Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 31, 2009
STARTING IS THE EASY PART-------------------
Katie and I got married a little over 21 years ago.
We wanted a simple wedding ceremony, a simple reception - a few friends, some family, a little cake, some punch and that was it. But then, the relatives got involved. Sound familiar?
What started out
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
My eldest daughter, Julia is a customer service agent for a cell phone company. While Julia receives calls from customers who are complaining and unhappy about a lot of things, Janine, who works at a dairy bar, gets all the happy people! I don’t need to tell you how unreasonable and sometimes
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 27, 2009
One Thanksgiving season a family was seated around their table, looking at the annual holiday bird. From the oldest to the youngest, they were to express their praise. When they came to the five-year-old in the family, he began by looking at the turkey and expressing his thanks to the turkey,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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a good preacher friend of mine told me personally this story.
One day while visiting the nursing home, he came across a lady who was very discouraged. In fact, she wanted to die. He made it a point to visit her every time he went, and one day she finally opened up to him and told this very sad
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
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Henri Nouwen, who was a Roman Catholic priest and a man of deep devotion to Christ said this:
I often think: "A life is like a day; it goes by so fast. If I am so careless with my days, how can I be careful with my life?"
I know that somehow I have not
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
OUR WORDS
Did you know that the average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking? That’s what the statistics say. If all of our words were put into print, the result would be this:
A single day’s words would fill a 50-page book, while
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Brethren
Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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Some time ago as a mother was tucking her little girl into bed when the young daughter asked, “Mother, can you tell me the greatest day of your life?”
The mother thought for just a second and then said, “Honey, I can tell you the greatest day in my life. As you know, my father was a man who
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Assembly Of God
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