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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
What are you afraid of? In 2017 Alex Honnold faced his fear and became the first and only person to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without ropes. Many say it is one of the most impressive athletic feats in history. Honnold said “I’m just as afraid of falling to my death as anyone else is.” How does he handle…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Tiger Woods returned to pro golf in 2018. After his fourth back surgery, his most recent one in February of 2017, many wondered if it would even be possible to walk let alone play golf again. Woods was thought to be the greatest golfer in history but because of injuries and personal issues his career…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
February 14, 2017 was like any other workday at Spangahlem Airbase in Germany until a message took everyone by surprise. A simple red message popped up on all of the computers on the base warning, “Missile Inbound. Seek Shelter Immediately!” Officials say they were not sure how many people were affected…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
The Kraft Heinz Corporation decided to give all of their employees the day off Monday, February 6, 2017. The company has locations in both Chicago and Pittsburgh, and even though neither city had a team in the Super Bowl, it decided to give employees an extra day. The company said nearly 16 million people…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A study on reliability of new cars found a surprising reason for lower scores. Consulting firm J.D. Power found that electronic problems caused trouble industry-wide pushing up the average number of reported problems. Most of the problems were technology glitches related to things such as Bluetooth phone…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Police in the Netherlands helped a 99-year-old woman fulfill one of her lifelong dreams. The woman, named Annie, said she wanted to “experience a police cell from within.” He niece contacted the local police department and organized the elderly woman’s arrest, to help make her dream come true. In response,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Money transfer company WorldRemit analyzed remittances from people all over the world and found that Filipinos living abroad, especially those in Germany are the most generous when it comes to sending money home. The company found that Filipinos living in Germany sent home an average of $32.50 more than…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
Police in western Colorado say a man battered someone’s pickup with a baseball bat and then left a note acknowledging that he had anger issues. The note left behind read, “Sorryy anger isusesh.”(sic). Authorities said the owner of the truck found the damage and the note when he returned after snowmobiling.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
A Canadian couple adopted a micro-pig. They were told the little piglet would grow to be about 70 pounds. Four years later piggy is 650 pounds and still growing. It weighs more than a polar bear and eats dozens of pounds of vegetables, fruit, grain, every week. It tops all that off with ice cream. Sin…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 20 views
The mother of a ten-year-old girl who messaged a police officer for help with her math homework said that the officer’s willingness to help was what mattered most, even though his calculations were a little off. Molly Draper’s daughter, Lena, messaged the Marion police department asking about equations…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In Bellevue, Washington, an arsonist burned down a mosque. Those who attended the Islamic Center of the Eastside were left without anywhere to pray. The Bellevue Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints offered space, free of charge in their Mormon church building that is right next door…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A new study from the University of Vermont suggests eating hot peppers can help you live longer. In the study, researchers looked at the health and diet data of more than 16,000 Americans for nearly 19 years. They discovered that “those who regularly ate hot peppers were 13 percent less likely to die…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A Kentucky pastor says he gained a new appreciation for God’s care over him after a serious accident in a church van. Pastor Gary Kirby was driving the van with 14 kids inside when a tire blew out. The blow out sent the van across the road and into a ditch. Kirby said no one died in the crash, although…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
The way a single mother from South Carolina used her tax refund inspired thousands of people across the country. Christian Knaack used social media to share the way she decided to use the money she received. Knaack said she received a $5,600 refund and decided to pay her rent for a year. She said that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
A national pizza chain, Villa Italian has introduced an “alternative facts pizza.” It is described as a “presidential pie topped with bacon, pepperoni, ham, sausage, homemade sauce, and whole-milk mozzarella that will have ‘zero calories.’” While this ad is obviously tongue-in-cheek, there are those…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
When Nomura Takuyuki accepted Christ, his family disowned him. His father kicked him out of the house and declared him a non-person. They were upset because as the oldest son it would fall to him to take care of the kamidana, a miniature household altar to worship ancestors. Nomura knew that as a Christian…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
A South African man suffered an asthma attack and seemed to lack a heartbeat. Sent to the morgue, he was locked in a refrigerated compartment. After 21 hours, he woke up. His cries for help frightened workers at the mortuary so they called the police to protect them from an irate ghost. —Jim L. Wilson…
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After Leslie Ray Charping, a 75-year-old Galveston, Texas resident died of cancer, his online obituary read, Leslie Ray lived “29 years longer than expected and much longer than he deserved. His hobbies were being abusive to his family, expediting trips to heaven for the beloved family pets, and fishing.”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Nomura Takuyuki grew up in a coal mining town in Japan. As a teen, he heard of Christianity from an Overseas Missionary who gave him a $1 Bible. At 19, he professed Christ. The news was not accepted well by his family. His father beat him before kicking him out of the house. His mother looked into his…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
A Pennsylvania college student got a reminder about taking out the trash when his mother sent him a care package at school. Connor Cox told a local TV station that his mother mailed two boxes to him. The first contained food and other goodies and the second was filled with garbage. When Cox called his…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
As the Cold War began to ease, the Pentagon redirected the use of its network of low-frequency underwater microphones. They had installed the microphones in the 1950’s to detect Soviet submarines. Now they could be used by scientific institutions to track the movements of whales. In 1989 William Watkins…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 47 views
parables, etc. ".. . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 RS.V. a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 7, Number 4 June / 1987 LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER'S VOICE I feel constrained to share something with you that was a tremendous blessing and inspiration to…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 20 views
parables, etc. ". . . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 RS.V. — a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 7, Number 3 May / 1987 SACRIFICE The Anacostia section of Washington, D.C. sits on a bluff overlooking the capital city. Just across the river from…