The chef of the upscale restaurant I manage collided with a waiter one day and spilled coffee all over our computer. The liquid poured into the processing unit and resulted in some dramatic crackling and popping sounds.
After sopping up the mess, we gathered around the terminal as the computer was turned back on again.
"Please let it work," pleaded the guilt-ridden waiter.
A waitress replied, "Should be faster than ever. That was a double espresso."
"If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselves. This is what the gospel represents, and it's what the gospel requires."
- Radical (David Platt)
A friend went to see Doctor Wilson the other day, and the he was not very sympathetic with her aches and pains.
"You'll just have to learn to live it," he said.
When she got her bill for $90, she sent it back, with the notation, "You'll just have to learn to live without it!"
"If you want to be a leader with a large following, just obey the speed limit on a winding, two-lane road."
"Faith: Putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch."
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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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