“The finest men in all the world are not to be found in the warm, genial climates, where the earth has only to be tickled with a hoe, and it laughs with plenty; but the strongest and the most enterprising spirits have been found at the back of the north wind, where there are frosts and ice, and long, dreary winters, and men have a hard struggle for a livelihood. They become really men under that stern training. Now, if there were no thorns and thistles, no struggles and no trials, should we have any brave Christians? Should we have any great and noble souls at all? When did the Church yield her best men for her Lord’s service? It was in the persecuting times, when they had to swim through seas of blood to hold fast the truth of Christ. These are silken days, and we have wretched specimens of Christians everywhere; but if the times of persecution were to come once more, with the rough winds blowing, and the whole sea of the world tossed in tempest, we should then find brave sailors who would put the ship’s head to the wind, and ride safely over the stormy billows in the name of the Eternal God.“ Spurgeon, C. H.

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I’ve heard of people having tricks for making their cookies a special way. Alton Brown on the Food Network had some tricks for modifying the Toll House recipe to make thin crispy, thick, or chewy. I started a forum discussion that has the tricks he used. You can download the recipes in PDF format. Just go to the forum. Please post your tricks for everyone to see. Now is definitely the time of year to bake some special treats.
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Here’s my brother Michael in his Mad Hatter outfit. He put it together with an hat from Ebay, a jacket he bought from a friend, pants and shirt from the thrift store! 

Our church “Church on the Hill” is having a “safe and sane alternative to
Holloween”. Dress up in costume, have dinner, coffee, desserts, play in the
bounce houses or other games, and do some “trunk or treating”. Someone made
a genereous donation so that this event is free for all. Jenn and I plan to
go with Matthew dressed up in his camo outfit. Fall Family Blast

He reached out to the keyboard to type out a special message to all of you. It’s baby talk for, “I’m amazed at all this technology, I love you all.“ 

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MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS FIRST THEN WATCH THE VIDEO, the volume isn’t that great…. Be sure to turn up the volume.
Strange but interesting. This is a car advertisement from Great Britain. When they finished filming the ad, the film editor noticed something moving along the side of the car, like a ghostly white mist. The ad was never put on TV because of the unexplained ghostly phenomenon. Watch the front end of the car as it clears the trees in the middle of the screen and you’ll see the white mist crossing in front of the car then following it along the road…...Spooky!
Is it a ghost, or is it simply mist? You decide. Ghostly Mist Movie