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 he was in a hurry.…
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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 boy beamed and said, "Just…
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, like men, do poorly when…
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 of Toulon, built a battery…
ALL I WANT is to be treated like everyone else, no matter how revoltingly different I am. Ashleigh Brillian
ASSUME THE POSITION FOR TROUBLES If all your troubles are deep-seated and of long-standing, try kneeling. Bits & Pieces
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 14 peaks above 26,000 feet.…
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 eat?" The woman screamed at…
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 sell shoes here. Everybody goes…
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 poverty and obedience, plagued all…
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 with a difficulty, you are…
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 swearing that he had never…
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 you have so much trouble?…
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 Olympics held in Munich, West…
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 beauty confess -- Keep Silent…
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 prison which depicts great heroism…
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 so I've heard it told;…
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 the message he preached. It…
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 saloon keepers to give up…
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 church in a city of…
