THE STEWARDSHIP OF NEIGHBORLINESS -- TIMING IS EVERYTHING A moving van was standing in front of a suburban home. The homeowners -- husband and wife -- were busy tidying up the front yard when a…
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PEACEFUL PRAYER By the faith that the wild flowers show when they bloom unbidden, By the calm of a river's flow to a goal that is hidden, By the strength of the tree that clings…
CONSERVING THE EARTH: CHRISTIANS' BUSINESS For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord. Prayers of the People, Book of…
CONSERVATION AWARENESS Belatedly, the world is waking up to the realization that when God told Adam and Eve to "subdue" the earth, he didn't mean pollute it, poison it or turn it into a wasteland.…
THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE MENDED LIFE Gordon MacDonald, who resigned as president of Inter- Varsity Christian Fellowship two years ago after confessing to an adulterous relationship, became pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Manhattan in…
SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING Joe Gordon was one of the greatest second basemen in baseball history. In 1947, he was at his prime when he was playing for the Cleveland Indians. In that same year, a young…
TWO ROADS Jesus pictures the world as a wide road. Masses of people, emerging from a wide gate, are streaming along it, walking comfortably along a level surface. They are going in a familiar direction.…
PEACE Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from…
IT'S ALL IN YOUR ATTITUDE Extravagances and luxuries did not exist for my mother. The one exception to her frugality was a frilly nightgown which she had never worn. She explained "I have that nightgown…
MISPLACED EMOTION The movie E.T. had an impact on most people when it was first released to the theaters. I remembered taking my five-year-old daughter to see it at a local cinema, and like everyone…
SUMMER STORM At four in the afternoon, the first Perceptions of its darkening: the light In the alley is hoodwinked by mechanical Means into turning on its ringed glow; The winged skelter of robins is…
COURAGE . . . A rabbit is not supposed to climb trees, but sometimes he must.
FAITH . . . Faith hears the inaudible, sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.
SIGN OF REFINEMENT . . . Nearly all people like talking; the more refined ones can also force themselves to listen. Stanley Stefan
CONTENTMENT . . . The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. (Yutang)
TWO TOGETHER . . . The silence of two people is deeper than one. Elie Wiesel, as quoted in Campbell's Notebook.
ANXIETY . . . To take care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.
IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER Ogden Nash wrote "There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball/And that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all." Leadership
LEADERSHIP PROVERBS Love is a balm that forgives and forgets, resentment is an acid that burns and blemishes.
LEADERSHIP PROVERBS Like hand-crafted gifts, each one unique, are the variety of personalities that God gives.
