A little girl asked her mother one Sunday morning as she was preparing lunch, “Mommy, why do you cut off the ends of the ham before you cook it?” The girl’s mother turned and looked at her and said, “Oh, sweetie, I’m not really sure why, but I suppose you cut the ends off of the meat so that the
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Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012
Kids have a lot of questions. The “why” questions I've found is most popular. Back in Boise I work for the YMCA as an after school child care worker. Needless to say, when it's you and 2 other adults with 35+ kids a lot of “why” questions come up. “Why can't we do that?...well why? Why!?” This last
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 4, 2008
BILL AND MARY
Bill was a retired pastor who helped out now and then in our church in San Antonio. He was a huge man, the image of what you think of as a lean tall Texan, and he was man with a huge heart. Everyone talked about Bill and what a wonderful pastor he was. Bill died a couple of months
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
Earlier this week, I was talking to our music director, Jim Turk, about this sermon. I told him that I was going to challenge you to live out your faith. I told him a story about myself that makes me very self-conscious. It is a story I had never told anyone else. I explained to Jim that it was
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 29, 2008
This year (2008), over 600 students at Florida State are going to be the first people in their families to go to college. Compared to their peers, these students have a somewhat more daunting task ahead of them. They will be more likely to drop out. They will be more likely to work outside of
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Lutheran
Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Apr 17, 2001
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THE HEART OF A CHILD
Whatever you write on the heart of a child,
no water can wash away.
The sands may be shifted when billows are wild
and the efforts of time may decay.
Some stories may perish, some songs be forgot,
but this engraved record, time changes it not.
Whatever you write in the heart of
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Church Of God
Quest Study Bible states, "Judges is filled with sensational stories, as exciting as any of today’s headlines. For sheer melodrama-gruesome murders, sexual exploits, superhuman feats of strength, a bizarre mutilation-no tabloid can offer you more. But beneath the sensational stories are eternal
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002
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Dogs’ Letters to God
Dear God,
Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not one named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride! I know every breed cannot have its own model, but it would
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 23, 2003
The Academy Award winning film, A Beautiful Mind tells the life story of John Forbes Nash. Nash was a brilliant mathematician attending Prinston University; on his way toward receiving world acclaim, he became involved in a mysterious conspiracy against the US. Nash worked to break Russian codes
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Aug 3, 2009
NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO TREAT HIM
A true story, a friend of mine 'John' was new at a company. He was told be careful with the new photocopier it gets hot and can melt overheads when you put them through the photocopier. So treat it carefully.
On his third week there he stayed back late and
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Baptist
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Oct 8, 2007
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-Has anyone ever seen the movie Lorenzo’s Oil?
-It came out in 1992, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
-If you can still find it, watch it – great movie
-It is a true story about Augusto and Michaela Odone whose 7 year old son, Lorenzo, is perfectly normal until he begins to suffer blackouts
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Lutheran
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 30, 2023
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‘Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.
The children were dressing to crawl into bed,
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
And Mom in
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