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Ncaa Cross Country Championship: In Riverside, ...
Contributed by Tom Papez on Jul 27, 2009 (message contributor)
NCAA Cross Country Championship: In Riverside, California, the championships were being run on a 10,000 meter course. However, there was a problem. 123 out of 128 runners all ran the wrong way. Runner Mike Delcavo was actually waving to his national competitors to go the right way as people racing laughed at him. Delvaco said, “They thought it was funny that I went the right way.” And there are going to be some people who laugh at you for doing it right.
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A Mother — Whose Life Was Not Wasted PRO
Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
A MOTHER - WHOSE LIFE WAS NOT WASTED Ian McClaren tells about visiting an old Scotch lady who was standing in her kitchen weeping. She wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and when the minister asked her what was the matter, she confessed; "I am so miserable and ...read more
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Heaven's Gateway PRO
Contributed by Stephan Brown on Aug 26, 2002
HEAVEN'S GATEWAY I recently made a trip to Ellis Island in New York. Ellis Island was once the biggest immigration processing center in the U.S. It processed thousands of immigrants a day. All of these immigrants left their homelands through much difficulty to come to “the land of promise.” They ...read more
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Six Hundred Students At A University Were Asked ...
Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
"Six hundred students at a university were asked to write on a piece of paper the most beautiful word in the English language. 422 wrote the ...read more
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In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...
Contributed by Steven Dow on Sep 18, 2002
In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus. “These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing but when I curl them together like this into ...read more
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As Disciples Of Jesus, We Are To Become By The ... PRO
Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 27, 2004
As disciples of Jesus, we are to become by the Holy Spirit like our Master as He Himself tells us in Matthew 10:25, “It is enough for the student to be like His Teacher, and the servant like His master.” By the power of the Holy Spirit working in us, may we this Advent become more like Jesus who ...read more
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