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needing friends in need

Posted by mike wittmer on August 26th, 2010 | no responses
Yesterday I got a call from a friend whose car wouldn’t start at a nearby store.  On the way to rescue my friend, I heard a story on the radio about a wealthy athlete who makes more money in a... read more »

giving to others

Posted by marvin williams on August 5th, 2010 | 5 responses
Rebekah Rushing who was a high-level assistant at Enron Corporation before it collapsed due to accounting fraud in 2001, demonstrated that ethics is much more than not doing wrong. She went beyond looking... read more »

tossing it back

Posted by tom felten on July 3rd, 2010 | 9 responses
During a Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals last summer, a man named Steve Monforto caught a foul ball as he sat in the bleachers. Since fans are... read more »

correct change

Posted by regina franklin on June 5th, 2010 | 4 responses
Making decisions while shopping has never been one of my strong points. I take forever to settle  on a purchase, and then all the way from the checkout line to my house, I still question whether or not... read more »

one, two, three . . .

Posted by tom felten on May 27th, 2010 | 9 responses
When my son was a toddler, I played a game with him that made a big splash—literally. As I stood in the water, just a few feet from the edge of the pool, I would reach out my arms and encourage him to... read more »

rich

Posted by regina franklin on May 26th, 2010 | 5 responses
Their fatigue and discomfort blended with the barren landscape as the group walked through the dirt streets. Trash littered what could hardly be considered front yards. This arid area of Choluteca known... read more »

refusing to play the fool

Posted by winn collier on May 25th, 2010 | 8 responses
Israeli media recently reported on the frenzied scene in garbage dumps around Tel Aviv, as people searched for one million dollars stuffed in an old mattress that had been accidentally discarded. A woman... read more »

the kingdom of things

Posted by sheridan voysey on May 7th, 2010 | 12 responses
Since 1993, sales of luxury cars in my country— Australia—have doubled. Since the 1950s, Australian homes have doubled in size, yet the average family has decreased by a third. We’ve been on a pilgrimage... read more »

buyer’s remorse

Posted by poh fang chia on April 27th, 2010 | 13 responses
Have you ever experienced buyer’s remorse? I have. I wonder why I buy half the clothes hanging in my closet.

Just prior to making a purchase, I feel the positive emotions that come with getting... read more »

hedging bets

Posted by mike wittmer on March 11th, 2010 | 10 responses
Millions of people say they believe in God, but to guarantee the good life they also put their trust in capitalism, science, or immoral pleasures. Recently, however, we’ve seen further proof that these... read more »
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