Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 29, 2007
In the movie, “Hook,” Robin Williams plays Peter Pan, who had left Neverland and had grown up to be a corporate attorney.
He is completely focused on his job, and ends up neglecting his son over and over.
There is a line that he quotes from time to time in the beginning of the movie that sets the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should.
I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave
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Baptist
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
GUI--DANCE
Robert Smith wrote in "Doctrine That Dances":
"When I meditated on the word 'Guidance,' I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
Chinese proverb that says “The fastest horse cannot catch a word spoken in anger.”
One of the things that keeps us from hearing is that we need to be slow to speak. You
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 5, 2008
" Teamwork is the FUEL that allows Common People To Produce Uncommon Results!"
"True teamwork is a two way street: Reaching out to help colleagues And also being open and receptive to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Rex Johnson relates the following story in his book, With a Palm and a Willow: One icy day in December, the Nazi’s sent hundreds of Jews to shower. Before they could dry the water off or clothe themselves, the German officers called them all outside for roll call. Hundreds of Jews stood naked
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Luthy on Mar 15, 2002
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John Piper, in A Hunger for God, comments, "if the reward you aim at in fasting is the admiration of others, that is what you will get, and that will be all you get. In other words, the danger of hypocrisy is that it is so
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational