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  • Ilustration: I Read The Story Of Nine Special ...

    Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
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    Ilustration: I read the story of nine special people participating in the Seattle Olympics. A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly ...read more

  • The Concept Of

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009
     | 1,809 views

    The concept of “The Six Degrees of Separation” is worth bringing up here. In this concept, people who study such things say that everyone in the world is at most six acquaintances apart from every other person in the world. It is referred to as “The Human Web” and works like this, I know someone, ...read more

  • Grafted To Jesus And One Another

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009
     | 2,536 views

    GRAFTED TO JESUS AND ONE ANOTHER Grafting is done for several purposes, but most commonly in the olive oil industry it is to get the hardy roots of one variety with the fecundity of another variety. The whole point of grafting is that each part of the grafted tree keeps its original character. The ...read more

  • The Human Community That We Build By Ourselves ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 12, 2009
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    The human community that we build by ourselves can never, purely by its own strength, be a fully fraternal community, nor can it overcome every ...read more

  • A Synergy Is Where Different Entities Cooperate ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2010
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    A synergy is where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of the effects of the individual parts. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result ...read more

  • In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,407 views

    In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn't. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a ...read more

  • Shooting At The Saints

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    SHOOTING AT THE SAINTS It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps was the commander of the British fleet. He was given orders to anchor outside Quebec. His orders were to wait for the British land forces to arrive, then support them when they ...read more

  • Response To Hurting People  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
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    RESPONSE TO HURTING PEOPLE In his book Soul Talk, Larry Crabb writes: "Which is worse? A church program to build community that doesn’t get off the ground or one person sitting every Sunday in the back of the church who remains unknown? A Sunday school class that once drew hundreds but has now ...read more

  • Musalaha In Jerusalem

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 30, 2011
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    MUSALAHA IN JERUSALEM Musalaha is a charity in the Holy Land working for reconciliation. It is an Arabic word that means "reconciliation" and I recently received this communication from the head of Musalaha - Salim Munayer, who writes: At the end of 2010, more than 150 people assembled, stood ...read more

  • When We Come Together

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011
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    WHEN WE COME TOGETHER Dr. J. Vernon McGee told a story about a little community where there were three churches on the same corner, a Presbyterian church, Methodist church and Baptist church. One Sunday night, all the windows were open and they could hear each other singing. They didn't get along ...read more

  • If We'd Only Joined Hands Sooner  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011
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     | 6,072 views

    IF WE'D ONLY JOINED HANDS SOONER A number of years ago in Canada, a little two-year-old girl wandered away from her neighborhood. It was a cold, winter day. Her parents alerted the neighbors and they saw some tracks in the snow, but there were a lot of other tracks, so for several hours the ...read more

  • Teamwork Is The Ability To Work Together Toward ...

    Contributed by Gary Kelly on Nov 16, 2011
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    “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that ...read more

  • Crossing The Line

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 15, 2012
     | 1,992 views

    CROSSING THE LINE A business training exercise shows how people from different cultures look at the same task in different ways. A leader draws an imaginary line on the floor, and puts one person on each side. The purpose is to get one person to convince the other, without force, to cross the ...read more

  • A Single Snow Flake That Looks Beautiful And ...

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
     | 2,054 views

    "A single snow flake that looks beautiful and innocent. If it remains on its own it can easily fly away or quickly melt away. On it’s own it does no harm and poses no threat to any one does it? But when it unites with other snow flakes, they gain more strength and power. Those of us who live in ...read more

  • Let Me Read One Of Aesop’s Greek Fables; In ...

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
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    Let me read one of Aesop’s Greek fables; In the forest, there lived four oxen. They were very good friends and always went together to graze in the fields. However, every time they went, a hungry lion tried to attack them. The lion longed for their meat. But they withstood his attack by fighting ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be One!

    Contributed by Christopher Gregas on Sep 8, 2012
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    I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE! There was a pastor that was giving a "children’s sermon" to all the young children. And as they sate before him, a bright-eyed three-year-old girl listened intently as he explained that God wanted them all to get along and love each other. "God wants us all to be one," he ...read more

  • A Guest Preacher Was Speaking About "Seeing Jesus ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 4, 2008
     | 3,246 views

    A guest preacher was speaking about “seeing Jesus in others” when God used Meghan as a living illustration of someone who had surrendered everything to Jesus as part of her community of faith. During the worship set, Meghan spontaneously went to the front of the church and began dancing…wildly. ...read more

  • The Great Divide Between Jew And Gentile Was ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 18, 2008
     | 2,060 views

    The great divide between Jew and Gentile was symbolized by the wall in Herod’s Temple that separated the outer court of the Gentiles from the inner Courts of Israel. Gates leading into those inner precincts were posted with signs warning that Gentile trespassers would be killed. In fact, the Book ...read more

  • Gracious Father, I Humbly Beseech Thee For Thy ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2008
     | 821 views

    “Gracious Father, I humbly beseech thee for thy Holy Catholic Church; fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purge it; where it is in error, direct it; where it is superstitious, rectify it; where anything is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen and ...read more

  • Being One With Other Christians Is Much Like A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2008
     | 1,139 views

    Being one with other Christians is much like a biological body. In any flesh-and-bones body, there are a variety of cells. There are nerve cells, blood cells, muscle cells, and many others, each having a distinct function. The body operates smoothly, not because the cells get together and vote on ...read more

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