THE UNBORN Anthony DeCasper is a psychologist at the University of North Carolina; his experiments have sought to determine which sounds a newborn baby prefers. A report in Science '84 describes his procedure "To test…
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CONTROVERSY AND THE EXECUTIVE Accordingly, whenever an executive finds himself involved in decisions that will influence his company's direction-and, no matter how infinitesimally, its future-he must learn to pick his stances and battles carefully. This…
SINS The Sunday School teacher asked her class: "What are sins of omission? After some thought one little fellow said: "They're the sins we should have committed but didn't get around to."
ON SPEAKING UP In Germany they came first for the Communist, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't…
THE COLOR OF YOUR MARRIAGE In Alan Loy McGinnis's book, The Romance Factor he writes: Some of the best marriages I know comprise two people who are very different, often with striking idiosyncrasies -- but…
FRAGILE Dick Moore of the Lakewood First Baptist Church of Long Beach, California heard this one from Ken Poure of Hume Lake: Truth is like fine china. It can be broken. It can be mended.…
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS As the fame of Auguste Renoir spread, so did the number of Renoir forgeries. The painter was understandably upset by the proliferation of these bogus pictures, but after a time, he came to…
VERY PIOUS THINKING During the children's sermon the Assistant Pastor asked the kids, "What is gray, has a bushy tail and gathers nuts in the fall? One five year old raised his hand. "I know…
SOME THINGS THAKE CAREFUL THOUGHT A reporter asked a man on his ninety-fifth birthday, "To what do you credit your long life?" The old timer responded, "Well, I'm not sure yet. My lawyer's negotiating with…
THE RICH GET RICHER Beverly Hills, California is known for its wealth, its movie stars, wealthy Iranian refugees and Rodeo Drive. It is also the home of Beverly Hills High School -- which sits on…
THE PREVIOUS PASTOR It seems the previous pastor was a paragon of virtue, he lived up to all the people's expectations and was willing to live on a very low salary, to boot. He loved…
CHAOTIC COMMUNICATION I 'm sure that if you closely scrutinized the methods we use to communicate the gospel you would find that often the methods are a zig-zag, chaotic, illogical bunch of hodge-podge, helter-skelter plans…
ANSWERED PRAYER I asked for strength that I might achieve. He made me weak that I might listen. I asked for health that I might do greater things. I was given grace that I might…
PRIORITIES I like the cartoon strip The Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart. One day we see a poor bedraggled peasant coming up behind Rodney, the foot soldier, pointing his finger in his back…
THANKSGIVING GRACE O, heavenly Father, We thank Thee for the food And remember the hungry. We thank Thee for health And remember the sick. We thank Thee for friends And remember the friendless. We thank…
THE FRUIT OF HARD WORK A management consultant makes the following observation: "Be the first in the office every morning, be the last to leave every night, never take a day off, slave through the…
BROTHERHOOD This story was told by Bob Tuttle, professor at Fuller, and is alleged to be a true story that happened to the son of Reuben Job, a United Methodist minister. The boy (let's call…
GOD'S GRACE OVERCOMING PREJUDICE The following story was
HOW DOES YOUR CHURCH SCORE? Edwin Evans, Pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Centralia, Illinois sent us a clipping he found in another church bulletin by Pastor Larry Speicher: The other day I…
PERSPECTIVE OF A P. K. Speaking of the Pastor and his family reminds me of the story sent in by Jim Smith of Bergenfield, NJ: r07621 It seems the pastor's small son was told by…
