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From: Jim Meigs from FBC, Center Point, Alabama

Do you remember the story of Desert Pete’s Pump? A rundown shack stood beside a seldom used trail in the California desert. Nearby was a well, the only source of water for miles around. At tin can was tied to the pump with a string. Inside was a message written on a piece of brown wrapping paper with…

CHURCH HUMOR Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage. He didn't have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn't have to hear about the way his mother cooked. ***** An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions…

5/2/2004 A 70-year-old grandfather was asked by his young grandson how things have changed since he was a kid. His reply is worth reading. "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There weren't things…

Going down to Sheerness on Friday, I was told by someone that during the recent gale several of the ships there had their anchors rent up. They had gone dashing against the other ships and had done considerable damage. Now, if their anchors had held fast and firm, no damage would have been done. Ask…

Changeable people cannot grow much. If you have a tree in your garden and plant it in one place today, and tomorrow place it somewhere else, how much bigger will it be in six months? It will be dead very likely. Or if it does not die, it will not be very much grown; it will be marvelously stunted. So…

Remember that pretty parable, given by one of our ministers, of the boy’s kite. He made it fly aloft; it rose up so high that he could no longer see it. Still he said he had a kite, and he held fast by it. “Boy, how do you know you have a kite?” “I can feel it pull,” said he. Today we feel our Jesus…

When one of the martyrs was about to burn for Christ, he said to the judge who was giving orders to fire the pile, “Will you come and lay your hand on my heart?” The judge did so. “Does it beat fast?” inquired the martyr. “Do I show any sign of fear?” “No,” said the judge. “Now lay your hand on your…

The ship may not need an anchor in calm waters; when upon a broad ocean a little drifting may not be a very serious matter. But there are conditions of weather in which an anchor becomes altogether essential. When a gale is rushing toward the shore, blowing great guns, and the vessel cannot hold her…

Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…

When he didn’t get the sauce with his Chicken McNuggets, Robert Golwitzer allegedly called McDonalds to threaten to blow the place up. The satisfaction he might have felt was short-lived however, because the Ankeny, Iowa police arrested him for the bomb threat. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bomb-threat-mcdonalds_n_60da2b7be4b09ead19f713ce…

Kriti Arunkundrum, a junior from San Jose reflected on the positive side of COVID-19 in an article for the Mercury News. She wrote, “I think that this time in quarantine has made me slow down my fast-paced life and do many activities for my own enjoyment. It has been a small relief from the constant…

According to the Transportation Security Administration, “Virtually all passengers wait less than 30 minutes in standard checkpoint lines, and 99.6% of TSA PreCheck members waited less than 10 minutes in line.” However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t exceptions. Merinda Edmonds has PreCheck status, her…

While protests filled the streets of many cities in the United States, a peaceful movement began on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee centering on prayer and worship. The initiative began when 1,000 churches partnered for thirty days of prayer and fasting for the city. Organizers had a vision of bringing…

Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project are using machine leaning techniques to help them understand unknown space phenomena. The project is part of an effort to look for signs of intelligent life in space, but also investigate unknown events. Researchers are using new computer techniques to…

The plane that dropped 15 smokejumpers into one of the worst firefighting tragedies in U.S. history played a role in the memorial 70 years later. The C-47, now known as Miss Montana, dropped 13 wreaths, one for each firefighter killed in the fire that cause the Forest Service to rethink its fire training…

Consumers responded so positively to Popeyes new chicken sandwiches that the fast-food chain had to post signs outside their stores that they had run out. A Chick-fil-A store in Houston postied “FYI We don’t run out of Chicken Sandwiches” on their sign in response. A nearby Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits…

Computer manufacturers know that there is a limit on how fast computers using standard processing chips can go because components can only get so small. Many researchers believe the future of faster computing may be in quantum computing, but exploring that option stretches our current understanding.…

Astronomers around the world are trying to identify a small, fast-moving object that passed through our solar system. NASA does not know exactly what the object was or where it came from, but they said based on the trajectory and speed, it may not be from our solar system. If so, it would be the first…