THE STRUGGLE FOR STRENGTH When we lived in Lexington, Kentucky, each year a local hatchery would set up an incubator display in one of the local malls around Easter. As I would observe the eggs…
Sermon Illustrations
LET GEORGE DO IT My eight-year-old son told me a joke one morning while I was frying eggs for the family's breakfast. "Dad, how can you eat an egg without cracking the shell?" I thought…
THE PROCESS OF LEARNING It is remarkable how much you have to know before you realize how little you know. On the Upbeat.
REJECTION A few years back Pepper Rodgers was in the middle of a terrible season as football coach at UCLA. It even got so bad that it upset his home life. He recalls, "My dog…
REALITY AND OTHERWISE Former NBA center and coach Johnny Kerr said his biggest test as a coach came when he coached the expansion Chicago Bulls and his biggest player was 6-8 Erwin Mueller: "We had…
BEST ALIBI When the Police League of Indiana sponsored a Best Speeding Alibi contest, one honorable mention award went to an exasperated father who was stopped with a load of fighting, squalling children in his…
WORST ALIBI From The Pittsburgh Press Amory quotes: "George Shamblin insisted to police that he was trying to save his wife from drowning when he threw rocks at her as she struggled in the Kanawha…
POWERFUL SALESMANSHIP Elizabeth Brinton, 13-year-old Girl Scout, explaining how she sold 11,200 boxes of cookies: "You have to look people in the eye and make them feel guilty." Elizabeth was awarded as the Best Young…
MIXED MOTIVES Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted as saying: "I read where one wife plans to divorce her husband as soon as she can find a way to do so without making him happy.
THE MEANING OF EASTER -- CHILD'S VERSION Our three-year-old, Nicole, was as anxious for Easter to come as she had been for Christmas to come. Since my wife was expecting our third child in just…
HOPE Several years ago a school teacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy's name and room number…
USING OUR BURDENS A biologist tells how he watched an ant carrying a piece of straw which seemed too heavy. The ant came to a crack in the ground which was too wide for it…
PERSPECTIVE Saul's soldiers thought Goliath was too big to kill. David thought he was too big to miss!"
ADJUSTING YOUR GOALS TO REALITY One bitterly cold winter night a young man plodded through knee- high snow to the home of the girl he had been dating regularly. Tonight was the night. He asked…
LEVELS OF LOVE A little girl stayed for dinner at the home of her first-grade friend. The vegetable was buttered broccoli and the mother asked if she liked it. The child replied very politely, "Oh…
MOTIVATION THAT WORKS The loaded station wagon pulled into the only remaining campsite. Four youngsters leaped from the vehicle and began feverishly unloading gear and setting up a tent. The boys then rushed off to…
CAUGHT A brand new lawyer in his brand new office on his first day in practice sees a prospective client walk in the door. He decides he should look busy, so he picks up the…
RISK To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing our true self.…
THE OGRE IN THE PIT Once upon a time there was a White Knight looking for adventure. He came to a village where legend told of a terrible ogre in a pit. Bravely the White…
EXCUSES Here's an old classic you might not have used for a time. It's entitled "Pastor Quits Sports: Twelve Reasons Why A Local Clergyman Stopped Attending Athletic Contests." Everytime I went, they asked me for…
