FLEXIBILITY Gerald Kennedy writes: “I have always enjoyed the story about Booker T. Washington who arrived one time in a city to make a speech. His train was late and […]
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EVALUATING YOUR EFFORTS Then there was this fellow who was excited when he successfully pulled a cornstalk out by its roots. When his father patted him on the back the
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CHALLENGE A ship, like a human being, moves best when it is slightly athwart the wind, when it has to keep its sails tight and attend to its course. Ships,
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ADVERTISE FOR THE RIGHT ATTITUDE Field- Marshal Wavel has told, in his notable lectures entitled Generals and Generalship, the story of how Napoleon, when an artillery officer at the siege
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ALL I WANT is to be treated like everyone else, no matter how revoltingly different I am. Ashleigh Brillian
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ASSUME THE POSITION FOR TROUBLES If all your troubles are deep-seated and of long-standing, try kneeling. Bits & Pieces
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DOING WHAT SOME CALL IMPOSSIBLE A parable from the world of mountain climbing concerns one of the world’s greatest — Reinhold Messner from Northern Italy. In our world there are
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TRY AGAIN A hobo knocked on the door of an English inn called “George And The Dragon.” A woman opened the door. He asked, “Could I have a bit to
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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Two shoe salesmen went to Africa to open up new territories. Three days after their arrival, the first salesman sent a cablegram: “Returning on next plane. Can’t
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TERESA AND COMPANY St. Teresa of Avila used to go walking barefoot across Spain seeking to save the churchwomen of her day from their own too-easy Christian living. Pledged to
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SUFFERING, USE IT Lord Kelvin was on one occasion lecturing his students and an experiment failed to “come off” as planned. Kelvin said, “Gentlemen, when you are face to face
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YOU THINK THINGS ARE BAD AT YOUR CHURCH? When Jesus started His church, the Pastor (Jesus himself) was being executed. The chairman of the board (Peter) was out cursing and
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A WORD FOR TRIED ONES A blacksmith, about eight years after he had given his heart to God, was approached by an intelligent unbeliever with the question: “Why is it
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STRUCK DOWN, BUT NOT DESTROYED Jim Ryun once held the record for the mile race. He was a devoted Christian man. In 1972 Ryun was set to run in the
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SILENT, SWEET AND STEPPING There are three simple words that begin with an “S,” That are wise with a wisdom the world cannot guess; But those who employ them their
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AS I WAS SAYING In his book, Tortured For Christ, which deals with the Communists’ brutal treatment of Christians, Richard Wurmbrand, rehearses, among many others, an incident in a Communist
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THE CLASSIC — THE FROGS IN THE CREAM Then there’s always another version of the famous frogs in the cream bowl: Two Frogs fell into a can of cream, Or
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TEAR IT UP Norman Vincent Peale still exercises his unique ministry in New York City. In his earlier days, as success came, there was a swelling tide of criticism of
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PERSISTING IN PRAYER AND PRESSURE In 1873 a group of women at Hillsboro, Ohio, met and prayed and then read the 146th Psalm. Then they prayed and pleaded with the
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SIFTING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF Stories from the underground church in Russia never fail to jolt us awake. I came across another one just this past week. A house
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