As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?"
One man stepped forward, "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray."
"Good," said the captain. "You pray while the rest of us put on our life jackets - we're one short."
The minister advised Uncle Howard to give some thought to the "hereafter." Uncle Howard told him that the hereafter was hardly ever out of his mind.
At least a dozen times a day he would go to do something, like going to the bathroom cabinet for his medicine, then say, "What on earth am I hereafter?!"
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
-G. K. Chesterton
Teddy Bears make the best friends because . . . .
They don't feel they need to tell you that you have bad breath
They never borrow money
They never beat you at checkers
They don't ever complain when you eat potato chips in bed
They don't laugh at your choice of clothes
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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"Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing."