Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
When my daughter, Shannon, was five years old, she came into the kitchen just a few minutes before supper asking, "May I have a Twinkie" please?" I replied, "No! Supper will be served in just a few minutes."
Shannon began to moan and dance around, now demanding a Twinkie since she was STARVING!
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
Always when needs were pressing, Mr. Mueller would call the staff together for prayer. And often, when getting off their knees, they would see dray wagons [drawn carts] backing up to the kitchen door, loaded with buns, bread, apples, cakes, potatoes, boxes of soap, sacks of peas, haunches [sides]
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Baptist
Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
>>>When I think of sincerity or honesty I think of the woman doing a family history and had to do something about the reputation of two members who were hung and electrocuted...
For the uncle electrocuted for murder, she wrote, "occupied the chair of applied electricity at a large state
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 27, 2008
When you’ve been in a deep sleep and someone suddenly flips the light on and wakes you up, doesn’t the light hurt your eyes? Don’t you squint and turn your head, trying to relieve the discomfort of the brightness of the light? You might even get agitated or even a little angry. And aren’t you a bit
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 1, 2008
When I was growing up, one of the most famous celebrities alive was Elvis Presley. I loved Elvis Presley. I loved his singing, and a lot of his songs. I watched his movies. I read articles and books about him. I loved Elvis Presley.
But when I think about it—I never saw Elvis Presley, I never
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Sep 4, 2008
When I was in New York, I taught confirmation. I’m delighted to announce that Scott Roby and the confirmation teachers are planning to use the materials (updated, of course) that I used. The strength of the curriculum is that each student has a mentor, an adult from the congregation.
The young
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Melissa Pratt on Sep 25, 2008
We went to Kroger as a family tonight. When we got to the juice aisle, our six-year-old, Joshua said, "Mom, can we get some grape juice?" I was surpised as I have never purchased grape juice for the kids to drink, only apple and orange. I said, "Josh, do you even like grape juice?" He replied,
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 29, 2008
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Emory University has shown that when we help others without thought of reward or return, our brains release dopamine and endorphins that literally, physically makes us feel good. These chemicals give us
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2008
When we studied this in our small group, we looked at the story of a man who was possessed by a bunch of demons. He was wild. He tortured. Casting Crowns has written a song telling this story. And I found a video that has dramatized the story and song. Let’s take a
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Church Of God
Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 26, 2008
When our ship was in dry dock, I was assigned a watch in the barracks one night. I don’t remember what the problem was, I usually did not have this problem, but that night I was very sleepy. Since it was my own barracks I was roaming, I slipped into my room and lay down ... just for a moment. About
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Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
When Paul speaks of being dead to sin, he’s using a figure of speech. He is not referring to literal physical death. What does he mean? He means that sin is off limits. How many of you who are married can remember your wedding vows? When you got married did you pledge to “forsake all others”?
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Moore on Dec 9, 2008
A man was walking through an art gallery when he came upon a picture of the Lord Jesus dying upon the cross. He stopped and looked at the beautiful portrait of Calvary’s love. As he stared into the face of Christ, so full of agony the gallery guard tapped him on the shoulder. “Lower,” the guard
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 15, 2009
The first time I had to speak in public was when I was in fourth grade. The elementary school I attended was part of the college down the street from my house. I think I was a shepherd in the college's presentation of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."
I was pretty nervous--scared, really--about
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2009
When I went to Vietnam I was still married to Jayne—I had the relationship—but I longed to have fellowship with her. When I came home and could hold her in my arms, I rejoiced not simply in the
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When Christ came, the Holy Father teaches, he came to gather together the scattered people of God and clearly manifested his intention to gather together the community of the covenant. He wanted to bring to fulfillment the promises made by God to Abraham and his descendants. When he called the
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