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Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage. The next he was sucked in, washed up, and blown over.
The problems began when Chippie's owner decided to clean Chippie's cage with a vacuum cleaner. She removed the attachment from the end of the
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Contributed by Richard Crow on May 24, 2001
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The Department of Social Services in Greenville County, South Carolina sent the following letter to a deceased individual. "Your food stamps will be stopped effective March, 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 3, 2008
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It was also said of the French pietist Francois Fenelon that his communion with God was such that his face shined with divine radiance. A religious skeptic who was compelled to spend the night in an inn with Fenelon hurried away the next morning,
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 26, 2005
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A woman who worked for a vet was to have knee surgery. She was nervous about the procedure and asked her boss if he had any advice. He replied, rather half-mindedly, ‘Just turn your worries
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CONNECTED TO GOD'S LOVE
A water pipe was designed to carry water. I have learned that when you hook the pipe to the water, and turn on the water, the water flows through the pipe and out of the other end.
When
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
‘Raising children is quantifiably the most persistently unselfish act known to mankind, as millions of veterans of sleepless nights will attest. Parenthood is when "I" takes a backseat to "thou" -- when the infant-self submits to adulthood so that
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004
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“Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church…The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church’s inexhaustible treasury, from which she showers blessings with generous hands,
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I LOVE THIS BOOK
Dr. Vance Havner says the Bible begins in a garden (Gen.3) and ends in a garden (Rev. 21-22). He says there is no devil, no sin, and no sorrow in the first two chapters of the Bible or in the last two
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
The Christian Communications Laboratory relates the story of a small Midwestern weekly paper which ran a story saying,
"We are pleased to announce that the tornado which blew away the Methodist church last Friday did no real damage to the town." Kind
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 15, 2010
A few years ago, a letter appeared in the national news that was sent to a deceased person by the Indiana Department of Social Services. It said, “Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
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Then there is the story that Erma Bombeck tells about a little boy at church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet & well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the pew, turn around, look at the people behind him & smile at them.
His
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c. A story is told of two men who got into conversation on a boat when returning from India. One was an English sportsman and the other was a missionary. The sportsman said, "I’ve been in India for 25 years, and I never saw one of the natives converted." "That’s odd," answered the missionary,
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Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
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JOY IN CHURCH
Then there’s the story about a little boy in church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet and well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the chair, turn around, look at the people behind him and smile at them. His smile was
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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CREATED TO BE USED
In his book The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted Engstrom wrote these words: "I was cleaning out a desk drawer when I found a flashlight I hadn't used in over a year. I flipped the switch, but wasn't surprised when it gave no light. I unscrewed it and shoot it to get the batteries
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Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 8, 2011
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Do you know anyone famous? Maybe relatives or ancestors who did something incredible?
Once I worked part time at a luxury condo in Minneapolis as a security guard letting residents in and out of the complex. One late night a man entered whom I didn't recognize. As he began walking
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 2, 2012
THE TWO ADVERSARIES
Robert Biggs, 69, who often hikes in the Whisky Flats area, came across a mother bear and her cubs, which were about 40 feet from where he was standing. After watching the bear family for a few minutes he decided to leave them alone and turned to walk back up the trail.
As he
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