Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
October 17, 1977, People Magazine
"I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so ..... lonely it's unbelievable," "Life has been so good to me. I got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health—and I'm lonely and bored. ... I often
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 7, 2010
A recent Reuter’s article broke this week: SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – An Australian restauranteur fed up with the waste left by diners has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates for their sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return.
Chef Yukako Ichikawa has introduced a 30
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Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 21, 2011
Allan Bloom in The Closing of the American Mind:
"Openness and the relativism that makes it the only plausible stance in the face of various claims to truth and various ways of life and kinds of human beings is the great insight of our times. The true believer is the real danger. The study of
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 18, 2011
WE WORSHIP WHAT WE ARE BECOMING
"THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something--have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart, but it will out. That which dominates will
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 24, 2011
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PASSING THE TEST
A man recounts a time when he had to enter the military while the draft was still in place:
I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?"
"What
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Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
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INTO JESUS HANDS
Billy Graham tells the story of the death of his grandmother in his book, Death and the Life After (pg. 169). He writes, “When my grandmother was dying she sat up in bed, smiled, and said, “I see Jesus, and he has his hand outstretched to me. And there’s Ben and he has both of his
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Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 6, 2013
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CORPORATE DISCIPLESHIP
Did you know that there is not a single case of "one-on-one discipleship" in the New Testament? The choice to become and remain a disciple rests with individuals, but discipleship is always nurtured corporately. Discipleship is not a course you go through; it’s a life you
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Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
WORDS CAN KILL
Matt Roush in USA Today writes, "The tongue has the power of life and death..."
That may sound a bit extreme. I mean how can words kill anyone? But consider Karen Carpenter, the popular singer from the 1970’s who died in 1983 of heart failure as a result of complications with
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Notice how all three members of the Trinity are involved in Missions:
The Father is the first missionary, who goes out of himself in creating the world and sending the Son for our salvation. The Son is the second missionary, who redeems humanity and all creation through his life, death,
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006
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Remarks by President Bush
At Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day Commemoration
Arlington National Cemetery
May 31, 2004
This morning I had the honor of placing a wreath before the Tomb of the Unknowns. This custom is observed every Memorial Day on behalf of the American people as a mark of
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