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Fires – Monroe Journal – Sept 22, 2022
“Only you can decide how your fires will affect you. Will you be scarred or sanctified?” Beth Moore 1924 - Billund, Denmark: A quiet Sunday afternoon after church, a small pile of wood...
Encouragement – Monroe Journal – Sept 12, 2019
“The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory, and to save an empire.” Emile De Girardin February 26, 1791 – London, England: Methodist theologian John Wesley penned a letter to his good...
The Suggestion Box – Monroe Journal – Sept 15, 2022
“Extraordinary people do not give up because obstacles are in their way, they persist without exception.” Andy Andrews 1989 – Los Angeles, California: The intercom blared, “D’wayne Edwards, please go to Robert Greenburg’s office.”...
The Great Boat Rescue – Monroe Journal – Sept 8, 2022
“God is continually preparing His heroes, and when the opportunity is right, He puts them into position in an instant. He works so fast, the world wonders where they came from.” A.B. Simpson September...
It is Well – Monroe Journal – January 16, 2014
“Whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.” Horatio Spafford November 24, 1873 – Chicago, Illinois: The French luxury steamship SS Ville du Havre sailed...
The Masonic Home Mighty Mites – Monroe Journal – May 31, 2018
“The fact of being an underdog changes people in way that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.” Malcolm Gladwell 1926 - Masonic...
Wriggle Bottom – Monroe Journal – September 1, 2022
“It only took a moment for someone to look at a piece of paper and categorize me as someone who could not learn, and I believed them. It took another moment for someone to look at me and tell me differently. Thankfully, I believed them too, and my life changed. Don’t...
Runt of the Litter – Monroe Journal – Aug 25, 2022
“Each time we face what man has said cannot be done, we face a choice: will we choose to accept the seemingly impossible? Or will we choose to defy it? It is those who make the latter, tougher decision who inspire us to attempt the impossible.” ...
Thundering On – Monroeville Journal – Aug 18, 2022
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill November 14, 1970 – Huntingdon, West Virginia: It remains the worst tragedy in American sports history. On a rainy, foggy Saturday night, Southern Airways Flight 932 was bringing the...
Hurricane Saves Washington – Monroe Journal – Aug
“There are only two ways to live your life; one, as though nothing is a miracle, the other as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein August 25, 1814 – Washington, D.C.: It was a most unusual weather phenomenon for the nation’s...
