An Advent Lesson ~ Wisdom
By Barefootpreachr

Read the story below very carefully, can you discern the wisdom of the sage? I pray that one day, I may also have such great wisdom!

There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched him to help this child.

So the sage came ...

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Dreams Really Do Come True
By Barefootpreachr

John Perkins, American environmentalist and shamanic scholar, tells the story of a conversation with a native shaman while he visited the Amazon. One day by a river he was speaking with the shaman he addressed as Don Alberto about the sad condition of the world and the difficulty of change.

“The world is as you dream it,” he said at last.

He walked to the edge of the water. ...

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An Advent Lesson ~ Generosity
By Barefootpreachr

There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.

“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they ...

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Wife Carrying?!? Odd Sports Around the World
By Barefootpreachr

Tired of your favorite football team not winning? Here are some weird, odd and unusual sports from around the world: (By Lisa Mason)

Chess Boxing: This interesting sport is a combination of chess and boxing. It pits brawn and brain, and there are different games alternating after each round. A match can last up to 11 rounds, starts with 4 minutes of a chess round, and is followed by 2 minutes of ...

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The Thing I Value Most in Life
By Barefootpreachr

For my family, for my friends, for every person who has offered me a word of encouragement or an ear to listen, for those of you who read or comment on this blog, for each person who lifts a word of prayer for another person who is struggling today … Thanks for Your time. May you be blessed as I have,


Thanks for Your Time!
"It had been some ...

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