The Kiss

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  “Ryabovitch pulled the bed-clothes over his head, curled himself up in bed, and tried to gather together the floating images in his mind and to combine them into one whole. But nothing came of it. He soon fell asleep, and his last thought was that someone had caressed him and made him happy—that something extraordinary, foolish, but joyful and delightful, had come into his life. The thought did not leave him even in his sleep. When he woke up the sensations of oil on his neck and the chill of peppermint about his lips had gone, but joy flooded his heart just as the day before.” The Kiss By Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

Randoms

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  • "Why Batman Doesn't Know Jesus." The answer is worth consideration.


  • "Alleged Samson seal found at Beth Shemesh" Click on the link to see a photo of the tiny find. Discuss: what are your thoughts concerning the remarks made by the excavation directors? Leave comments below (please follow standard rules of acceptable discussion, keeping on topic).


  • Bible teachers may appreciate these NASA photos.


  • Assessing children’s bibles is not child’s play. The relationships between them, the Bible, and their readers are complicated, yet because we too easily see them as simple and trustworthy, we have not learned how to read them carefully or critically enough." Read more here at  "How Story Bibles Work."


  • 5 Surprising Reasons Expository Preaching Makes Sermon Preparation Easy


  • 10 Civilizations That Disappeared Under Mysterious Circumstances


  • President Obama’s infamous 'You didn’t build that gaffe' may have originated from a little-read 2004 book titled “Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives.”


  • Right wrong? 


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