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Giving Thanks – by Bart Simpson

By: admin | Date: November 19, 2016 | Categories: quotes

Bart Simpson–in a program aimed at millions of America’s young–is asked to say grace and he says, “Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.” http://www.pastorshelper.com/g.html THANKSGIVING; PRIDE; HUBRIS; PRAYER; SIMPSON, BART

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Foolish Pride

By: admin | Date: November 7, 2015 | Categories: stories

One day, after an afternoon of kayaking at Spring Lake, I was pushing my kayak up to the rack on top of my van. My arms were trembling from the hours of exercise and the kayak weighed more from the water inside. I positioned one end on the front part of the rack and began […]

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Let’s Jump

By: admin | Date: May 5, 2012 | Categories: humor, stories

There were four people in an airplane when the announcement came that the plane’s engines had failed and the plane was going down. Everyone was told they would need to bail out of the plane, but there were only three parachutes. There was a doctor, a scientist, a boy scout and a minister. The doctor […]

The Skill of Changing Your Mind

By: admin | Date: February 28, 2012 | Categories: quotes

I know that most people, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would obligate them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and […]