Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone.

The Westside Bible Church site has been updated with recordings of the services and messages from October 9, 16, and 23.
www.westsidefamily.org/multimedia-podcast/services
www.westsidefamily.org/multimedia-podcast/messages

There is also a new devotional from Rev. James Snyder.  He has been thinking about something most of us will be pondering in the coming weeks and months.  You can read more at:
www.cybersalt.org/gods-penman/visiting-my-family-is-a-relative-experience

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.

Penguin Zoo

Did you hear about the man that had a pet penguin?

Soon after he got his penguin, he was driving in town one day with the penguin sitting on the front seat next to him.

A policeman noticed the penguin in the car and motioned for the man to pull over.

The officer says, "What are you doing with that penguin?"

The man replies, "We are just going for an afternoon drive."

The officer says, "I want you to take that penguin to the zoo right away, or you will be in big trouble."

The man replies, "No problem, I can do that," and the policeman let them go on their way.

Two days later, the man and his penguin are going for a drive again with the penguin sitting in the front seat.
This time the penguin has on dark sunglasses. When they pass through town, the same policeman spots the penguin in the car. He furiuosly motions for the man to pull over.

As soon as the car stops, he marches right up to the man and demands, "You are the same guy I saw two days ago with a penguin. What are you trying to do now? Don't you think that I can still recognize a penguin even if it has sunglasses on? I thought I told you to take that penguin to the zoo right away?"

The man replied, "Yes sir you did. I took him to the zoo yesterday. We had so much fun at the zoo that today I thought we would go to the beach today!"

One-liner #0756

"It is well documented that for every mile that you jog, you add one minute to your life which enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month."

Trapeze Artist

I used to work as a trapeze artist.

Until I was let go.

Quote #1209

"If you want to change the world forget about Wall Street - occupy church!"

Fixing Bicycles

I love stories. One of my favorites is about a little girl who was late coming home for supper. Her mother made the expected irate parent's demand to know where she had been.

The little girl replied that she had stopped to help Janie, whose bicycle was broken in a fall.

"But you don't know anything about fixing bicycles," her mother responded.

"I know that," the girl said. "I just stopped to help her cry."

Not many of us know anything about fixing bicycles, either. And when our friends have fallen and broken, not their bicycles but their lives, NONE of us knows how to fix that. We simply cannot "fix" someone else's life, even though that's what we would like most to do.

But like the little girl, we can stop to help them cry. That is the best we can do. And that is a lot!
- Murray Lancaster