DREAM AND DRIVE In the same article, "The Happy Huckster" we learn about the great drive of James Kabler. When working as assistant chief of protocol he made many contacts. Later he went into business…
Sermon Illustrations
DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS A young American at a banquet found himself seated next to a Chinese diplomat. Not knowing what to say to a Chinese person, the young man pointed to the first course…
A FRIEND knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. William Arthur Ward
THE EXTRA STEP THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE A Christian woman, laboring among the moral lepers of London, found a poor street girl desperately ill in a bare, cold room. With her own hands she ministered…
COMMUNICATION Communication should be as crisp and to the point as the sign I saw when I was in Chicago recently. It read: WARNING! GUARD DOG ON DUTY -- SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED! Now that…
ANGER Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else -- you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
DISCERNMENT Developing a habitual way of listening to God. Alive Now, Nov/Dec, 1987
SAME STARTING DATE It may be true that life begins at 40, but so does rheumatism.
MODESTY is the triumph of mind over flatter.
INVESTING LOVE Miss Thompson was a conscientious teacher who tried to treat all her students the same. There was one little boy, though, who was difficult for her even to like. His name was Teddy…
HANGING OUT WITH THE POWER CROWD Fuller Seminary recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with the inauguration of the President's Lectureship in early November. The four speakers included such heavy hitters as Carl F. H. Henry…
FINDING THE ROOT PROBLEMS The pastor was rather disappointed that things were not "happening" in his church and so he asked one of the leading deacons, "What is wrong with our church? Is it ignorance…
A LOOSE LEAF The pastor was so proud of his new "loose-leaf" Bible and decided to use it as he began preaching a series from Genesis. The second week of his series he was on…
A MAN OF FEW WORDS An important part of the selection procedure for Oxford University fellowships -- and one much dreaded by shy candidates -- was dinner at the high table with the assembled dons,…
JUMPING THE GUN When my brother was very young (about 5 years old) he wanted to answer the telephone, so he watched and listened very carefully. One day he got to the phone first. He…
PERSPECTIVE/COMMUNICATION Several years ago I was at a dinner where one of the most gifted Christian communicators of our time was speaking. He was talking about ways to set the ideas you want to communicate…
DOWN TO EARTH ADVICE Will Durant, the famous philosopher and author who wrote The Story of Civilization, was asked to contribute some thoughts from a grandfather. He offered the advice below for his own three…
OVERLY HELPFUL Three men were about to be executed by the guillotine. They were a Frenchman, an Englishmen and a Kentuckian. The Frenchman was first. They asked him, "Do you want the hood on?" He…
CLEVER DISGUISE The bride was a bit self- conscious about being a new bride and wanted to disguise the fact that they were honeymooning, so she asked her new husband while they were on the…
THE IMAGE-IDOLING 80'S This is the age of pomp over pithiness, charisma over content, style over substance. This is a time when who we are has become less important than who people think we are;…
