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Being neighborly

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. An anonymous writer penned these words titled A Collection of Attitudes, referencing the parable of the Good Samaritan, saying: To the expert in the law, the wounded man was a subject to discuss; To the robbers, the wounded man was someone to use and exploit; To the religious men, the wounded man was a problem to be avoided; To the innkeeper, the wounded man was a customer to serve for a fee; To the Samaritan, the wounded man was a human being worth being cared for and loved; To Jesus, all of them and all of us were worth dying for.

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How do you spell relief?

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Every weekday morning, it was the local radio station blaring from my parent's room. The disc jockey, H. Randolph Holder, would recite his signature closing, Smile until 10 o'clock, and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

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A more excellent way

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Ron Walters, the vice president of church relations for Salem Media of Georgia Inc. shared this story about Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, saying, "Few ballplayers have ever played the game as Mickey Mantle did. He launched home runs like missiles."

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If we are the body

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. This is a story about four people in the church whose names were Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

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One shining moment

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. The question of what teams are in or out, who will be the bracket buster or who is in the field of sixty-eight all describe the NCAA basketball post-season called March Madness. The culmination of this event is the crowning of a champion and its anticipated anthem of college basketball: One Shining Moment.

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Giving God room to work

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Dr. Fred Craddock, a former homiletics professor at the Candler School of Theology, shares a remarkable story about seeing a violin on the steps of Cannon Chapel at Emory University.

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'If you're happy and you know it'

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. No truer words are spoken than those of our 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, when he said, People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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A faithful diet

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Have you ever received words of inspiration from a family member, mentor, teacher or someone you value?

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