Humor | Leadership | Short Shorts
POLITICS is the art of letting people have your way. Campbell’s Notebook, January, 1988.
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Humor | Money | Prejudice | Pride | Worldliness
HARVEY FIRESTONE Mr. Firestone’s pride in his products was inherited by his sons. Many years later, in 1947, I attended the wedding in Akron of Harvey Jr.’s daughter, Martha, to
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Humor | Motivation | Opportunity | Service | Stewardship | Success
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A BAD SITUATION Hauling clay for a landfill, a truck driver backed his dump truck too far over the grade. The weight of the load lifted the
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Adversity | Children | Humor | Perseverance | Perspective | Trial
IT’S ALL IN HOW YOU VIEW IT David, a second-grader, was bumped while getting on the school bus and suffered a two-inch cut on his cheek. At recess he collided
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Humor | Labor | Money | Success | Worldliness
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS I recently heard a story about a man who was honored as his city’s leading citizen. Called on to tell the story of his life, he said,
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Children | Eternal Life | Heaven | Honesty | Humor | Obedience
ON SECOND THOUGHT Four year old Billy had grown tired of blowing soap bubbles, so he asked his mother to read him the Bible story about the golden streets. “Very
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Greed | Humor | Money | Perspective | Self | Worldliness
DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES A young married couple who were spending a week at a famous spa had nothing but a run of bad luck and on the sixth day were down
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Anger | Communication | Frustration | Humor | Speech | Weakness
THE WRONG QUESTIONS Why do people have to ask, “Did you lose your ball?” or, “Did you find it yet?” when you’re out in the rough looking for it? What
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Humor | Mother | Service
MOTHER THE COOK The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Calvin
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Church | Humor | Stewardship | Time | Worldliness | Worship
THE POWER OF TELEVISION In promoting an upcoming mid-week visit of an important speaker I presented her credentials and stressed the timeliness of her subject. Knowing that television was becoming
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Humor | Money | Short Shorts
QUICK ACTION To get back on your feet, miss two car payments.
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Children | Humor | Short Shorts | Sports
CHILDREN Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. Martin Mull
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Humor | Labor | Short Shorts
REALLY SICK No one is sicker than a man who is sick on his day off.
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Deceit | Desire | Humor | Promise | Vision
HOW BIG IS YOUR PLATFORM? Those running for the office of President of the United States are looking for a platform that’s different from their opponent’s platform. It must be
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Defeat | Failure | Father | Fear | Humor | Peace | Resurrection | Worry
THE WINNING DAD It was a nice Sunday morning after church in Ramona. My brother and I were playing separately in the back yard. There was a frantic thrashing of
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Courage | Guard | Humor | Strength | Trial
TESTED British Railways was looking for a way to test locomotive windshields when they heard about an unusual test cannon at British Airways. Airways used the cannon to fire birds
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Example | Family | Humor | Sanctification/ Children
CHILDREN A friend asked, “How are your children doing at school?” She replied, “Better, but I still go to PTA meetings under an assumed name?” Christian Clippings
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Communication | Humor | Success | Warning | Youth
HELP NEEDED Two inexperienced hunters went into the woods after game. The game warden recognized them as novices and warned them that they might get lost. He said, “If you
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Care | Humor | Perspective | Self | Servanthood | Vision | Worldliness
A PHILOSOPHY THAT COVERS IT ALL What is your philosophy as you face the dilemma of a hurting world? One day Sally comes up to Charlie Brown and says to
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Burden | Failure | Humor | Service | Weakness | Youth
BZZZZZZZ Did you hear about the farmer who decided to buy a chain saw? A logging foreman sold him one that he guaranteed would cut down fifty trees in a
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