DIFFERENT MENTALITIES I was jogging with my architect friend, Jerry, the other morning down at the Y, and he shared another old chestnut with me. It seems that the Stanford […]
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THE FAST MODERN PACE TAKES ITS TOLL It seems a young boy entered the corner grocery store one day and asked the grocer for a box of Duz detergent. The
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HANDICAPPED? My secretary, Eileen, recently went to the Flint Center to see and hear Gordon McCrae perform. She told me the following story that Gordon told: It seems that Arnold
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DON’T GET MAD, JUST GET EVEN DEPARTMENT I was amused by the story I read in Bits and Pieces about Jack’s mother who ran into the bedroom when she heard
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CONSIDERATION In one particular Peanuts comic strip, Linus is watching TV and Lucy comes up behind him with a pad and pencil and says, “Which would you rather have, a
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COURAGEOUS CONFRONTATIONS Some stories keep reappearing with new faces, new ethnic identities, new locales. I saw this version in Reader’s Digest: Boris the Russian arrived at the Pearly Gates and
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DETERMINED TO BE MISERABLE I ‘ve noticed that no matter how up-beat you preach, no matter how much gospel good news you lay on some people, some are absolutely determined
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YOU MUST DO YOUR PART Question: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Only one, but the light bulb must really want to change.
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LOST IN TRANSLATION I attended the Pastor’s Conference at Mt. Hermon Conference Center here in our area recently and heard Chuck Swindoll of the Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California.
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UNSPOILED MOTIVATION I ‘m always delighted when I come across stories about the things that motivate people — especially when they are true. Here’s an actual incident that was passed
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COMMUNICATIONS Larry Ballenger, (an important link in my own personal ‘good old boy’ network) shares this story from their weekly newsletter: It seems a woman called the fire department in
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SPEAKING WITHOUT THINKING from Christian Leadership Letter by World Vision, Feb ’82. Mrs. Bloomfield had been a member of St. John’s church for 25 years. As she walked toward the
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THE INFLUENTIAL MOTHER — Eve, Jezebel, Priscilla, Debra, Susannah Wesley, etc. I was reading about the revered and sainted Susannah Wesley, mother of John and Charles and 17 other children,
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MOTIVATION — THE PLUS FACTOR I had one of those civic responsibilities the other day — to be the invocator at a luncheon. I heard one good story there about
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CLOUT — WHO HAS IT? An ad appeared in the classified section of the newspaper that read: “I would like to announce that the ad I put in this newspaper
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THE AMBIGUITY OF SINNERS/SAINTS There is the story of the man who came down from the Carolina mountains. He was all dressed up and carrying his Bible. A friend saw
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PERSPECTIVE The police were called to help restore order at the Presbyterian Home for the Aged — the scene of a week-long revolt. Three militant octogenarians were arrested after a
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Which also reminds me of the old story of the Pastor who began his sermon with an apology. He said, “Friends, I must confess I am not well prepared this
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SECOND OPINION A tourist came too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon, lost his footing and plunged over the side, clawing and scratching to save himself. After he
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IMPACT — THINGS THAT MATTER Some things make great impact, others make none. Some truths are potent, some are innocuous. I like the story about the Irish attorney that was
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