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Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 43 views • 15:55
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 34 views • unknown
God's Beauty Treatment Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30 Recommend Reading Proverbs 31 Americans spend billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, but the best beauty treatment isn't found in a bottle, but in a book - the Bible.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
He who would be a great artist must not follow low models. The artist must have a perfect model to copy; if he does not reach to it, he will reach far further than if he had an inferior model to work by. When a man once realizes his own ideal, it is all over with him. A great painter once had finished…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “AIVA Technologies, a Luxembourg start-up, has created AI software that composes jazz, pop, and classical music that is being used in soundtracks for films, video…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Sarcasm is often viewed as something bad, but a new study suggest that it may actually boost productivity and thought processes in both the user and the receiver. To examine their theory, researchers assigned volunteers to dialogues that were sarcastic, sincere, or neutral, and then assigned the participant…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The most common way to think about getting enough rest is getting enough sleep. However medical internist Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith said the idea of rest should be considered more like the word ‘restoration’ which is vital to many different areas of life. For Dalton-Smith, rest encompasses physical mental…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Lt. Col. Daniel Thompson made a lot of adjustments to minister to the people he shepherds. During the quarantine he counseled people sitting six feet away and limited worship services to 10 people at a time. Thompson said his mission was especially important because the people he serves are fighting…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Workers renovating a café In England made a discovery that may change the way the café does business. While pulling apart a section of ceiling, workers found a menu from the restaurant that occupied the building in 1913. The menu from the Yamen Café and Tea Rooms was dated January 1913. Workers also…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Writing for Psychology Today, Shainna Ali, PhD, says, “Loneliness has been associated with cardiovascular problems and premature death. Lonelier individuals are less likely to achieve quality sleep. Lonely individuals experience reductions in reasoning and creativity.” —Jim L. Wilson https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/modern-mentality/201807/what-you-need-know-about-the-loneliness-epidemic…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A group of anonymous artists in Hutchinson Kansas decided to sprinkle their community with artistic hearts to build unity and draw people together. The group got permission from people in the community and painted stylized hearts on sidewalks in key locations and the painting quickly grew in popularity.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Bruce McConville, a 55 year-old Canadian businessman, from Ottawa, Canada, used a very creative excuse to avoid paying his wife spousal and child support, as part of their divorce settlement—he burnt it! He told a judge in the Ottawa Supreme Court that he withdrew 1 Million Canadian Dollars ($750,000),…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
There is mounting evidence that time spent on Smartphones can interfere with sleep, self esteem, relationships, memory, attention span, creativity and decision making skills. New evidence suggests they may also raise levels of cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone. Cortisol is the primary fight-or…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
On October 21, 2018, celebrated American innovator Earl Bakken passed away. The story of his first invention is legendary. Bakken ran a small medical device repair business in his garage. When he heard about the death of a young patient whose pacemaker failed because of a power outage, his creativity…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
NASA is asking the public for help make space travel easier. Monsi Roman, program manager for NASA’s Centennial Challenges program said they are making up to one million dollars available for the team that can find a way to turn carbon dioxide into glucose. Roman said the process is basically what plants…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Wise people find a way or make a way when faced with obstacles. When too much rain threatened to ruin the cherry crop in New Zealand, orchard owners used helicopters to dry the crop so they could meet the demand created by the Chinese New Year celebration. Over the past seven years, China has become…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
After the Cleveland Browns finished the 2017 NFL season with zero wins, some fans in the city organized what they called a “no victory” lap. The parade consisted of 80 vehicles making one lap around the stadium to make a statement creatively expressed their outrage over a season many wanted to forget.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The McCormick Spice company announced that it will soon pay a taco lover $100,000 over four months to innovate new seasoning mixes and recipes to make tacos better. The company will employ the person for four months at a salary of $25,000 per month. They asked for an availability to work remotely up…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A ceramic specialist from a British auction house found a rare work of art hidden in a drawer in a country house near the Scottish border. The auction house said the pottery dish is a tin-glazed earthenware dish know as a mailoca and is extremely rare. The dish also had a scene of the biblical story…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Michigan transportation officials are making 64-year-old pieces of the historic Mackinac Bridge available to the public. Officials said the pieces of steel grating from the bridge were replaced after safety inspections and they discovered many people were interested in owning a piece of the country’s…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A 1,400 square-foot home in New York state is billed as the first 3D printed home in the United States. The three-bedroom, 2 bath home with detached garage is listed at just under $300,000. It was built by a company called SQ4D and used a massive 3D printer on site to create each piece of the home using…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
After mysterious monoliths appeared in Utah, California, and Romania at the end of 2020, many people naturally assumed a structure that appeared near Fort Worth, Texas was another of the strange signs. Many people feared the monolith might be the work of aliens, but a little research revealed the Texas…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
The Guinness World Records organization recognized a 15-year-old Tennessee boy for achieving nuclear fusion at his home. Jackson Oswalt built his own nuclear fusion reactor and successfully used it before he reached the age of 13. A research researcher who keeps a list of amateur scientists who have…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
An Indonesian man who had a meteorite crash through his roof turned that misfortune into a fortune when he sold the space rock for over $1 million. Josua Hutagalung said he was working outside when the meteorite crashed through the roof of his house. He said the stone was still hot when he picked it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Qantas Airlines announced that a seven-hour scenic flight which will take off and land at the same airport sold out in ten minutes. The unusual flight departed Sydney, made no stops, and promised views over Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef before returning to Sydney. Buyers quickly grabbed the 134 available…