Posted at 15:39h
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If you are looking a bit haggard in the morning, if the bags under your eyes seem just a bit droopier and darker, if those once wonderful smile lines have become deep crevices, I have a verse for you. It is 2 Corinthians 4:16. “....
Posted at 14:54h
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I have a friend who recently took a standardized test and received a perfect score in the math section. That’s not supposed to happen. If one receives a perfect score that means the person was not tested to his limits. We don’t know how much...
Posted at 16:08h
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In preparation for a coming weekend retreat for our administrators I am reading a very fine book on leadership. The book is designed to instill in corporate leaders the importance of such vital concepts of gifts of love, power, significance and authorship. The author’s goal...
Posted at 16:58h
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I’m sitting here with an old book in my hand whose author has long been dead. He has letters after his name so I am inclined to give reverence to what he has to say. When I think about that I realize how silly that...
Posted at 16:12h
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We have some dear friends we like to diner with each Sunday morning. This morning while sipping on a hot drink I watched our waitress top off one of my friend’s hot drink. Immediately she had to try to conjure up the right balance of...
Posted at 21:12h
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An interesting thing happened to me this evening as I entered a bookstore that shall remain unnamed. It does begin with a B. In the space between the two front doors they had a display of books they were trying to quickly get out of...
Posted at 15:56h
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The New England Patriots did not really win their football game Sunday afternoon as much as the Chargers lost the game. Sometimes you are given a gift. I was amused by a student this morning who came up to me with a big smile as...
Posted at 20:11h
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Do you ever watch a television show where all the characters are smart, witty and always have the perfect comeback? Discouraging, isn't it? If you are like me, you think of some really great thing to say about thirty minutes after it’s too late. It’s...
Posted at 16:38h
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While passing by the recreation room in a nursing home I was about knocked over by the volume of the recreation director literally yelling, "N-17." Looking in I saw a collection of old ladies playing Bingo. There weren't any old men. This wasn’t because old...
Posted at 16:58h
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In preparation for an accrediting visit for our college we have to locate and report on the whereabouts and successes of our graduates. No one in our department knew the whereabouts of one of last year’s psychology graduates. We started pulling out all the stops...