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A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to serve a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says he doesn’t remember. His attorney says 23-year-old Christian Eshenbaugh suffered a brain injury in a car accident and has become a “completely different person.” Eshenbaugh pleaded guilty to charges…

A woman has developed incredible mental abilities after suffering a brain injury in a skiing accident. The unnamed woman has been diagnosed with ‘savant syndrome,” an extremely rare condition which leaves people with amazing musical, artistic, or mathematical abilities. Doctors believe it is due to the…

Do you have a verse to the “somebody done me wrong song?” Most of us do. Most of us know the pain of being treated wrong and rehearsing the wrong in our mind. However, as the years go by, I wonder how accurate our memory is? In Caring Enough to Confront, David Augsberger writes, “Most of the pictures…

I still remember when I was a high school sophmore at Jacksonville our football team rode the athletic skills of a star athlete named Leander Green to the state championship. It was our first round game and we came out in the first half with stars shooting out of our helmets. On the first kickoff, we…

STEWARDSHIP You may have heard the expression “use it or lose it,” some recent research demonstrates its wisdom. New research has shown that a little Internet training can stimulate neural patterns and enhance brain function and cognition in older adults. Research has shown that as the brain ages, structural…

Farmer pulling a rope. When asked why he said, “I’m so confused, I don’t know whether I’ve found a rope or lost a cow.

MIND All of us like to hang on to things that help us remember important moments in lie. We store pictures and letters in boxes, and might even keep a receipt form an important meeting or date. Digital technology has reduced the amount of space required to keep those memories safe. Now we use digital…

I will never forget one Friday in the Chicago O’Hare Airport. I had just finished speaking and was anxious to get home to my family in California, so I could spend another day, another week, another month on the road. I seemed to be chasing life at that time. I hurried to the gate from which my plane…

A bad memory is not one that forgets, but one that remembers the wrong things. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page480

I have a photographic memory. But I don’t have same-day service. – Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America Reader’s Digest, April 2007, page 77

FORGIVENESS During a Walla Walla Community College basketball practice, Kayla Hutcheson had a face first collision with a teammate. Kayla thought little about the injury. She finished practice, returned to her apartment, but later that evening began to feel bad. After becoming disoriented, her roommates…

Candle Power “There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of one small candle” This inscription was found on a small new gravestone after a devastating air raid on Britain in WWII. In moments of discouragement, defeat or even despair, there are always certain things to cling to.…

SIN Jill Price has an ability that can be both a blessing and a curse. Jill, a Los Angeles religious school administrator has the ability to recall in detail almost every day of her life. She can also recall the day and date of key public events. Writing of her unusual ability in The Woman Who Can’t…

In a sense men are ruled by their memories. But it is also true that men can choose which of their memories are to rule them. The choice determines one’s outlook on life, and those whose outlooks always remain bright and cheerful are most careful in their choice. One can choose to remember the unpleasant…

Bible Memory Review When missionary Geoffrey Bull was imprisoned by Chinese Communist, they took his Bible and subjected him to mental and psychological torture. He later talked about the one thing that kept him from losing his mind. Although Geoffrey had no Scriptures while he was in prison, he had…

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. From the television show The Wonder Years A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. Edward de Bono Every man's memory is his private literature. Aldous Huxley…

Besides reflecting a humble trust in God, our open hand also signifies generosity. Deuteronomy 15:7-8 tells us that whenever we encounter a “poor man of your brethren,” we should not harden our hearts, “but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever…

A man was invited to a friend’s home for dinner, where he noticed that his buddy preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms, calling her Honey, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. He was impressed, since the couple had been married almost 70 years. While the wife was in the kitchen, he said,…

While in prison, Jeff received reams of unsolicited religious materials from well-meaning people. But when Curtis Booth and Mary Mott sent him a Bible and Bible correspondence courses, he took notice. Both were members of the Church of Christ – his father’s church – and the courses were produced by World…

I was traveling with at tour in southern France when we stopped at Aries, a charming little French village. We had a break of about 30 minutes before the tour was to continue, so I and many others, got off the bus and went about exploring the village. I went off by myself to have a look around. The Village…

Speaking of Senior Moments: WHERE IS MY SUNDAY PAPER? The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. Ma'am, said the newspaper employee, today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday. There was quite a long…

Tongue-Tied Evangelism 2 Kings 7:9 Dr. Wilbur Smith was a renowned professor, researcher, and author whose lectures and books trained a generation of Christian workers. Near the end of his life, Dr. Smith published his memoirs, entitled Before I Forget, and he began in the preface of his book by sharing…

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Speaking of Senior Moments: WHERE Is My SUNDAY Paper? the irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. Ma'am, said the newspaper employee, today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday. There was quite a long…

\\ Remembering the past is critical to our survival and to our identity as persons and as a people. This was brought home to me again while reading the book Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. He tells the story of the first Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth, the community they developed and the Indian wars…