HOPE THE MOTIVATOR An examination was being held in little Emma's class at school and the question was asked: "Upon what do hibernating animals subsist during the winter?" Emma thought for a few minuntes and…
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PLUTARCH'S CONSOLATORY LETTER TO HIS WIFE The messenger you sent to tell me of the death of my little daughter missed his way. But I heard of it through another. I pray you let all…
I FEEL THE BOTTOM Years ago, Dr. Arthur John Gossip preached a sermon entitled, "When Life Tumbles In, What Then?" He preached it the day after his beloved wife had suddenly died. He closed with…
THE OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE It was 9 a. m. on a gloomy Monday morning and the elevator was overflowing. As the car started up, the elevator man began humming a tune and dancing a little jig.…
CLEAR COMMUNICATION The phone rang at 3 a. m. at the home of the local librarian. At the other end of the phone, the voice asked, "What time does the library open?" Disgustedly, the librarian…
WHAT MUST IT BE LIKE? "What must it be to step on shore, and find it -- heaven; To take hold of a hand, and find it -- God's hand; To breathe a new air,…
YOUR WALK Many know the story of Carol Schuller, daughter of Bob Schuller of Crystal Cathedral fame - - how she lost her leg in a motorcycle accident. In Positive Family (Doubleday) Arvella Schuller shares…
DEATH AS TRIUMPH "Sir Edward Jones attended the funeral of Robert Browning in Westminster Abbey, but he didn't like it. He knew this great poet, the virtues of his character, the abiding faith in his…
RESURRECTION If you don't believe in the resurrection of the dead, you ought to be here five minutes before quitting time! Sign in San Francisco wholesale florist
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES The Mar, 1985 issue of Omni magazine reported a study by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga. He and his…
THE UNDERWATER GOD From a sermon by Dr. Bruce Theileman -- In the Hebrides Islands they have a lovely legend about a god who lived beneath the sea. And the great desire of this god…
GIFT AND THE GIVER For the real good of every gift it is essential, first, that the giver be in the gift -- as God always is, for He is love -- and next, that…
OUR TASK -- IN THE DESTRUCTION I was really impressed with an article by George Regas, entitled Reflecting On A Long Pastorate which appeared in Leadership Winter/83. One paragraph went like this: I remember reading…
A VERSE FOR ALL OCCASIONS A young pastor had rung the doorbell at the home of one of his parishoners and was waiting to be received but no one came to the door. He sensed…
THE MAGIC EYES -- A LITTLE FABLE In the village of Faken in innermost Friesland there lived a long thin baker named Fouke, a righteous man, with a long thin chin and a long thin…
GOD'S WAY "When God wants an important thing done in this world, or a wrong righted, He goes about it in a very singular way. He does not release His thunderbolts or stir up His…
SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT WAY Once a Chassidic teacher told this parable: A man had been wandering about in a forest for several days, unable to find the way out. Finally he saw a man…
GOD SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH US At dinner one evening Tommy misbehaved. His father, always a strict disciplinarian, reprimanded him saying, "Tommy, if you do not behave you will be sent to your room!" Tommy…
HEAVEN/HELL Arthur J. Schlesinger, Jr. reminisced about Edward F. Prichard, Jr., politician, some- time crook, interesting character from Kentucky: "He had a diverting fancy about Judgment Day. When the last trumpet sounded, he would say,…
A FABLE ON PEACE When Christ was born, the angel declared to the frightened shepherds, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will." But the world has seen…
