Maddy and I moved to Frisby from New Romney at the end of 2007
As we were taking the bedroom apart, I was surprised to find a small basket underneath our bed with three eggs and £1000.
I was a bit puzzled and so I called Maddy and asked her what this was all about.
She said: “Well I have to be
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Anglican
As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Carl Benge on Apr 21, 2009
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"Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." It isn't the cleverness of our methods, the techniques of our ministry, or the wit of our sermons that puts power in our testimony. It is obedience to a
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Methodist
John Piper, from our sister church, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis:
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. WORSHIP IS! Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When the age is over, and countless millions of
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 20, 2009
On November 30, 1991 fierce winds from a freakish dust storm triggered a massive freeway pileup along Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. At least 14 people died and dozens more were injured as topsoil whipped by 50 mile-per-hour winds reduced visibility to zero. The afternoon holocaust left a
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Baptist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 4, 2009
SOMEBODY ONCE WROTE A BOOK ‘MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS WHICH REALLY SPEAKS ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT MEN AND WOMEN REALLY ARE. I THINK IT STANDS OUT THE MOST ON THE WEDDING DAY ITSELF.
THE BIG DAY ARRIVES AND THE HUSBAND TO BE WAKES UP, RELAXES MIGHT HAVE A FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST THEN
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Baptist
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
A story from the book upon which the old movie “The Bridge on the River Quai” was based, is telling. The Irish Republican Army had a ‘buddy’ system called ‘The Mucker System.’ In this system soldiers agreed to ‘muck’ someone else. That meant the other person was more important than ones self –
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
In 1986 we moved from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids. Sometime later we wanted those slides and began to look for them. They were nowhere to be found. We looked in every box and closet in our house; we went back to Kalamazoo and looked in every closet in the parsonage and the church; we ran
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Article from paper on the pastor and his wife who collect nativity scenes from all over the world.
1. The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
GOD IN MOTION (FROM A 4TH GRADE TEXTBOOK)
For centuries, scientists have debated whether the physical objects that make up the universe are naturally at rest or naturally in motion. If physical objects are naturally at rest, then any object in motion is made so by something else. This view
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Why women choose abortions from National Right to Life:
Ē Social Reasons (given as primary reason)
Ē 25% - Feels unready for child/responsibility
Ē 23% - Feels she can't afford baby
Ē 19% - Has all the children she wants
Ē 8% - Relationship problems/Single
Ē 7% - Feels she isn't mature
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 6, 2010
Ferry crossing from Sydney NS to Port aux Basques, NL. Five hours often on rough seas. My experience one night of being on deck; longed for calm sea, better yet calm spirit so I could sleep. Through a hole in the clouds
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Salvation Army