CARRY THE LOAD Far too many people want to carry the stool when there is a piano that needs to be moved. Campbell's Notebook, Vol. IX, No. 3.
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CATS AND DOGS Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. Campbell's Notebook, Vol. IX, No. 3.
MAFIOSO "Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies." Woody Allen, in Campbell's Notebook, Vol. IX, No. 3.
VALUES When Albert Schweitzer, the great missionary doctor, a friend proposed that they go up in the hills and kill birds. Albert was reluctant, but, afraid of being laughed at, he went along. They arrived…
DISUNITY IS A LOT LIKE CANCER One surgeon describes the similarity this way: "A tumor is called benign if its effect is fairly localized and it stays within membrane boundaries. But the most traumatizing condition…
GOD'S OWNERSHIP According to a January 15, 1989 article in the Lexington Herald-Leader, the family living in a home in West Palm Beach, Florida, told a film crew it was okay to use the front…
WAGGING YOUR TAIL The true story is told of the translation of the New Testament from the English into Eskimo language. Problems arose for the translators when they encountered certain words in English for which…
APPEARANCES A friend who lives in a forested area found his home overrun with mice -- too many to exterminate with traps. So he bought a few boxes of D-Con and distributed them around the…
PROBLEMS One of the classic baseball television shots comes form the 1975 World Series, in which NBC captured Carlton Fisk, jumping up and down, waving his arms, trying to coax his hit to stay fair.…
FREEDOM We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom . . . that we are most free when we are bound. But not…
COUNTERPOINT Judas was a man of action Impassioned - committed - intent He knew the Lord, he walked with him He handled the money they spent He even knew regret... When his deed of betrayal…
SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP A man named Hartley had a morbid fear of thunder. He went to a prominent psychiatrist who specialized in the treatment of this phobia, which is called "brontophobia." Said the psychiatrist: "It's…
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES When you look in the mirror, look beyond the reflection and see the face of Christ. Years ago, a young immigrant girl named Golda Mabovitz attended Fourth Street Grade School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.…
MISUNDERSTANDING A young attorney worked at a law firm with a tradition for giving a turkey to each member of the law firm every Thanksgiving. This young attorney was single, lived alone, and had absolutely…
IF YOU DON'T MIND On commencement day at Columbia University a cap-and-gowned youth, intently perusing his diploma, stepped into the path of an oncoming taxi. "Hey!" the driver screamed indignantly at him. "Whyn'tcha watch where…
JUST ADD WATER In his book called America on Six Rubles a Day, the comedian Yakov Smirnoff writes: Coming from the Soviet Union, I was not prepared for the incredible variety of products available in…
FRIENDSHIP - SERVICE OVER SHOWING OFF I like the story told about Sam Rayburn who was Speaker for the House of Representatives longer than any other man. One of his friends lost a teenage daughter…
SALVATION - WHY THE DOCTOR ARRIVED TOO LATE It was almost 1:00 in the morning when the phone rang in the Winter's home. Dr. Leo Winters, the highly acclaimed Chicago surgeon, was awakened with a…
LOVERS Some people in the Christian family are gifted lovers. They somehow make all around them feel the love of Christ. Lovers smile a lot. Something caring and contagious flows through them. It's inviting, warm,…
RISK IN EVANGELISM General Booth of The Salvation Army was once given a huge donation by a wealthy New Yorker, with the stipulation that none of it go for evangelistic work. In those times many…
