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'My Journey On A Thorny Way-The Lord Upholding' is an autobiography by Reverend Godwin Shiri, an octogenarian widely respected within his community, in particular and society in general. These days, there is no scarcity of autobiographies in all possible fields, but most of them end up in self-glorification with an endless list of Herculean feats to boast of. Thanks to ghostwriters who have replaced machines in churning out stories to meet customer requirements, there is no dearth of them making their way into publications. A testament to life: Perhaps 'My Journey On A Thorny Way-The Lord Upholding' proves quite different from the run-of-the-mill type due to the honest depiction and sincere introspection of the pastor-turned-author. The language is just simple, straight and to the point. Despite the uphill task of working in an unfriendly atmosphere and challenging conditions, the writer remains patient, cool and unperturbed, forget naming the villains in his life journ...

Murphy's Law on Buttered Toast Murphy drops some buttered toast on the kitchen floor and it lands butter-side-up. He looks down in astonishment, for he knows that it's a law of nature of the universe that buttered toast always falls butter-side-down. So he rushes round to the presbytery to fetch Father Flanagan. He tells the priest that a miracle has occurred in his kitchen. But he won't say what it is. He asks Fr. Flanagan to come and see it with his own eyes. He leads Fr Flanagan into the kitchen and asks him what he sees on the floor. "Well," says the priest, "it's pretty obvious. Someone has dropped some buttered toast on the floor and then, for some reason, they flipped it over so that the butter was on top." "No, Father, I dropped it and it landed like that!" exclaimed Murphy. "Oh my Lord," says Fr. Flanagan, "dropped toast never falls with the butter side up. It's a miracle. But wait... it's not for me to s...