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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A Slate-Cleaning Journey
Law enforcement officials in a Florida town received an informer’s tip that a large quantity of illegal drugs was going to be transported by car on the highway running through …
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 …
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 …
A Lesson In Living
A poem written by “anonymous” begins, Great grandfather who lived in dreary bogs thought the world was going to the dogs. Grandfather who lived in a house of logs thought …
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 …
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 …
The Meaning Of Life
All of us have attended lectures which end with the speaker asking, “Are there any questions?” On such occasions author Robert Fulgham says he usually asks the most important question …
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 …
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 …
You Make Me Happy
A CBS correspondent has noted that America is “highly anniversarial.” Hardly a day goes by, he says, when he doesn’t see a Press Release or two, triumphantly announcing some anniversary …
One Man’s Family
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a living legend of love for the poor and oppressed and the homeless and people dying in the streets. Not only was she directly involved …
The Freest Person Who Ever Lived
Fashions in language come and go. But it’s likely that use of the word “uptight” will remain fashionable for a long time to come. According to some social scientists, the …
Laugh Clown, Laugh
There is a bumper-sticker you might have seen that reads, “God is simply fun.” Not many of us, perhaps, are accustomed to thinking of God in that way. Yet… God …
Even Santa Claus!
Rembrandt did a painting which portrays the Biblical story of the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps some of you have seen it. The little ship occupied by Jesus …