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  • Disillusion  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,032 views

    DISILLUSION Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last full major league games. It was the Braves versus the Reds in Cincinnati. But the great Ruth was no longer as agile as he had once been. He fumbled the ball and threw badly, and in one inning ...read more

  • Influence The World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,330 views

    INFLUENCE THE WORLD Whenever I held my newborn babe in my arms, I used to think what I did and what I said to him would have an influence, not only on him, but on everyone he meets, not for a day, or a year, but for all time and for eternity. What a challenge, what a joy! SOURCE: Rose Kennedy, ...read more

  • You're The Best  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,436 views

    YOU’RE THE BEST My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you’ll be a general; if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. SOURCE: Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist. Citation: Celebrating Mother: A Book ...read more

  • Listen My Chile  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,384 views

    LISTEN MY CHILE I know you think you been raised ’cause you grown now but a mama always got to wonder what else can I say to my child who is black? I know what you’re thinking She’s been talkin’ my whole life, it’s time to let well enough alone, to trust me, to let me be, but you know your mama, ...read more

  • Can You Hear Them?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,857 views

    CAN YOU HEAR THEM? You too, my mother, read my rhymes, For love of forgotten times, And you may chance, to hear once more, The little feet along the floor SOURCE: Robert Louis Stevenson. Citation: The ...read more

  • Great Things About Moms  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,801 views

    GREAT THINGS ABOUT MOMS They rarely refuse to take their kids to the emergency room. She understands that you’re not ready to quit sucking your thumb. She understands that you can’t give up your blankie yet. It’s not cheating if she helps you write your paper. Only mothers can get all the ...read more

  • Mom's Ten Commandments  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,164 views

    MOM’S TEN COMMANDMENTS Sick people belong in bed. Thank-you notes, thank-you notes, thank-you notes. Everyone needs a nap everyday. Get your hair off your face. Stand up staight. Look people in the eye when you meet them. Good table manners are important in case you get invited to a rich ...read more

  • A Four-Year-Old And A Six-Year-Old Presented ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 9, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,849 views

    A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their mom with a houseplant. They had used their own money to buy it and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet at the flower shop that we wanted to give you. It was real pretty but it was too expensive. It had ...read more

  • Noble Career  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    NOBLE CAREER There is no career more noble than that of motherhood at its best. There are no possibilities greater and in no other sphere does failure bring more serious penalties. To attempt this task unprepared and untrained is tragic, and its results affect generations to come. On the other ...read more

  • As A Young Pastor, I Worked At A Feed Processing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Steen on May 16, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,328 views

    As a young pastor, I worked at a feed processing plant in Celina, Ohio. Each night when I went home, my boys would look at me and say, "Boy, dad, you sure are dusty!" I grumbled within myself, but smiled at them and said, "Yes, I sure am dusty" On a Saturday morning, I started washing my car. As ...read more

  • Ten Signs Of A Frustrated Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,780 views

    TEN SIGNS OF A FRUSTRATED MOTHER 1. Your children know how to read HTML code but can’t operate a vacuum cleaner. 2. Your children tell you that you said "yes" and you don’t even remember the question. 3. You go to the grocery store and find yourself having a good time. 4. Your husband asks how ...read more

  • One Of The Classic Episodes Of The Dick Van Dyke ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,761 views

    One of the classic episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show concerns a problem that Ritchie is having with a girl named Priscilla. For a period of time he comes home every afternoon after school battered and bruised by this girl. Rob and Laura are at a loss to know what to do and so Laura goes and ...read more

  • Peace Corp Volunteer Studies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,632 views

    PEACE CORP VOLUNTEER STUDIES Some years ago a study was conducted among Peace Corps volunteers. Researchers took a random sample of volunteers and split them into two roughly equal groups: those who completed their tour commitments and those who returned home early because of "problems of ...read more

  • Your Son, Your Apprentice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,386 views

    YOUR SON, YOUR APPRENTICE "Consider your son to be your apprentice in life. That’s the way it used to be. The son was always with the father, either in the shop or in the field. So he learned from a very early age what being a man and a father was all about. Now we place more emphasis on our ...read more

  • One Young Life At A Time  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,888 views

    ONE YOUNG LIFE AT A TIME Ken Canfield, Founder and President of the National Center for Fathering, once asked a stadium full of men: "Are fathers necessary or optional? Do dads have a unique and important contribution to make in the lives of their children?" The crowd grew quiet. He sensed ...read more

  • Hairdo's And Ego  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,904 views

    HAIRDO’S AND EGO A friend of mine who teaches Bible school had her straight hair permed in to a curly style. One morning she noticed that 4 yr. old Jack, who was usually cheerful, looked sad and bewildered. "Is something wrong, Jack?" Jenny asked him. "Your hair," he mumbled. "You noticed!" ...read more

  • A Game To Rest  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,535 views

    A GAME TO REST A father had three very active boys. One summer evening, he was playing cops and robbers in the back yard after dinner. One of the boys "shot" his father and yelled, "Bang! You’re dead!" He slumped to the ground and when he didn’t get up right away, a neighbor ran over to see if ...read more

  • Calvin And Hobbes: House Flooded

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,292 views

    From a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip); CALVIN (Calling father at work): Hi Dad, it’s me Calvin. How’s Work Going? Uh-huh. Pretty out isn’t it? Yup. Are you bringing me any presents home tonight?..No? Well I just thought I’d ask. Listen, I suppose you’re wondering why I ...read more

  • Today, Is Father's Day "Happy Father's Day!" I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,177 views

    Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate… PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1 One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib. ...read more

  • The Rebellion Of A Teenage Daughter Was Breaking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,487 views

    The rebellion of a teenage daughter was breaking her mother’s heart. Their struggle reached its zenith when the young girl was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. After posting bail for her daughter, the two did not speak until the next afternoon. When they came together, the woman ...read more

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