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Feb 17, 2012

Saying Goodbye to Beauty

Virginia Stem Owens

Gwen has been legally blind for ten years. The term “legally blind” needs some explaining. Only about 12% of blind people lack any sight at all....

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Jan 25, 2012

The Grocery Drop

Tina Howard

I can hear my husband on the phone with his mom in the other room, and from the conversation fragments I overhear, I know I’ll be squeezing in a trip to the grocery store tomorrow....

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Dec 30, 2011

The Personal Ponzi Scheme

laura boggess

“I’ve decided that life is a Ponzi scheme.” I give my friend a quizzical look. “Do you know what that is?” “Yeah, sure, sort of. Isn’t that what Bernie Madoff got in all that trouble for?” She nods her head rapidly.  “Yes,” she says....

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Dec 20, 2011

Hike Your Own Hike

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Lucas and Joe hiked the entire Appalachian Trail....

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Dec 20, 2011

How to Find Kindness

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Mary could get away with being an awful person because she was a killer sales-person.  So when Mary leveled outbursts at some poor soul, her bosses just looked away....

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Oct 9, 2011

Chicken Eagle

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Author Tony de Mello tells about a farmer who put an eagle's egg in a barnyard nest. The eaglet hatched and grew up thinking he was a chicken. He scratched for worms, clucked, and only flew a few feet into the air. Years passed. The eagle grew old. One day he saw a magnificent bird circling above him....

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In the Common English Bible, the Lord addresses Ezekiel as “Human one.” Most English translations prefer the traditional “Son of man” instead of “Human one.” This... Read More +