Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
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MOTHER TERESA'S FEET
Shane Claiborne, who spent a summer in the slums of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, wrote the following about one of his experiences:
People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like. Did she glow in the dark or have a halo? She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe even a
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THE "REGARD FOR OTHERS" ETHIC
John Sommerville currently teaches history at the University of Florida. He has been carrying out an exercise with his students for years. He challenges his students with the following thought experiment.
Imagine that you see a little old lady coming down the
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Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 20, 2008
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ILLUSTRATION: A heavily booked commercial flight out of Denver was canceled, and a single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the front and slapped his ticket down on the counter. "I have to be on this flight and it has to be
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 1, 2007
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To “love your neighbor as yourself” is best described in Matthew 7:12 - "Do for others what you would like them to do for you.” In other words to love God supremely and to love other people purely is the Bible in a nutshell. It is the beginning and end of life the way God intended it to be lived.
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Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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Select Stats on Change:
In the 1950’s:
-a car cost $1,220
-gas $0.23
-College Tuition- $525
-round of golf @ Pebble Beach $2
-Coke, Hershey bar, coffe- $0.05
-stamp $.03
-Annual Salary for a teacher $2,640
-computer $500,000
It took the radio 40 years to reach 50 million domestic users.
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Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
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There was a woman who was going through some very difficult and trying circumstances. She was experiencing major distress in her marriage, her job was very unfulfilling and was causing her heartache. She became so distraught over her circumstances that she felt like just giving up. She felt
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Contributed by Joel Vicente on Mar 19, 2005
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CRY OF THE STREETS
by Joel Vicente
Inspired by the countless faces of people we minister to.
These are the unheard voices of the streets.
The Cry of the Streets
If the streets could speak
What would they cry
I don’t have clothes without a tear
Do not pass me by
The other kids
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