TWO SIDES FROM ONE Man to Marriage Counselor: "That's my side of the story, now let me tell you her's." As quoted by Ben Holden
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WORSHIP WITH A STRAY DOG When I was a child, my family and I worshiped in a small clapboard church set in the red clay farming land of rural Georgia. We were a congregation of…
REMODELED LIVES Imagine yourself as a house. God comes to rebuild that house. He fixes the drains, stops the leaks, He tears down some walls. Sometimes it hurts and doesn't make any sense. What is…
TINY PUSHES MOVE THE WORLD I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along,…
WORTH THE WALK On December 24th, 1982, within a few hours over 24 inches of snow fell in the city of Denver, Colorado. I had chosen to go to work some 13 miles distant, earlier…
JEFFERSON'S DREAMS I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past. By Thomas Jefferson
JUST JIGGLE THE WIRE Her car was stalled at the intersection, the hood was up, and she flagged me down to help. "I can't get it started," she said. "But if you jiggle the wire…
FRIENDS FORGIVE FOOLISHNESS "Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job."
THE WILL TO WIN "The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." By Vince Lombardi,…
Carrying a grudge is like a run in a stocking - it can only get worse. Forgiveness is the answer.
"Consider the whale. Whenever he spouts off, he takes the chance of being harpooned." Submitted by Jay Martin+
Lyndon Johnson once said that when anyone tells you he's just a dumb old country boy, put your hand on your wallet.
"Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors." Joyful Noiseletter, August - September, 1992 Submitted by Jay Martin+
People can be divided into three groups: Those who make things happen Those who watch things happen Those who wonder what happened
"Happiness is nothing more than health and a poor memory." Albert Schweitzer Submitted by Jay Martin+
An honest person is someone you could play checkers with over the telephone.
A person who is always telling you how honest he is probably has his own suspicions.
Too many of us are spending money we haven't earned... to buy things we don't need... to impress people we don't like.
The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves.
CONFUSING SOMALIAN METAPHORS United Nations officials were not sure when the American troops would arrive in Somalia. This was their suggestion: "...buy a pair of binoculars, go out on the roof and keep your ears…
