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Read and Think!

Here's a list of emails that I have received, that gave me the opportunity to think about things I thought I already knew. Some of these are here because they really touched my heart. I tell you now that I don't agree with all of them. To paraphrase the librarian where I did my post-graduate work,

“If you only read what you agree with,
you don't have much reading to do!”

You may do well to do the same. Here they are with the newest at the top. If you have any feedback on them, please feel free to share that, .

• Do you just belong? (4/2008)
• God and Generals (11/2007)
• Penal Reform (12/2004)
• Christmas Eve at the Gas Station (12/2003)
• A Christmas Manger (2/2003)
• The Truth About Taxes (1/2003)
• The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth (12/2002)
• Thank you for everything, by Alan Cohen (12/2002)
• Ann Margaret or Jane Fonda? (11/2002)
• Killing an American (11/2002)
• Quarrel of the Colors (9/2002)
• Won't God Show Through? (5/2002)
• Rules Not Learned: What they don't teach at school. (3/2002)
• Editorial from a Rumanian Newspaper, An Ode to America (12/2001)
• The Mayflower Compact (12/2001)
• Senator John McCain's Tribute to Mike Christian (12/2001)
• Brian Schul's speech, given October 3rd, in response to the attack. (12/2001)
• German Warships' Tribute to America! (11/2001)
• I asked for ... (11/2001)
• President Bush's Address To Congress 9/21/2001 (9/2001)
• A Family is Hard to Divide (09/2001) in response to the attack
• America The Good Neighbor (originally 4/2000, corrected 9/2001)
• The Cracked Pot (5/01)
• Wisdom attributed to Andy Rooney (4/01)
• The Fall of Republics (4/01)
• Freckles (4/01)
• The Perfect Heart (4/01)
• Charlton Heston's Speech at Harvard (4/01)
• A United States Marine's Christmas Poem (12/00)
• Bricks of Life (10/00)
• Personality Quiz (10/00)
• The Sculptor's Attitude (10/00)
• A Faded Dress fooled the President (10/00)
• The Empty Egg (5/00)
• Where is God's Perfection? (5/00)
• Paul Harvey on Columbine High School (5/00)
• Beach found on Black Sea Bottom, Evidence for the flood! (5/00)
• 100 Years Ago (3/00)
• Being Young vs. Being Old (3/00)
• Hand of Hope (3/00)
• Senate Prayer (3/00)
• Even though ... thanks! (3/00)
• 37,037 and Spirituality (3/00)
• The Tablecloth (You may need a hanky to read this!) (2/00)
• Attitude (1/00)
• In Hindsight (1/00)
• Just for Today (1/00)
• Bill of No Rights (11/99)
• Interview with God (11/99)
• Tears from the Wall (Warning, you may shed some, too!) (11/99)
• The American Creed (11/99)
• Three Old Men, Which One Do You Invite In? (11/99)
• Responsibility, satisfaction differ from self-esteem (11/99)
• The Good Old Days, by Paul Harvey
• Thanksgiving History! (was just Lincoln's, expanded in November, 2001)
• When I Say I'm A Christian . . . (great poem!)
• The Visitor (A Church that doesn't understand!)
• Puppies for Sale (get your tissue out first!)
• Thought for the Day (list of quotes of note)
• Winterize Your Lawn! (warning, you may laugh, too!)
• Dumbing Down Our Kids
• The Story of Butch O'Hare and Al Capone
• The New Footprints in the Sand (wow, this is good!)
• Things aren't always as they seem: Be grateful!
• The Signers of the Declaration of Independence (modified 7/2001)
• Who packed your parachute? (and are you grateful?)
• Time Magazine Article about Helen Keller
• One Stormy Night, a true story
• President George Washington's Farewell Address
• Darrell Scott's Testimony to the United States Congress 
• You Never Know What Fruit Will Come
• An Angel Wrote . . . (hmm)
• Wisdom of the Ages (humorous)
• The Hordes of Hell are Marching! (DEEP! Each of three parts take a long time to load and even longer to read and even longer to digest!)