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Bad Day
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. […]
Crabby old man
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in North Platte, Nebraska , it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made […]
Christian Dating Sites
Christianity may be the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s most popular faith, with billions of believers in the afterlife, but to the mainstream secular world, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s also the number-one subject of ridicule. Not that much has changed over the centuries. Christians have long endured persecution for their beliefs. And instead of separating themselves from the world around them and […]
‘Situational Heterosexuality’
The most misunderstood concept in the ¢â‚¬Ëœex-gay ¢â‚¬â„¢ and Christian worlds Anthony Venn-Brown © 2010 ¢â‚¬ËœSituational heterosexual ¢â‚¬â„¢ is a term I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve used for several years to describe myself when people have asked how I could have been married for so many years and yet be gay. This term has also helped people gain a clearer understanding […]
COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE
Marriage counseling and creativity (Rowland Croucher) wrote: Every day this sort of thing happens in my counseling room: She: ¢â‚¬ËœHe doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t talk to me! ¢â‚¬â„¢ He: ¢â‚¬ËœI bloodywell talk all day to people earning a living to pay our bills, and when I come home I need space, silence ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬â„¢ She: ¢â‚¬ËœOK, I ¢â‚¬â„¢ll respect that. However it […]
Romance
In Good Loving, Great Sex Dr Rosie King describes a state she calls ‘limerance’ – that heady period of new ‘love’*** when both parties are besotted and can’t get enough of each other. In normal circumstances this lasts for about six to 18 months. However, research has shown that it can be extended if there’s […]
Men are just happier people :-)
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes. EATING OUT * When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even […]
Parenting Teenagers
Eugene H Peterson, Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up With Your Teenager (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994 [1976]) My fear is that when my children turn teenagers I won’t understand them. I am reminded of this underlying anxiety when they, now in their primary school years, express disappointment in my decisions. When the emotional storms escalate, I suspect […]
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE BIBLE (Walter Wink)
Author: Walter Wink Walter Wink is Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Auburn Theological Seminary in NYC. He has taught at numerous seminaries. He is a United Methodist minister, works for a Presbyterian seminary, and attends Quaker meetings. His books include Unmasking the Powers, Engaging the Powers, The Powers That Be, The Bible in Human Transformation, […]
One-liners and other humo[u]r :-)
One-Liners : Punctual people have nothing better to do. The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. Due to budget constraints and energy conservation, the light at the end of the When a girl says “No” she really means “Yes”, but […]
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