Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2013
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POWER AND DISCIPLINE
Over here is a wall socket. There is power in that socket.
Because of that power, I can plug lamps, fans, microwaves and phone chargers into it and magically empower those devises. I can even plug a car charger into a wall socket and revive a dead car battery (like I’ve had to
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 20, 2007
Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, was asked a hypothetical question: “What would happen if one of the world’s great violinists performed incognito before a traveling rush-hour audience of over 1,000 people?” “Let’s assume,” Slatkin said, “that he is not
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 18, 2025
[063]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DRUMMING AND HUMMING BECOME OBESE
This poem is not my usual style and I need to explain. Imagine the beginnings of something that multiplies itself and grows louder and louder as it advances; then will take over because nothing can stop it . . . . except
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 23, 2025
[140]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN DESPAIR BUT NOT ALONE
There is some personal sorrow in this poem and some of the poem’s content comes from experience, not a pleasant one.
When writing this – a task that was difficult because of the way I used the rhyme scheme – I appealed to the Psalms and my
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 17, 2025
[205]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ONE HAIR HERE AND ONE HAIR THERE
Well, well, well! How many of us are bald? How many are heading that way?
I remember when I was a kid my mother used to say to me, “Tell the barber to thin out your hair.” There used to be some sort of clippers that would do
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David Wilkerson's founder of Teen Challenge states from his book Sipping Saints:
1. Drinking is the world's most staggering problem. We face the horrible statistics of more than a million young Americans becoming alcoholics. Six million of their parents are already there. We have become a sodden
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2006
Over the Edge
The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 27, 2006
Over the Edge
The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of the finger
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Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 16, 2012
Two teenagers asked their father if they could go the theater to watch a movie that all their friends had seen. After reading some reviews about the movie on the internet, he denied their request.
"Aw dad, why not?" they complained. "It's rated PG-13, and we're both older than thirteen!"
Dad
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 3, 2008
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The Little Fireman
In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia.
Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of determination to HANG ON.
Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up and fulfill
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Society's Slide Into Sexual Immorality
We are now some 30 years into the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s. What has been the impact on society? What are the implications for the future?
Sex is everywhere. It permeates the movies and the television programs we watch, the music we hear,
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 17, 2026
[267]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE GOD OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Among my favourite sayings, there are two that are special to me. One is, “What God desires from us is Faithfulness and Commitment.”
The other one is, “Our God is a God of Circumstances.” It is this second one that the poem is built
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
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While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport I had one of those life-changing experiences that you hear other people talk about. This one occurred a mere 2 feet away from me.
Straining to locate my friend among the passengers deplaning through the jet way, I noticed a man coming toward me
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