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"As we soak in God's presence, heaven sticks to us."
Dennis Walker

"Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials."
Smith Wigglesworth

"When you have given up your

It was a pleasant day, in Lakeland, Florida.  It was my Grandfather, Jackson Barron's birthday.  This birthday was different, because it was also the day he would be laid to rest.  Upon entering the church, I noticed a lot of familiar faces.  There were people I had seen my whole life, but only at funerals, or family reunions. 

The viewing was different from any viewing I had ever been to. 

There

Reflections in prayer With Celta Kirkland
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

 II Samuel 23:11b and 12: "The people fled from the Philistines; but he stood in the midst of the ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines and the Lord wrought a great victory." Shammah, one of King David's mighty men of war, when everyone fled in fear of the enemy; leaving him alone, he courageously stood and defended the

By Shelby Martin
Mercury News

Melting ice uncovered a hoax this week, as the "Bigfoot" found in a Georgia woods turned out to be . . . a rubber Halloween costume.

Bigfoot hunters Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer had tossed their find in a freezer and frozen it in a solid chunk of ice - to preserve it, they said. The two men finally turned over the freezer and on August 17, Bigfoot enthusiasts waited with

By Cathy Free

 Kenneth Maryboy bought himself a used Santa suit. He was tall and skinny, and his black hair stuck out from under his cap in sharp contrast with his cheap white cotton beard. No matter that he didn't look the part-he was fulfilling a vow he'd made the previous year.

Back then, just before Christmas 1978, Kenneth was a passenger in a car traveling down a lonely road in the Navajo