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Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

I think I mentioned in the past that we're getting a dog park next to Cybersalt World Headquarters. Well today they started working on it. What we've enjoyed for years as just a nice vacant park — grasses, wildflowers, quietly returned to nature — will soon be an exercise area for the dogs of the community. It was super windy while they were digging today, with dust blowing across our yard, so we kept the windows shut and let the heat pumps handle the cooling. As for the dog park coming in? I'm keeping cool about that too.

Today's video share is about a fellow who wanted to leave some happiness and joy for people in the future, so he buried a time capsule. It didn't get dug up this July 4th, but that doesn't really make a difference — and I've always thought Vegas were pretty cool cars.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Canine Complex

A man walked into the office of the eminent psychiatrist Dr. Heidberg, and sat down to explain his problem.

"Doctor, doctor! I've got this problem," the man said. "I keep hallucinating that I'm a dog. It's crazy. I don't know what to do!"

"A common canine complex," said the doctor soothingly. "Relax. Come here and lie down on the couch."

"Oh no, Doctor," the man said nervously, "I'm not allowed up on the furniture."

One-Liner #2040

My wife said I ruined her birthday, but I don't understand how. I didn't even know it was her birthday.

Hilarious Medical Irony! 🩺

I bought a book called, "Guide to Surgical Procedures." Opened it up and the appendix was missing.

Quote #2476

In case you need to hear this today, the compass was invented before the clock because direction was more important than how long it took to get there.

- Unknown

52 Bible Verses for Men Week 14: Based on John 5 and James 5

This is a spiritual or gospel-style song that weaves together two biblical narratives about healing. The first part references the Pool of Bethesda from the Gospel of John, where Jesus heals a paralyzed man. The second part draws from the Epistle of James, which encourages prayer, confession, and calling upon church elders for healing. The lyrics create a call-and-response structure, emphasizing the command to "get up" and the question of whether one truly "wants to be healed."

Temptation

Connie told her 3-year-old grandson, Dean, not to jump on the beds.

After several warnings she punished him, explaining that should he fall, he would hurt himself badly.

Several minutes passed and he was found jumping from one bed to the other.

Connie's friend said, "Dean, you weren't jumping on the beds again, were you?"

He stood before her with his little head dropped low and said, "I'm trying so hard to quit."

‍Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Susan Page writes . . . . 

Sometimes it's Hard

Sometimes it’s hard not to ask questions.

Questions of God, though the book of Job would teach us that perhaps it’s not the best idea. Yet, “Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.” JD Greear. I like that quote; it brings me comfort.

There have been events recently that have caused me to question, not my faith, just the unfairness of life, the big why question!

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Cybersalt News

Greetings everyone!

I got to spend Friday night at my son's birthday party, and it was one of those evenings that just made me smile the whole way through. He had a bunch of his friends over — guys from his church — and we played Stock Ticker. It's an old board game that came out after the Depression, and it's been a family favourite for a couple of generations now.

But here's what got me — he'd programmed it so you can play online. Everyone follows along on their phones and makes their own individual trades. The work he put into that setup was something to see. What made me proudest wasn't just the coding, though — it was watching him enjoy the fact that his friends were enjoying themselves. He's a stand-up guy, and I couldn't be more proud of him.

Today's video share puts things in serious perspective for anyone who thinks the speed of sound is really fast.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Political Faith

Politicians have a constant need to be diplomatic. Witness this candidate for the Senate who traveled to a small town community to address the single church there. Unfortunately, he had forgotten to ask which denomination so that when it was time for his speech, he inquired in this way:

My brethren, all. I must tell you that my great Grandfather was Presbyterian (absolute silence); but my Grandmother was an Episcopalian (more silence); I must tell you that my other Grandfather was a Catholic (deep silence); while my other Grandmother was Methodist (continued silence).

But I must tell you that I had an aunt who was a Baptist (loud cheers!) ...and I have always considered my aunt's path to be the right one!"

One-Liner #2039

If a friend ever says they have a chocolate lab, do not get your hopes up when you are going to their house because they are just talking about a dog.

Science Gone Wrong 🧬🦀

Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah and a crab. Things went sideways real fast!

Quote #2475

“People say money is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.”

- Joan Rivers

Delegating

The featured guest on our local radio talk show was a woman who owned a home-cleaning service.

After she described what her clients could expect, the program's telephone lines were opened to the audience.

The first caller struck to the heart of every woman who had ever contemplated employing such a service.

Her question: "How much cleaning do I have to do before your people come?"

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R‍ev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

It’s My Pain - I’ll Use it if I Want To

When I think I've turned a page to a new chapter in my life, I realize there is nothing new in life. I'm referring to pain. I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn't have some pain.

In the years of my naivety, I never imagined that when I got older, I would experience more pain. Nevertheless, pain has become my daily friend.

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Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Yesterday was Canada Day here at Cybersalt World Headquarters — and I guess right across Canada too. So a belated happy birthday to all my fellow Canadians! And this Saturday is July the 4th in the USA, celebrating a big number — 250 years. Happy 4th of July to all my US friends and cousins.

Today's share is a fun little website that lets you punch in your birthday and see what the Hubble Space Telescope was looking at on that day. The picture above was taken on a November 4th — I don't know which November 4th, but a November 4th, and that's good enough for me.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Healthy Life

In the smoking-car the conversation turned to the merits and demerits of various ways of preserving health.

One stout, florid man held forth with great eloquence on the subject.

"Look at me!" he said.  "Never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to simple food.  Why, gentlemen," he continued, "from the age of twenty to that of forty I lived an absolutely simple regular life - no effeminate delicacies, no late hours, no extravagances. Every day, in fact, summer and winter, I was in bed regularly at nine o'clock and up again at five in the morning. I worked from eight to one, then had dinner - a plain dinner, mark my words: after that, an hour's exercise; then--"

"Excuse me, sir," interrupted the facetious stranger in the corner, "but what were you in jail for?"

One-Liner #2038

I hate it when people act all intellectual and talk about Mozart when they've never even seen one of his paintings.

The Truth About Train Noise 🚆

What kind of noise does a train make?

A low commotion.

Quote #2474

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to.”

- Dorothy Parker

Doctor's Party Advice

Judi strolled up to a guest at the party. She had heard him addressed as doctor and now she said coyly, "Doctor, may I ask a question?"

"Certainly," he said.

"Lately," said Judi, "I have been having a funny pain right here under the heart . . ."

The guest interrupted uncomfortably and said, "I'm terribly sorry, Judi, but I'm a doctor of philosophy."

"Oooh," she said, "I'm sorry!"

She turned away, but then overcome with curiosity, she turned back. "Just one more question, doctor. Tell me, what kind of disease is 'philosophy'?"

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Susan Page writes . . . . 

Be Still and Know

The older I get, the stronger my desire to spend time with the Lord grows, yet the days seem to pass so swiftly. The problem is not finding time to slow down; rather, it is how to quiet my thoughts and still my soul. I must choose to deliberately shut out all the noise that distracts me from spending quality time with my Lord. I must choose the better, as Mary did, when she sat at the feet of Jesus (Luke 10: 41-42).

Yet even amid the bustle of the day, God speaks.

I see and hear from God in the ordinary, and the ordinary often becomes spectacular.

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Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone!

It's been a very busy week here at Cybersalt World Headquarters. With the growing power of artificial intelligence, a lot of folks are using it for good — preemptively finding vulnerabilities in software so they can be patched before anyone gets hurt. Trouble is, plenty of folks are using AI for exactly the opposite, and this week I've been cleaning up after sites that got hit by holes humans never thought to look for in all these years — but AI did.

All things considered, it's a very interesting time to be alive.

Today's video share is a fun Dean Martin and Bob Newhart comedy skit — and the funniest bit isn't the script. It's watching the two of them try (and fail) to keep a straight face while doing everything they can to crack each other up.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Fathering

A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"

"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.

"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"

One-Liner #2037

My Grandpa reached 110 yesterday; that's the last time I get in the car with him driving.

Truly Stellar 🌠

My sister came second place in an astronomy competition. She won the constellation prize. She was over the moon!

Quote #2473

“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.”

- G.K. Chesterton

Pastors' Kids in Church

The minister of a well-attended, strong, and enthusiastic church often showed himself ready and able to deal with any situation that might come up.

One Sunday, just as the minister was reaching the climax of his sermon, his own young son entered the church, ran to the center aisle, started making loud beeps and brrrmms like a car without a muffler, then zoomed right toward him.

The minister stopped his sermon, pointed directly at his son, and commanded, "Jimmy, park the car immediately beside your mother on that bench (pointing), turn off the ignition, and hand her the keys."

The sermon continued undisturbed after a good laugh by the congregation.

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R‍ev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

Why Are Flies So Attracted to My Nose?

Throughout my life, I have dealt with many "pesky" things that provoke the dickens out of me. I sure do miss those "dickens.” When I think I've got one pesky thing under control, another comes along.

I've had so many "pesky" things, but I'm still not a master in that area.

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