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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S. “Olympic Believers”

25. August 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S.  “Olympic Believers”

I was reconciling my bank statement and found six "surprises". These were transactions charged to my debit card that I did not know about. My identity has been stolen! To make matters worse, the charges were made for membership to porn sites.

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Spiritual Mentor - Gray Hair and Great Advice

12. August 2008

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Spiritual Mentor - Gray Hair and Great Advice

She got kind of quiet. She said “say that again…” I said “ummm…which part.” She said “the part about the gray hair.” I realized that Susan probably has a few gray hairs, and I might have just offended her. I blushed a little, and she said “the way you said that…

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Ordinary”

12. August 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Ordinary”

They worked in mundane vocations. They were considered "ignorant ignoramuses" by the religious community. Their past was extremely questionable. They were prone to mistakes, misstatements, and egotistical remarks. They argued over who would be the greatest.

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S - “Meltdown”

1. August 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S - “Meltdown”

This is NOT a political endorsement. Barack Obama delivered a speech to over 200,000 in Berlin Germany. He is considered “Public Enemy #1” among USA Christians. I’ve received numerous emails asking me to help “stop the Obama tide” by forwarding the email to 30 people.

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S - “Mementoes”

25. July 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S - “Mementoes”

The release of 15 hostages in the Columbian jungle has been an amazing story. There were three American men in the group. According to a CNN report on July 11, “The men carried with them a metal lock, a bullet and a chess board made of cardboard -- small items that are reminders of the years they spent away from their families, cut off from the world outside the jungle, seeing only fellow hostages and their captors, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Digital”

17. July 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Digital”

I confess-I’m reading the July-August issue of the AARP Bulletin. I’ve just listened to the NBC Nightly News, and all of the major newspapers are defaulting and shutting down printing presses. The Chicago Tribune is closing, and their high rise office building is for sale as well as the Chicago Cubs! Someone said, “If you [...]

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A Peaceful Look Back at my Chaotic Past

8. July 2008

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A Peaceful Look Back at my Chaotic Past

A couple of months ago my husband Zale and I were cleaning out the bonus room because we were converting it to his home office. I found something I wrote shortly after 9/11 and I hadn't read it in a very long time.

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Accumulating”

8. July 2008

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C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S “Accumulating”

Having cleared out my Dad and Mom’s house has freshly reminded me of the vanity of accumulating things. They only had the very basics, but fifty-seven years of marriage yields much stuff.

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Stuff - C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S.

2. July 2008

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Stuff - C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S.

Several months before my Dad passed away he looked around the house and asked, “What will happen to all my stuff?” I told him not to be concerned, and I would take care of it. He passed away last December.

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A Forever Legacy–A Reprint From C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S

17. June 2008

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A Forever Legacy–A Reprint From C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S

What do you say in your last visit with your dad before he dies?

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