

    I remember when I was a freshmen in college, having just got my draft notice to go in to the Vietnam War I was greatly distressed. A James Taylor Song had a powerful influence on my decision making when I reflected on its meaning, “When you’re down and troubled and you need some love and care. And ...read more

  • It Shocks Us When We Realize That Great Men And ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 22, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 2,810 views

    It shocks us when we realize that great men and women go through periods of deep, dark depression. For instance, Winston Churchill said, "Depression followed me around like a black dog all of my life." A young lawyer in the 1800’s suffered such a deep depression that his friends did everything they ...read more

  • A Legal Pad Of Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,063 views

    A LEGAL PAD OF THANKS Poet and writer Maya Angelou told in an interview about an experience she’d had in the early 1950s. She had returned to the United States from Europe, leaving behind a child. She said: "One day I was very frightened for my sanity.... So I went to my voice teacher and told him ...read more

  • Erma Bombeck – Wrote Something Called Rules…  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,250 views

    Erma Bombeck – wrote something called rules… 1) Never have more children than you have car windows. 2) Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. 3) Pick your friends carefully. A "friend" never goes on a diet when you are fat or tells you how lucky you are to have a husband who ...read more

  • Few Know That Bill Gates Was Once A Student At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,126 views

    Few know that Bill Gates was once a student at Harvard. He dropped out to give all of his attention to his new love: computers. His mother was a Regent at the University of Washington and was upselt that her son had dropped out of school. She asked a family friend, respected by Bill in his own ...read more

  • Wind Is The Movement Of Air Relative To The ...

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,309 views

    Wind is the Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind occurs because of horizontal and vertical differences in atmospheric pressure. ...read more

  • I Can Remember Another Time When Dad And I Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,434 views

    I can remember another time when Dad and I went to lunch at Wimpy’s. Wimpy’s was one of those hole in the wall kind of establishments that served the basic hot dogs and hamburgers. It was found on the south side of Lansing in a predominately African-American neighborhood. When we entered this one ...read more