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Consequences of Sin
In his Daily Article for Jan. 11, Jim Denison writes: “Officials have determined that a sinkhole that cost $75 million to fix was caused by human error. Water was released too quickly into sewage pipes, eventually causing the ground t...
Motivation, Strategy
In a column in the January 5 edition of The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof makes the case that “2018 was actually the best year in human history. Each day on average, about another 295,000 people around the world gained access to el...
Oppression
The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919 to conclude World War I, imposed restrictions on Germany that Adolph Hitler would exploit to spur the growth of his Nazi Party. Within twenty years, Germany would move from feeling oppressed to in...
Love and Marriage
Kids were invited to answer some important questions about marriage. When is it OK to kiss someone? When they’re rich. (Pam, age 7) The law says you have to be 18, so I wouldn’t mess with that. (Curt, age 7) The rule goes like this: If y...
Bravery
During Marine basic training at Parris Island, S.C., the drill instructor threw a pine cone among the recruits and yelled, “Grenade!” The trainees immediately turned away and hit the ground. “Just as I suspected,” chided the dril...
Life, Eternity
A woman in Florida had a malignant tumor in the facial area. Her physician told her that the only available treatments would cause much pain and some disfigurement. The treatments did not offer a cure, but they would probably buy her mor...
Shrewdness, Strategy
Little Bobby hangs out at the local convenience store. The owner notices that the older boys like to tease him. They say he’s not too bright. As evidence, often they’ll offer Bobby his choice between a nickel and a dime. Bobby always tak...
Marriage; Exchange
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the woman if she would li...
Love as Motivation
A mother asked Billy, her seven-year-old son, to clean her shoes. He meticulously cleaned and shined the shoes and was rewarded with a quarter. When she went to put on her shoes, the mother felt something in the toe of one. She reached i...
