Late Spring 2008
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Late Spring 2008
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McNeese Tidbits Communications “If I can understand what you really want we will try to accommodate your wishes.” We know what we normally do, but at times it is difficult to understand if that is what the family really wants. Most families, and many ministers, are unclear on the difference between a “funeral service” and a “memorial service,” or a “graveside service” and a “committal service.” Communication Skills is an art that must be learned and improved upon by all of us.
Some Thoughts The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning
and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.
—George Burns. Be careful about reading health books.
You may die of a misprint. —Mark Twain. Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups: alcohol,
caffeine, sugar and fat. —Albert Levine. I don’t feel old.
I don’t feel anything until noon. Then
it’s time for my nap. —Bob Hope. I never drink water because of the disgusting things
that fish do in it.
—W. C. Fields. We could certainly slow the aging process down if it
had to work its way through Congress. —-Will Rogers. Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty, but
everything else starts to wear out, fall out or spread out. —Phyllis Diller. By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step,
he’s too old to go anywhere. —Billy
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