Posted at 23:26h
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Recently I reunited with one of my best ever students who is now working on her Master’s degree. When I asked her how she was this very bright Christian young lady lit up and joy flowed from her as she related to me her story. ...
Posted at 17:13h
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I’m not sure what it is about the word “free” that I do not understand. I wanted to find out who called me so I googled the words “reverse phone number lookup.” Almost instantly I got a list of websites that promised me they would...
Posted at 17:03h
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We are two weeks into the fall semester and today toward the end of my sixth lecture in Psychology 101 a young man put up his hand and asked, "How much of this do we have to remember?" After I caught my breath and my...
Posted at 16:10h
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I had this fairly lengthy passage to copy from a book into my computer. As my fingers typed away I knew I was on a roll. It was one of those days when everything was functioning in high gear. My typing teacher from high school...
Posted at 17:38h
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One of the most fascinating places I ever visited occurred on a hot summer day when my father took me to a large red wooden building that was full of ice. Mounds of sawdust covered large blocks of ice that had been hewn from a...
Posted at 15:36h
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Our President has spoken to our nation regarding jobs and the importance of labor and hard work. It’s a topic dear to our hearts. We know good things do not happen unless someone or some group pours toil and sacrifice into projects. I believe it...
Posted at 04:04h
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My wife just walked in with a container of strawberries freshly picked in the rain. They are so fragrant. Immediately my brain splashed across the inside of my eyeballs pictures of a mile high strawberry pie, heaps of sliced strawberries on bowls of cereal or...
Posted at 17:03h
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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in New York City on September 5, 1882. It is a day to honor the hard working men and women who have built this great land. Labor comes in an infinite variety of tasks. Labor is both physical...
Posted at 17:55h
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Since our little college will not be opening this fall and I have been locked out of my office and classroom I am looking for a job. I think I found it. I looked on Craig’s list under Gigs/Writing. Oh this sounds way too good...
Posted at 14:26h
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I was sitting in a surgical waiting room in a large Boston Hospital. It was an interesting place. It was a mix of people waiting their turn to go into surgery as well as family members waiting for doctors to come out to report on...