In 1948, during a runoff Senate primary fight with former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson, early indications were that Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson had lost…
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In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. So he went to visit the head monk of a local monastery…
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A farmer went each week to the Farmers’ Market to sell cottage cheese and apple butter he made on his farm. He carried them on the two-mile journey to the market…
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Christian author Carole Mayhall tells of a woman who went to a diet center to lose weight. The director took her to a full-length mirror…
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An elderly woman was shopping one day for a new hearing aid. “How much are your hearing aids?” she asked the salesman…
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A 100-year-old church member was having her birthday celebration at the church she had faithfully attended since she was a young girl…
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Pastor Charles Swindoll tells of a gentleman he knew who served on one of Walt Disney’s original advisory boards. He once told him how persistent Disney was…
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Author Leo Buscaglia tells an inspiring story about his mother and their “misery dinner.” Leo’s father came home one night from work, and he told the family…
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When Sujo John and his wife moved to the United States from India in February 2001, things were looking great. He lived in New York City, and got a well-paying job…
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