Lincoln captured the genius of American life when he said, “The man who labored for another last year, this year labors for himself, and next year he will hire others to labor for him.
This essay is a worthy read.
cats share many attributes with our friends the French:They are coquettish when called, unavailable when needed, and always self-interested. If Lassie had been a cat, the barn would have burned down and Timmy would have starved to death at the bottom of the old well.
Kill your television? A growing number of Americans are choosing to do just that, according to the Nielsen Company.
Nielsen announced on Tuesday that TV ownership in the U.S. is down for the first time in 20 years, based on data gathered from the 2010 census.
According to Nielsen, the percentage of households with televisions has declined to 96.7, compared with the 98.9 percent from previous estimates in 2000.
via thewrap.com
We could wish it were a sign of Christians opting out of the greatest influence for worldly mindset, but given the state of the churches, not likely to happen.
Lord, I really don't what to move. I like it here - there are so many memories. I am comfortable here because it is familiar. I know it is to large for me (us) now, to much work, but I have such mixed feelings. I don't like the thought of all the changes.
I am so glad you never change. You are and always will be a constant in my life. Help me to remember that when I am packing and unpacking. Amen.
In the wake of the deadly tornado that tore through the small Franklin County town, many thought the annual Phil Campbell Hoedown Festival and the coinciding International Phil Campbell Convention 2011 scheduled for June 17 and 18 would have to be cancelled, but organizer Rita Barton said that’s not the case.
“People’s spirits are down right now and they need this hoedown to lift them up and to bring some sunshine back into Phil Campbell,” Barton said.
In the United States, President Harry Truman, who turned 61 that day, dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died of a cerebral hemorrhage less than a month earlier, on 12 April.
via en.wikipedia.org
Today is V-E Day. You don't see this happening this day and age, a president dedicating a victory to his predecessor.
Continual shelling during the First World War reduced the countryside in West Flanders, Belgium to a sea of mud. More than a million men died.
The beautiful Weaver’s Guild-Hall at Ieper, built in the 12th century, was reduced to rubble. After the war, the British wanted to leave the whole city of Ieper in ruins as a memorial to the war! Understandably, the people of Ieper thought otherwise! Some wanted to replace the Guild Hall with a modern structure. But city architect Jules Coomans insisted that the Weaver’s Hall be rebuilt.
And with the help of fellow architect, P.A. Pauwels, the building was restored to its original grandeur. When the restoration was complete in 1959, the building looked exactly as it did before. This was possible because they used the original building plans and the same type of stones.
Jesus built His church in the first century (Matthew 16:18). Two millennia later the world is full of denominations that are very different from the church Jesus built. People have used their own plans and their own stones to establish thousands of denominations according to their own liking and for their own glory.
Churches of Christ exist in all parts of the world because certain people want to be nothing more and nothing less than the church of the New Testament. They must endure much criticism, however, from those who call this an impossible dream, an unattainable objective, an impracticable ideal.
Can we be the church of the New Testament? Why not, if we use the original building plans and the same stones, if we follow the pattern of the New Testament?
via oldpaths.com
Keep reading at the link above, or watch the video.
experts at using the supposed depravity of others as a device to advertise their own great righteousness.
Never mind the source of the quote, it fits our pompous progressives to a T, who love to feign false humility while they dump on those who busy themselves with the will of God and render obedience to those wonderful commandments which do not, as the NET Bible renders it, "weigh us down."
The Jackson Area Ministerial Association will host Holy Week Services at 12:05 p.m. each day at different locations. On Monday, the service will be at First United Methodist Church, with Kenneth Grizzell of Campbell Street Church speaking. On Tuesday, the service will be at Skyline Church of Christ, with Randy Carter of Northside Assembly of God speaking. On Wednesday, Chuck Filiatreau of All Saints Anglican Church will speak at St. Mary's Catholic Church. On Thursday, Jereme Smith of Family Worship Center will speak at First Baptist Church. On Friday, Ben Mandrell of Englewood Baptist Church will speak at First Presbyterian Church. Lunch will be served every day except Friday.
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With just four workers on duty, the McDonald's on Highway 64 in Bald Knob was short-staffed Wednesday night.
It probably couldn't have happened at a worse time.
Flooding on the White River that night necessitated the indefinite closing of westbound Interstate 40 and the implementation of a roundabout, 120-mile detour
Might the manager have been short-sighted, when he should have expected the increased traffic from the I-40 closing? Or tight-fisted? Or just didn't have enough employees to call in to deal with it? Hmm ... Whatever the situation, it' certainly boosting Bald Knob's economy.