Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 23, 2004
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I recently read an article by Jill Carattini where she told this story: “A nurse named Melanie was on her way to work when something in the trash bin caught her eye. She was immediately taken with the possibilities in the discarded treasure. It was a cello, slightly cracked in several places, but
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Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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Let me tell you a story about a Christian just like you and I. Let’s call him George for no good reason. George woke up Monday morning after a remarkable Weekend. Family time was well spent and The church services were excellent. He’d had testimonies of answered prayer in his own life and the
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Contributed by Frank Zerbel on Feb 4, 2005
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I remember setting in the church office working on a sermon when I heard something in the sanctuary. As I got out there I saw a ragged young man stepping out the door. I caught up with him and asked if I could help him. He was crying and proceeded to tell me who he was and that he felt something
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 25, 2005
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Did you know that...
The color in a butterfly’s wings does not come from pigment. The color is produced prism-like by light reflected by their transparent wing scales.
Stranger yet, no moth or butterfly eats solid food (though some butterflies drink nectar); some can not even take in
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Contributed by Davon Huss on May 30, 2005
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Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.
He flew into the water, not realizing that as he
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 6, 2005
James Abram Garfield was born November 19, 1831, in a log cabin in the back woods of Ohio. His father died at the age of 2. Young James somehow earned enough money to go to college. He graduated from college in 1856, and he became a professor and president of Hiram College in Ohio, the college of
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Story: One man I admire greatly is Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941).
Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith.
On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
One day a man in Kolbe’s block escaped. All of the men
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 29, 2005
Let me tell you a story about a small island in the South Seas inhabited by a group of people who had very little contact with the outside world. Theirs was a beautiful island – lush vegetation, wonderfully sweet-tasting fruit, and many domesticated animals good for eating. It was a tropical
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Contributed by Rob Willis on Feb 27, 2006
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Sometimes the truth might get you in trouble – reminds me of a story - one night a Massachusetts state police officer pulled over a speeding car. The officer said to the driver, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour.” The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2006
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There was a ten-year-old boy who decided to study judo, despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had
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Contributed by David Ward on Sep 25, 2006
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In the spring of 2002, Denise Banderman left work early so she could have some uninterrupted study time before her final exam in the Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. When she got to class, everybody was doing their last-minute studying. The teacher came in and said he
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
swimming lessons.
When I was about six years old I took swimming lessons one summer.
Remember, what it was like?
I was scared – but it wasn’t so bad.
Start by blowing bubbles, splashing in the pool, Dog paddle,
Pushing off from the side of the pool.
Instructor is always there
Lightly guiding you
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 13, 2006
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John Newton was a man who knew both the bondage of sin and the liberating power of the Holy Spirit. He was nurtured by a devout Christian mother who prayed that her only son would become a preacher. But she died when John was very young, and he became a sailor, after the example of his
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Contributed by James Stewart on Nov 17, 2006
Up in the northern parts near the source of the Mississippi, it was a bitterly cold winter, and the Mississippi River had frozen over. There was a man who, rather than going to the bridge, decided he would walk across the frozen ice. He didn’t see anyone else out there. It looked so crusty and so
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
In 1955, the New York Yankees chose 22 year-old John Malangone as the probable REPLACEMENT for VETERAN catcher Yogi Berra. Though he could THROW a BALL from HOME PLATE and HIT the left field FENCE 368 feet away with a SOLID POP and had consistently BATTED over 300 through the MINOR
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Brian Black on Mar 20, 2007
Some are famous:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776) – "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Romeo – “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.”
Richard III – "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse."
Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.) – "You
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