MEMORY & IMAGINATION 1770 's Richard Brinsley Sheridan "The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts." Dayton Daily News
Sermon Illustrations
EDUCATION TIME A parent once asked a college president "How long will it take you to educate my son?" "That all depends on what you want your son to become," replied the president. "It takes…
PREACHING JUST SEEMS LONG A sign hung over a saloon piano in the old west: "Don't shoot the pianist. He's doing the best that he can." Maybe that ought to hang over a few pulpits.…
EXCESS NEEDED Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. Somerset Maugham, Summing Up
JESUS TOUCHED THE FRAGILE THINGS Willy, a talented artist, potter, and friend of mine, recently had her first art show. Friends and family were invited to the pre-opening reception. Willy's five-year- old godchild, Megan, was…
IF DOGS TALKED If dogs could talk, perhaps we should find it as hard to get on with them as we do with people. Karel Capek, Intimate Things
TWICE THE FUTILITY A fanatic is a person who redoubles his efforts after he has lost sight of his goals Bob George, Classic Christianity, pg. 52
ALL IS CONTAGIOUS Enthusiasm is contagious -- so is whatever else you may have.
LEFTOVERS Aging asphalt groaned beneath the Texas heat as the forenoon grasshoppers chorused the countryside with clarion commotion. A pervading scent signaled leftover wildflowers slowly and surely becoming useful seed. The old Farm-to-Market Road mourns…
RESOLVED DISCORD Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved. C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer
RELAXED IDENTITY To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson
DEVIL PREACHER And now I would ask you a strange question; who is the most diligent bishop and prelate in all England; that passes all the rest in doing his office? I can tell, for…
CAT EXPERIENCES Experience is valuable in most human endeavors, but the problem of getting a cat down out of a tree is new every time it arises. Frances Duffy in Room-mate Magazine
BAPTISM BY TEARS John Patton, in his book from Ministry to Theology, relates the story of a rather green chaplaincy resident, naive to many of the pressures and pains of a teaching hospital. While on…
PANDORA'S BOX LESSON From Greek mythology comes a great lesson. Pandora opened the box that unleashed all kinds of evil. The lesson is this: don't open any box that you did not close.
EXPECT THE DAWN We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. -- Henry David Thoreau
CHRIST'S COMFORT Dr. Tom Troeger recalls the time when he had to be away from his fiancee for over a month to take comprehensive exams in his senior year of college... having to be away…
BABY OR MOOSE At a wedding rehearsal dinner Grandpa and his grandson Kyle were working one of those find-and-circle-the-word puzzles for children. Kyle was a pre-reader. But Grandpa was trying to help Kyle spell and…
NO LONGER THE SAME Sometimes choosing is hard. I don't think I had ever felt so out of place. I'd never felt such pangs of loss, either. It had been about three years since I…
REASONS FOR HEADACHES The Excedrin Headache Resource Center took a poll and found the top ten causes of holiday headaches. They are: 10) Being apart from friends and family during the holidays. 9) Long plane/train/car…
