It was the finish line of the Boston marathon. A first-time runner is hobbling away, having just finished.
A grizzled old marathoner looks at him and says "You'll feel a lot worse tomorrow."
He pauses and then says, "But the really bad news is that in about 3 days, you're going to think you had fun today."
"Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will."
- Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
J. Paul Getty was one of the wealthy men who frequently came to watch Jack Dempsey train. Himself a keen amateur boxer, he asked to be allowed to spar for a round with the champion.
Getty put up quite a creditable performance until he made the mistake of saying, "Hit me a little harder, Jack."
Dempsey knocked him out.
Elijah and the widow from Zarephath's plan in a time of trouble is a model for us to imitate when our own times of trouble come.
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"Three wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper demonstrates the downside of democracy."
- Unknown
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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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