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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...
Grandfather – Monroe Journal – July 2, 2020
“And then there is the love for the enemy – love for the one who does not love you, but mocks, threatens and inflicts pain. The tortured’s love for the torturer. This is God’s love. It conquers the world.” Frederick Buechner July 2000 –...
William and the Windmill – Monroe Journal – May 27, 2013
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the square pegs in round holes - the ones who see things differently. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs 2002 – Mastala...
Keep on Pushing – Monroe Journal – Aug 4, 2022
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington July 1987 – Kingston, Jamaica: Devon Harris saw the flyer on the bulletin board. “Dangerous and...
