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Sunday greetings, everyone!

This September 28th will be 27 years since I started the CyberSalt Digest. Over the years, the digest has led to so many fun, interesting, and blessed interactions with subscribers – and, well, a few not-so-pleasant ones too. One of the most amazing stories happened in January of 2009 when I received the following email:

Hello Tim:

I have subscribed to your Cybersalt digest for a number of years now and it has been a source for many illustrations for my sermons.  I have enjoyed the digest and it has been the source of many smiles and laughs over the years.  Imagine my surprise when I open your issue dated January12, 2009 and see a smiling picture of my son and his fiancé.  We are so very excited about their engagement. And I really appreciate having Alyssa's blog.  It is a pleasure to get to connect with you this way although I have probably had e-mails from you before Matt even met Alyssa.

It is such a small world.

Best regards,

Glen

Today's video share is the recording of Reverend Glen Sampson's funeral service from this past Wednesday.
Click here to watch.

~ Pastor Tim 

I was inspecting communications facilities in Alaska. Since I had little experience in flying in small planes, I was nervous when we approached a landing strip in a snow-covered area. The pilot descended to just a couple hundred feet, then gunned both engines, climbed, and circled back. While my heart pounded, the passenger beside me seemed calm.

"I wonder why he didn't land," I said.

"He was checking to see if the landing strip was plowed," the man said.

As we made a second approach, I glanced out the window. "It looks plowed to me," I commented.

"No," my seat mate said. "It hasn't been cleared for some time."

"How can you tell?" I asked.

"Because," the man informed me, "I'm the guy who drives the plow."

I am often mistaken for an adult because of my age.

"Be a Billionaire!"

and Help

Refugees and

Persecuted Christians

"Do just enough to get by."

- Mediocretes

"While it's impossible to trace the pinball path of a single prayer, our prayers somehow exit our four dimensions of space-time in order to get to the God who exists outside of the four space-time dimensions He created when He said, "Let there be light." Our prayers don't dissipate over time; our prayers accumulate through eternity."

- Mark Batterson, in "The Circle Maker"

Our church was saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our most valued members, Someone Else.

Someone's passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person's share of the work. Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach, or a meeting to attend, one name was on everyone's list, "Let Someone Else do it."

Whenever leadership was mentioned, this wonderful person was looked to for inspiration as well as results; "Someone Else can work with that group."  It was common knowledge that Someone Else was among the most liberal givers in our church. Whenever there was a financial need, everyone just assumed Someone Else would make up the difference.

Someone Else was a wonderful person; sometimes appearing superhuman. Were the truth known, everybody expected too much of Someone Else. Now Someone Else is gone! We wonder what we are going to do. Someone Else left a wonderful example to follow, but who is going to follow it? Who is going to do the things Someone Else did?

When you are asked to help this year, remember -- we can't depend on Someone Else anymore.

- Author Unknown

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

Most people are fascinated by their age as if it makes any difference in their lives. Some people are very intimidated by getting older and struggle against it. 

When I was young, I couldn't wait to get older. I couldn't wait until I was old enough to get a driver's license. Why does it take so long to get old when you're young, and when you're old, it flies by like a bullet?

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.