The Sticky Problem Of Duty
The American College Dictionary lists nine alternate definitions of the word “duty” covering a wide range of meanings. “Duty,” we learn, is “that which one is bound to do by […]
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What’s In It For Me?
The first political poll in the U.S. was conducted in 1824. People were asked which Presidential candidate they preferred, Andrew Jackson or John Quincy Adams. The results showed Jackson as
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A Field Of Buttercups
On August 5, 1942, an orphanage (called “Our Home”) in the Warsaw ghetto was emptied of its 200 Jewish children. They were to be marched to the little village of
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One Step Removed
Most people are aware of the medical evidence on the health hazards of cigarette smoking. Yet, imagine a heavy smoker with a severe respiratory problem saying to his doctor, “I
That’s The Spirit!
A mother receives a birthday card made with all the love and devotion her little six-year-old son could put into it. It is smudged with crayon marks and glue. On
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Stay Awake!
Fear makes men believe the worst. There is more than a kernel of truth in this ancient maxim. Obsessive fears can transform benign and even beneficial objects into symbols of
Why Was I Born?
Have you ever read an exciting mystery novel and marveled at the writer’s ability to weave a chain of events that keeps you on the edge of your seat until
Are You Listening?
Would it not have been marvelous to live at a time when John the Baptist could point his finger and say, “Look! There is the Lamb of God”-and, behold, there
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Spellbound
Today there is much talk about a religious revival. That is good news, you think? Yes and no. Mass-produced popular religion may bring many people to a saving knowledge of
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
High on the list of world problems in our day is the “problem” of the Middle East. From time to time we are reminded that events there could suddenly spark
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The Crazy Quilt
“We all have our ups and downs.” So goes the old cliche’. When we’re “down” life can seem like a crazy-quilt-stitched together, as it were, without pattern or design. Life
The Deepest Hurt
The nostalgia we often feel for times past partially stems from a conviction that human misery is the special ingredient of our own time. We yearn for release; we hanker
Not A Moment To Lose
There is a story told about a French Army General that describes his hurry to get things done. One morning under the bright North African sun, he told the orderly
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Are You Hiding?
There was a time, at the dawn of the world, when the Lord God walked in the garden in the cool of the day. But Adam, the man in the
Touch And Believe
The current expression of “not trusting anyone over thirty” extends into many areas of modern life. It is not simply the problem of youth questioning age, children questioning their parents,
A Lesson In Teaching
In a 16th century play, a major character named Friar Bacon creates a huge head of brass, designed to answer any question on any subject, past, present and future. The
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Behold We Live
An elderly woman named Maude had a window seat on a big “747” jetliner that had just taken off for Rome. She had been scrimping for years to fulfill her
And We Wait
An ancient oriental story tells of a little fish swimming along the edge of the river. Nearby on the river bank a science teacher has assembled his class for an
Rule For Happiness
In a letter to a friend, Marx Twain once wrote: “I have been reading the morning paper — well knowing that I shall find in it the usual depravities and
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Keep Your Mouth Closed
There once was a frog who talked two friendly geese into flying him down to Florida for the winter. The frog prepared for the trip by tying the ends of
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