YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL An American Indian tells about a brave who found an eagle's egg and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew…
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FULFILLING EXPECTATIONS A certain farmer was known for his thrift and he moved into an area that frequently had tornados. He hadn't experienced such disasters before but he had heard many a story about how…
EMPTY OR FULL I gave them to Him, All the things I'd valued so. Until I stood there empty-handed./Every glittering toy did go. And I walked earth's lonely highways In my rags and poverty; 'Till…
POWERLESS -- YET CALLED As the days and weeks pass by and I come to know the students of the language school better, I realize more and more how insecure, fearful, and often lonely many…
THE SPIRIT OF CALEB -- THE REAL MC COY I recently read the new Word biography Bob Pierce: This One Thing I Do by Franklin Graham with Jeanette Lockerbie. Pierce, you may recall, was the…
SELF AND EGOCENTRICITY And speaking of the self-oriented life, I am reminded of the old story about the newly elected politician who was visiting Washington D.C. to get acquainted. He was visiting in the home…
GOALS One of my favorite Peanuts cartoons shows Charlie Brown and Linus having one of their frequent philosophical discussions while leaning on a brick wall. Charlie Brown asks, "Do you ever think much about the…
WHAT IS YOUR HOPE? You may remember the story of the long and rough Atlantic crossing where the seasick passenger was leaning over the rail of the ocean liner and had turned several shades of…
KEEP YOUR HOPE ALIVE The world is full of hopes and expectations that motivate men and women. Some of these hopes prove illusory and empty when time has passed. Some men put their hopes in…
LOVE THAT MUST EXPRESS ITSELF A man was trying to read a serious book and his little boy kept interrupting him. He would lean against his knees and say, "Daddy, I love you." The father…
THE RELEASE I LONG FOR In God's Smuggler Brother Andrew tells in the first couple of chapters the story of his early life -- one section of which dealt with his hell-for- leather days in…
PARENTING is hereditary. If your parents didn't have any children, you're not likely to have any either.
CHILDREN are unpredictable -- you never know how far up the wall they're going to drive you.
FORM AND SUBSTANCE A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private…
TRUE GRIEF A visitor at a zoo noticed an attendant crying quietly over in a corner. The visitor asked another attendant what the man was crying about and he was told that one of the…
MEN OF INTEGRITY God give us men. The time demands Strong minds, great hearts, True faith and willing hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot…
SHOW THEM WHAT YOU MEAN John McDonald is the author of 70 best-selling novels, including 20 about the "Salvage" expert, Travis McGee. McDonald was recently interviewed in USA TODAY by George Vasallo. One of the…
FOLLOW UP A man stopped in at a second-hand car lot and searched for a particular salesman. When he found him he asked: "Aren't you the fellow who sold me this car a few weeks…
IMPREGNABLE BIAS One of the most frustrating conversations in theatrical history is recorded by Theatre Arts magazine: A subscriber dialed "Information" for the magazine's number. "Sorry," drawled the lady, "but there is nobody listed by…
WHEN LIFE BEGINS Martha Tippin of our church in Saratoga tells me she heard a Roman Catholic priest discussing the important theological topic of "When Does Life Begin?" on the radio. He pointed out that…
