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Old April 21st 05, 03:12 PM
Stephen M.H. Lawrence
 
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Another church contacted me
about a new sound system, then told me I could have the job if I joined
their church.


How nice. Not! I have a friend who has one of the strongest personal
faiths I've witnessed, and one of his favorite phrases goes something
like, "Forced religion is un-Christian."

I made one round trip from Ohio, and a second run to Florida in a truck
people didn't believe would make the city limits.


I resemble that remark (seriously). Had to drive from Fort Jackson, South
Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina area) all the way to Fargo, North Dakota
to help a friend many moons ago, in a clapped-out old 1979 Chevy Chevette
Scooter (Yup, AM radio, 3 speed on the floor) that had almost 300,000 miles
on it. That was a very, um, *nervous* trip.

There are a lot of other things like this that
have happened, including walking way from a totaled seven month old '83
Toyota pickup when a woman hit me head on in my lane on the highway and
the cop's amazed expression when I told him I was the driver, and Yes, I
wasn't dead.


And some people think it's all a matter of coincidence.
Not me! (read my sig line, heh).

73,

Steve

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Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Every moment of a human life is an act of worship.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.