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And being aware of who you are precedes being who you are. On the other hand, being unaware or at least not appreciating fully who you are can really lead you into trouble. Clayton Longtree was a guard at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. It was a position of trust and honor, but it was dull and exhausting.…

A farmer was on his way home after picking up his new car. As he approached his farm, he decided to test the acceleration. He passed the side road that led to his house and drove on for a mile or so. Then, after making a sharp U-turn, he sped back toward the side road. A man driving a station wagon observed…

That was the case with Sarah. You see, Sarah was rich – very, very rich. Not only was her income a thousand dollars a day, but she had inherited twenty million. That's not bad?especially in the late 1800s. By today's standards, she could have been a billionaire. She was well known in high society. Just…

She could feel their eyes on her. Every time she made her way to get water along with the town’s other women, conversation stopped when she got close. It was as if she was carrying around her an invisible sound proof booth that no one dared penetrate. They wouldn’t speak to her, but they would stare.…

George McGovern flew B-24 bombers in Africa, Italy and Germany during World War II. He had a successful and celebrated military career. His bravery and leadership, along with many others like him, led to victory in Europe securing our freedom that we celebrate today. Stephen Ambrose in The Wild Blue…

Remember the Duck Sins power is like the story of the boy who was shooting rocks with a slingshot. He could never hit his target. He was in his Grandma’s backyard one day, & spied her pet duck. On impulse he took aim and let fly. Amazingly the stone hit, and the duck was dead. “The boy panicked and hid…

BLAMEGUILTRESPONSIBILITY What does a bagel, or even broken teeth, for that matter, have to do with losing the care, comfort, consortium and society of a spouse? Frankly, I don’t have a clue, but John and Cecelia O'Hare filed suit against a McDonald’s restaurant claiming that a bagel broke John’s teeth…

A California man has signed papers to symbolically "adopt" and give his last name to his wife's two aborted fetuses. Stan Musil said he filed the posthumous "adoption" on Monday as a way to support his wife, Lisa, and help her heal from the pain of having those abortions, Lisa Musil told FOXNews.com.…

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. -Charles I, King of England, in a letter to Lord Wentworth Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude page 47

man pardoned by then-Gov. Edwin Edwards after serving six years of a life sentence for his role in the 1973 killing of a Baton Rouge drugstore owner said Thursday he will appeal a state judge’s refusal to erase the murder conviction from his record. Forest Hammond said he first will file a motion asking…

There lives a man in the Southeastern United States who conspicuously ends all his conversations with family members with "I love you." Before hanging up the phone, walking out the door, or signing off on the e-mail, he adds those three poignant words. When asked about it, he said, "When I was a teenager,…

Marketing theory says that people are driven by fear, by the promise of exclusivity, by guilt and by greed – with the need for approval being the up-and-coming motivation of the nineties. Advertising technology, armed with market research and sophisticated psychology, aims to throw us off balance emotionally-and…

When Cory was 2 years old, he was swinging an attachment from the vaccuum cleaner around and happened to hit the wall, making a two inch scuff mark on the wall. The mark couldn't be taken off by cleaning it. It need to be completely painted over. Cory felt so guilty about the scuff on the wall that he…

Once King Frederick the Great was visiting the jails of Potsdam and speaking to the inmates. Surprisingly, every single one of the inmates expressed to the King that they were totally innocent of the charges against them. Near the end of the King's visit, one of the inmates shared with him, “My King,…

A man entered a restaurant and sat on one of the stools at the counter. The waiter bought a glass of water to the man. The customer then immediately threw it into the waiters face. Quickly grabbing a napkin, the customer helped the waiter dry his face while he apologized with great remorse. "I’m so sorry,"…

Sins power is like the story of the boy who was shooting rocks with a slingshot. He could never hit his target. He was in his Grandma’s backyard one day, & spied her pet duck. On impulse he took aim and let fly. Amazingly the stone hit, and the duck was dead. The boy panicked and hid the bird under some…

(Communion Meditation) Robert F. Hull Jr. Mark 14:35-36; Mark 14:50; In a powerful sermon, Fred Craddock points out that only the reader of Mark’s Gospel really sees Jesus in Gethsemane lying prostrate on the ground and hears him praying for the hour to pass from him (Mark 14:35, 36). Peter, James, and…

His Hands Are Re-Forming The Potter’s skillful hands re-form as well as form us. Remember the potter from Jeremiah 18. When he saw that the vessel seemed marred, he squeezed the clay into a new lump and started to re-form it. Sometimes we think we’re unusable and even unredeemable. We’ve done something…

The Christian position is clear that sin is not exclusively or primarily something in society. ---- Source: Paul C. Vitz, Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self Worship, second edition, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994, p.126-127, added 23rd May 2007

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED? KNOW A COLLEAGUE WHO MIGHT BE? HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS? When was the last time you read Psalm 88? I'm telling you — there was a man who was really going through some rough water. I was interviewing a physician recently for a future edition of Pastor to Pastor. She is a delightful lady…

My conscience is clean....on this issue. Taxpayers who think they've cheated the US government have a place they can send their money anonymously. It's known as "The Conscience Fund" and the government uses it for miscellaneous expenses. Well I called bull on this story. No way! The government takes…