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Some of the best fans in sports are those who have chosen the Chicago Cubs as their team. They sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” year after year and “root, root, root for the Cubbies” as they go another year without a championship. The last time the Cubs won the World Series, “Teddy Roosevelt was president,…

An Ohio appeals court agreed with a woman and said her parking ticket should be dismissed because the law she broke was missing a coma. Andrea Cammelleri said she should not have been issued a ticket based on the wording of the law alone. The law lists several types of vehicles that cannot be parked…

James Harrison, a 77-year-old Australian has the blood that saved the lives of 2.4 million new born babies. His blood contains a rare antibody capable of curing Rhesus disease, a severe form of anemia affecting babies whose blood type is incompatible with that of their mother. He has donated blood over…

It is highly unusual for anyone to remember anything from their childhood before age 4 and very few remembrances before age 7. For over 100 years Scientists have been asking why this is so. In a very interesting article Kristin Ohlson has written about why we don’t remember anything from those formative…

Actor Tommy Lee Jones said, “Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, October 24, 2014 p. 15. Galatians 5:22 (HCSB) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

When an employer mistreats an employee, one possible response is to quit. Another possibly would be to convince the entire staff to quit at the same time. After the manager of a footwear and apparel store in a New York mall was rude to an employee, all three employees of the store quit. They wrote a…

In his book, The Insanity of God, Nik Ripken tells the story of a Southern Gentleman, “Bubba”, who responded with kindness in a difficult situation. The setting is war-torn Somolia, where Ripken served as a missionary, bringing relief to those caught in the war-famine-refugee-poverty cycle. It was a…

In Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, Ken Blanchard and Colleen Barrett write, “People With Humility Don’t Think Less Of Themselves; They Just Think Of Themselves Less.” --Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, p. 114. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson James 4:6 (CEV)…

The following insightful piece appears in Chicken Soup For the Kids' Soul: My dad says I am ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS. I wonder if I really am. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Sarah says you need to have beautiful long, curly hair like she has. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Justin says you must have perfectly…

Ministry Well, at least they came. I've got to say at least that much for Job's friends. Our natural indication is to run away from people who've just been struck by God's wrath. Like a kid that didn't do the assigned reading, we'd rather hide from the teacher and hope she doesn't notice us and call…

CONCERN Theater owners in the nation of New Zealand are looking into the possibility of using mobile phone jamming technology to eliminate mid-movie calls, text messaging, and cell phone rage among patrons. Spokesman for the national motion Pictures Exhibitors Association, Duncan Mackensie said jammers…

In a west Texas town a few years ago, employees in a medium-sized warehouse noticed the smell of gas. Sensibly, management evacuated the building, extinguishing all potential sources of ignition — lights, power, etc. After the building had been evacuated, two technicians from the gas company were dispatched.…

Getting Your Life Back Books: The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John climacus Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Spiritual formation is rooted in the virtues. Choosing virtue is choosing to submit our will to God and…