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Compassion Fatigue
The Sydney to Hobart is one of the world’s great yacht races. But in 1998 it was struck by terrible disaster, when a ferocious storm forced most of the fleet to retire and claimed six lives. One of the yachts competing was the 43 footer, the Sword of Orion. During that storm the Sword of […]
A Phenomenal Woman
By Maya Angelou When I was in my younger days, I weighed a few pounds less, I needn’t hold my tummy in to wear a belted dress. But now that I am older, I’ve set my body free; There’s comfort of elastic Where once my waist would be. Inventor of those high-heeled shoes My feet […]
Coffee Numbs Senses
September 26, 2002 A STRONG cup of coffee improves a woman’s ability to withstand pain, researchers have found. Researchers at London’s Goldsmiths College asked men and women volunteers to put their hands in a bucket of ice water, with males generally able to withstand pain for longer. But when given a 250mg dose of caffeine […]
Gospel For The Disabled
GOSPEL FOR THE DISABLED By Amy Butler* There are over 650 million people in the world living with a disability. If they were to group together as a nation, it would be third in population only to China and India. And yet, according to Prabhu and Nancy Rayan who are currently visiting Australia, this people […]
Veggies Attack The Funny Gap
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-201 (General Information) VEGGIES ATTACK THE FUNNY GAP by Terry Mattingly While flipping through TV channels the other night, VeggieTales writer Mike Nawrocki discovered an absolutely hilarious preacher. We’re not talking about the big hair, molasses and glitz humor that makes so many televangelists laugh-to-keep-from-crying funny. No, this preacher was using humor […]
First Class Apology
(By Pastor Fred Rabinovitz, Olympia, WA) A Pastor and his wife needed to fly to several cities, so to make the itinerary easy, they chose to fly with the same airline. This turned several 50 minute flights into 4 hour flights because of the layovers due to infrequent connecting flights. In the midst of one […]
City-People Lending Rural Folks A Hand
[From a Baptist list I subscribe to] Lyn, I think it’s a great idea, even with the obstacles that naysayers delight in inventing. [The idea: city-people using paddocks for agistments for lambs/sheep in times of drought] We have ten acres of pasture outside our town that we would be happy to use to assist with […]
It’s All In Your Perspective
A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat: “I’m the greatest hitter in the world,” he announced. Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed. “Strike one!” he yelled.Undaunted, he picked up the ball […]
Words Of Wisdom
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.” — William Feather “Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.” — Horace “You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your […]
The Gift Of Generosity
* Who dies rich, dies disgraced (Andrew Carnegie) * The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10) INTRODUCTION Money is a very important part of our lives. Try to think of a day recently where money played no part at all. Were you deserted on an island, or […]
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