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The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

At present, it is with us as it is with the world during the winter. If you had not seen the miracle wrought again and again, you would not guess, when you look upon those black beds in the garden, or when you walk over that snowy and frosty covering, crisp and hard beneath your feet, that the earth…

A tree of common fruit may be let alone so long as there is some little fruit on it, but the very best fruit gets the sharpest pruning. I have noticed that in those countries where the best wine is made, the vinedressers cut the shoots right close in, and in the winter you cannot tell that there is a…

You will miss your comfort when you begin to neglect your work. I know how it used to be with the boys at home. In cold weather they huddled round the fire, almost sat on the fire. It was so cold that they could not tell how they would live through the bitter winter. But when father came in, he said,…

There is no use in mere formality. If your religion is without spiritual life, what is the use of it? Could you ride home on a dead horse? Would you hunt with dead dogs? Would anyone like to go into battle with a pasteboard helmet? When the sword fell on it, what use would such a helmet be? In the depth…

The hardening of a tender conscience is a gradual process, something like the covering of a pond with ice on a frosty night. At first you can scarcely see that freezing is going on at all. There are certain signs that a thoroughly practiced eye may be able to detect as portents of ice, but most of us…

When I go to the sunny south in the winter for my health, I am advised by the physician to keep myself as much as possible in the sun. I am told to let my rooms look towards the sun rising and to keep clear of sunless streets and courts. This is the advice of wisdom, for if you lodge in rooms upon which…

I was speaking yesterday to a friend who had bought a pleasant house, with a large garden. He said to me, “I now feel as if I had a home. I have lived in London for years, and I have changed from one house to another with as little regret as a man feels in changing a bus; but I have always longed for…

During the cold Texas winter weather in 2021, volunteers came together to rescue thousands of sea turtles paralyzed by the cold. Many of those who came to help had no electricity or water in their own homes, but they came together to rescue the helpless turtles. Typically, turtles move to warmer water…

Based on a recent decision by Illinois’ Governor Pritzker, which remarkably Mayor Lightfoot verbally opposed, indoor restaurant service is again being suspended in the city of Chicago as a way of attempting to combat the deteriorating Coronavirus statistics. Many of the restaurants which are still open,…

Rebecca Northfield, writing for “Engineering and Technology” shows how a mystery can be solved through science. She explained one mystery like this: “At California’s Death Valley there are hundreds of trails from large, rough blocks of rock in the aptly named Racetrack Playa. It clearly means the stones…

Hundreds of shoppers at an Austin, Texas grocery store were preparing for deal with a fierce winter storm, when the power went out. One shopper documented the event on social media. The person reported they were standing in line when the power went off. An employee asked people to be patient while they…

When Paul Mitchell saw how hard parts of Texas were hit by a strong winter storm, he knew God wanted him to go and help people who did not have water to drink shower or even flush their toilets. The retired plumber and his family went to Austin area along with others, and soon realized that the plumbers…

The police department in Depew, New York put up a joking social media post saying that they had arrested winter. After much of the state experienced wintry weather and power outages caused by high winds, the department said they had taken action and that any more snow winter produced would be held against…

A Chicago bus driver who was looking for a way to relive stress during the pandemic decide that the best thing to do was to challenge himself to dive into lake Michigan every day for a year. Dan O’Conor said he started jumping into Montrose Harbor the summer of 2020 to reduce stress. He said, at first,…

A winter storm that stranded a group of soldiers became an opportunity for an Oklahoma community to show kindness. Hundreds of soldiers returning from holiday break were stuck at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City because the road to their base in Lawton, 80 miles away, was impassible. When…

The Chinese government is requiring all recipients of government payments to give up their worship of God. “The participants were ordered to remove crosses, religious symbols and images from the homes of people of faith who receive social welfare payments and replace them with portraits of Chairman Mao…

Instead of emphasizing the merry and bright upbeat Christmas celebrations, some churches are having Blue Christmas Services on the Winter Solstice (the darkest day of the year) for those in their community who find Christmas time difficult. "At its deepest level, I think the Christmas gospels tell the…

Howard Mullen graduated from high school in 1946 and has dedicated his life to serving the community of Pomeroy, Ohio. In 1952 he received his EMT certification and joined the local fire department and then became a sheriff’s deputy in the county. He continued to serve for decades and has never really…

Ryan Schneider did not compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but as a chaplain, he had the opportunity to chat and mingle with many who did. Schneider knows a lot of the American winter Olympians because he serves a church in Lake Placid, New York, where many Olympians train. Schneider met many athletes…

For the first time since forecasters began recording data in Los Angeles 132 years ago, the city failed to reach a high of 70 degrees for the month of February in 2019. The average high for the month was 61 degrees, significantly lower than the historical February average of 68 degrees. That means February…

Researchers counting Monarch butterflies during the annual migration along the California coast are disturbed by the low numbers. The most recent count found less than 30,000 butterflies, which was an 86 percent decline over 2017. The Xerces Society conducts the annual counts and they say thirty years…

In February 2018, Chloe Kim became the youngest female snowboarder to win gold at the Winter Olympics. She was the first to do a back-to-back 1080s in competition. Her story is more than Olympic gold but also of her family’s immigrant story. Her father, Jog Jin Kim, left his career to become her driver…

Chris Mazdzer won a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. His medal was in the luge competition and is the first luge medal for an American man in the history of the Olympic Games. Before the Games, Mazdzer’s world ranking was sliding as he was struggling in some kind of rut. Just a few weeks before…

The spruce tree that served at the U.S. Capitol tree during Christmas 2017 was carefully selected from a Montana forest and hauled across the country to keep it fresh. After the holiday season, some Montana companies want to keep the tree from becoming mulch for the grass in Washington. They want to…