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Napoleon is a struggling teenager in the now classic namesake film, “Napoleon Dynamite.” In an interaction which has since become the source of many internet memes, when he finds out his new friend Pedro is asking a girl out on a date, Napoleon laments his own lack of the “skills” that a girlfriend might…

every workman knows the necessity of keeping his tools in a good state of repair.… If the workman loses the edge … he knows that there will be a greater draught upon his energies, or his work will be badly done. Michelangelo, the elect of the fine arts, understood so well the importance of his tools,…

SPIRITUAL GIFTS Britain's Queen Elizabeth recently turned 78. Her birthday actually falls in April, but her subjects celebrate her birthday with lots of pomp and circumstance on a Saturday each June. Locals and foreigners alike flooded through the royal gates hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen, and…

spent a couple of my childhood years in Columbia, N.C. If you’ve ever been to Nags Head, down 64 east, you know where it is, although if you blink, you might just miss it. It is or at least it used to be, one of the most isolated towns in the state. It will come as no surprise, then, that back in the…

SPIRITUAL GIFTS Though clearly taught in the pages the Bible, a recent study by the Barna organization found there is still confusion surrounding the topic of Spiritual gifts among Christians. Overall, the recent update found slightly fewer Christians reported an awareness of spiritual gifts. Just above…

A man dressed as Napoleon went to see a psychiatrist at the urging of his wife. "What’s your problem?" the doctor asked. "I have no problem," the man replied. "I’m one of the most famous people in the world. I have a great army behind me. I have all the money I’ll ever need, and I live in great luxury."…

A woman was going away to pick up some friends and return with them for her children to go out to dinner. She had left her children at home with the instructions that they were to be clean and dressed by the time she returned. She said to the children upon leaving, "Now here is plenty of soap and water…

Pentecost, the day on which we are indwelt by the Spirit, sweeps us up into the dance of the Trinity. We are summoned to the dance floor, [and] the music is grace and love and holiness and peace… The music is supplied by God, and his people are invited to sing and dance along. Pentecost, my friends,…

Shel Silverstein worte a kids' poem titled "Never." The last verse reads: I've never scored a touchdown On a ninety-nine-yard run, I've never winged six Daltons With my dying brother's gun, Or kissed Miz Jane, and rode my hoss Into the setting sun. Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done.…

1. Publicize the Gospel. Our Master’s marching orders when He left earth could not be more clear: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (: Mark 16:15). To determine “how’s business,” think about these issues: With how many people have you shared the Gospel in the last six months?…