The Ultimate Proof
A seminary professor greeted his new first-year students with the following assignment: Study the various schools of thought down through the Ages on whether or not it is possible to […]
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Yes, It’s Risky!
A business consultant in Los Angeles often begins his management-trainee seminars with the story of a tour-guide in an Australian art museum… The guide is describing a beautiful work of
Chirp Away!
A story has come down through the years about a king who visited the monasteries of a great Zen leader named Lin Chi. (Zen is a Japanese Buddhist sect that
Somebody’s Not Doing His Job
There is a “Peanuts” cartoon in which little Lucy asks, “Why do you think we’re put here on earth, Charlie Brown?” “To make others happy,” says Charlie. To which Lucy
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Make That An A-Plus
The grandmother of a sharp little girl was slightly taken aback when her granddaughter asked, “Grandma, how old are you?” Grandma replied, “Well, honey, when you’re my age you don’t
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Reformer, Par Excellence
The author of “Treasure Island,” Robert Louis Stevenson, once wrote a little essay called “The Reformers.” He tells of four reformers who feel very strongly that the world needs to
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Has It Gone Through You?
According to one of author Ernest Hemingway’s biographers, on the first day of each new year Hemingway gave away some of his most treasured possessions. And when people asked him
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One Hop At A Time
A preacher took to the pulpit one Sunday morning and proceeded to deliver a sermon on the virtue of Faith. He said, in part, To have Faith requires willingness to
Light Some Fires!
A while back, the New York Times ran a little story about some enterprising New York University students. The students were seen walking along busy streets peddling little live turtles
All We Need To Know
This is a time of week and a time of day in which we come together and give special attention to life’s one big question: The “Why?” of life itself.
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Right On, Lord!
During Ronald Reagan’s first term as President of the United States, a politically ambitious young man landed a job in the White House. After his first day on the job,
Climb Over The Fences!
Youngsters in a religion class were asked to write a letter to Jesus. One little girl’s letter reads as follows: Dear Jesus, My name is Karen and here is my
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Not To Be Solved, But Experienced
A teenage Sunday School Class was asked to comment on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. One young man rose and said the following: The younger brother in the family
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Success Story
“Then I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, and the main street of the city was pure gold,” wrote the author of the Book of Revelation. No doubt
Staying Connected
A novelist was doing some research for a book about life in a New England town during the first half of this century … He thought he might get some
Cross Over The Bridge
An old legend from India tells of a huge elephant and a tiny mouse … They became close friends. Everywhere they went they walked side-by-side. One day, they came upon
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Becoming Something Special
One Sunday morning a New York City Pastor preached a sermon entitled, “The Tenacity of a Bulldog.” In the crowded Church that day was an executive of the Mack Truck
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The Pharaoh Within
A young man remembers … I used to ask my Mom, “Did you really want to have six kids?” And she would give me an answer like “Man proposes; God
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At Rights With God
From the pen of an anonymous poet: I got up early one morning, and rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish, I didn’t have time to
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Help!
The greatest obstacle to truth is a reluctance to face the facts! A woman who was very much overweight stepped off the scale and said, “According to the ‘Height-Weight’ chart
