Apr 14 2015
I heard a funny story of an ancient monastery charged with copying old books and scrolls for the faith. One day, Father Florian, who headed the work of the scriptorium, was asked by a new monk: “Does not the copying by hand of other copies allow for chances of error? How do we know we are …
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Mar 05 2015
I heard something interesting about the great Michelangelo. In his lifetime, among his many other accomplishments, he worked on over forty statues, but completed less than half of them. The statues he finished are still some of the greatest works of art the world has ever known… the magnificent David, his incomparable Pietà and his exquisite …
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Feb 03 2015
A reporter was interviewing a 104-year-young woman. “And what do you think is the best thing about 104?” the journalist asked. “No peer pressure,” she replied. When I was in college, I worked in an after school daycare center with a marvelous woman in her mid-seventies. One day she was complaining about her age. “All …
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Jan 21 2015
by Steve Goodier It was reported that one man was killed and another wounded in the Philippines when a fight broke out at a karaoke bar in Manila over the quality of the singing. The fighting evidently broke out when a group of drinkers claimed the man at the microphone was singing out of tune. …
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Dec 09 2014
An old story is told of two men who went fishing in a small boat. The day was uneventful until one of them hooked a huge fish, which, in the struggle, pulled him overboard. He couldn’t swim and began to panic. “Help!” he yelled. “Save me!” The friend reached over and grabbed the man by the hair to pull …
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Nov 07 2014
by Steve Goodier A man lay in a hospital bed worried about whether he would live or die. He called his pastor to come pray for him. He told her that if he got well, he’d donate $20,000 to the church. The pastor prayed and the man eventually DID get well and returned home. But no check came to the …
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Oct 06 2014
by Steve Goodier A true story has it that one older man decided to jog around the local high school football field. As he huffed and puffed along, the team was in practice. The players soon started running sprints up and down the field. The man told himself, “I’ll just keep running until they quit.” So he ran. And they ran. …
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Sep 10 2014
by Steve Goodier “Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings,” says writer Margaret Halsey, “they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people’s characters.” That’s funny, and more true than I care to admit. It must have been …
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Aug 14 2014
by Steve Goodier Our family enjoys a beautiful indoor potted plant that has been with us for over three decades. It has accompanied us through tough years and good times. It has lived with us in six different communities. Some days I think it may live forever, but it once died. The plant did well …
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Jun 17 2014
by Steve Goodier When William Stidger taught at Boston University, he once reflected upon the great number of un-thanked people in his life. Those who had helped nurture him, inspire him or who cared enough about him to leave a lasting impression. One was a schoolteacher he’d not heard of in many years. But he remembered that …
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May 06 2014
Have you been surprised lately? A woman called her pastor. “We just won $10 million in the lottery!” she exclaimed. “But I’m afraid to tell my husband. He has a weak heart and I’m afraid he may have a heart attack. Pastor, would you be able to tell him for me?” The clergyman thought that perhaps …
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Apr 03 2014
Writer Richard Bach says, “Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.” I don’t always see that gift, I admit. But I remember reading about Glenn Cunningham when I was a child. His life bore the truth of it… every problem indeed has a gift for you. The trick is learning to find …
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