Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
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"Six hundred students at a university were asked to write on a piece of paper the most beautiful word in the English language.
422 wrote the
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
A little girl was drawing a picture of God. Her mother told her that nobody knew what God looks like. The girl replied that they
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 25, 2009
A study by the American Council of Life Insurance reported that the most lonely group in America are college students. Next on the list are divorced people, welfare recipients,
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Chad Prather on Sep 28, 2002
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Pride is dangerously deceptive. A while back I had been doing some work
on the computer when it crashed and I lost all my work. I came upstairs and
Vanessa was amazed at how good my attitude was. She said, “Are you
okay after losing your work?” I said, “Well, the computer certainly
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 19, 2004
I was invited to be a valet for Mid Americas corvette rally. It was so amazing. I got to drive a 63 coverable, a crème white 69; I drove more 2000 models than I can count. Each one got my adrenaline pumping, and I was amazed by the power each car had. I was parking them in the grass below these
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Contributed by David Ward on Mar 8, 2005
In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 1, 2007
In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was
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Church Of God
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
Ever seen a picture of a platypus?
Strand creature these things are
They live on the east coast of Australia
The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud
First off it is a mammal ¡V that lays eggs
It
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 23, 2013
THE RECYCLED ORCHESTRA
In December of last year (2012) NPR told the story of a poor community in Paraguay has formed an amazing orchestra that plays instruments created from recycled trash. The young musicians in a slum that's built on a landfill. More than 1500 tons of trash gets dumped into the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Edward Frey on Jul 18, 2001
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This single fruit of the Spirit is quite dynamic. It has many dimensions to it: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. It’s as if this single fruit has multiple flavors. I’m reminded of the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
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One day Henry Ford was driving in the Michigan countryside when he came upon a man whose Model T had broken down. The guy was bent under the hood trying to figure what was wrong. Mr. Ford stopped and asked if he could take a look. In a few minutes, he had the car running. The grateful owner
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Congregational
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 4, 2003
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Life Magazine did a photo essay a few years ago – they took people from all walks of life, from street people to fortune 500 executives and photographed them each undressed except for a bath towel – the amazing thing was you really could not tell who was who: they basically looked the same!
This
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I don’t know what the experiences of other parents are, but I do know that nothing truly prepared me in advance for the amazing changes that parenthood brings. I knew it would be different, but I failed to realise how profoundly and completely different things would be from then on. For me, it
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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SINNERS POUR OUT LOVE FOR THEIR SAVIOR
Leonard Ravenhill tells of going to a worship service at David Wilkerson’s skid-row mission in New York City. There he stood with former prostitutes and drunks and drug addicts and he said a short little man stood up and said, "Let's sing our national
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Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
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A friend found Socrates eyeing merchandise in the marketplace. The friend asked why he was looking, since he never bought anything. Socrates said: "Because I am always amazed to see how many things there are that I don't need."
At Christmas, Christians need to develop a new discipline. As our
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 29, 2009
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Phillip Keller writes of his experience of shepherding:
"This reminds me of my encounter with cougars. On several occasions these cunning creatures came in among sheep, creating great havoc in the flock. Some were killed, their blood drained and livers eaten. Others were torn open and badly
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Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE
A story is told of two birds that soared far above a beautiful national park. They flew the same path, at the same altitude, at the same speed. The eagle returned to tell all about the beautiful waterfalls and streams full of trout, breath-taking landscapes of colorful
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