A couple years ago I asked a good friend of mine, someone who has a lot practical wisdom, whether I should take a stand more often and be more willing to enter controversy. I said I was afraid sometimes by failing to speak up, I let bad ideas go unchallenged. He said there are quiet [...]
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It’s been almost a year since I traveled overseas, and its been almost a year since Berkely Scot joined as a reader. See her comment below under “Free TV.” She says she feels like a girder on the Forth Bridge, after a falling in December and having hardware installed to mend her bones.
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On of my students in a large class this semester has been in critical care the last couple of days, with a tumor in his chest. It was evidently just discovered.
All of his friends and classmates have rallied around to send him their good wishes and prayers. This is only the third week into class [...]
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So, they found a way to send the television signal over the air instead of through a cable. Who’d have thought it–wireless TV!
I’m walking through the parking lot of Big Lots and this guy steps out of the shadows beside a van and says,
“Hey buddy, let me show you something.”
“Sorry, I don’t need any gold [...]
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