EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE Karen Mains wrote this letter from Singapore while working for World Vision, a ministry dedicated to relieving world hunger. Back in her room in Singapore one evening, she wrote something like this:…
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Revival/Missions/Russia/Evangelism/Religious Freedom: RUSSIAN RELIGION Get a load of the Russians! They just don't seem to be able to get enough of Christianity. Many of our leading Christian organizations are taking full advantage of the opportunities…
PRAYER ON QT Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule; For this great nation under God, Finds public mention of Him odd. Any Prayer a class recites, Now violates…
EXTRA REASONS TO PRACTICE Damian Fedoryka, president of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virgina, and his wife Irene are raising their ten children in an eighteenth century farmhouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They feel…
THE EPAULET MEN Other people I look for are the "epaulet men." On the eve of the Battle of Saratoga in 1778, Daniel Morgan led his Morgan Rifles against the British army led by Gentleman…
ONLY A KID Because of the media blitz concerning missing children, we recently had our eight-year-old son Corey's fingerprints taken for safety reasons during a local shopping- center promotion. Being the independent sort, he filled…
ONE TONGUE It can be sweet, Or oh, so sour; It can ruin the day, Or save the hour. A tool of love, A weapon of hate; Nerves it calms, Or nerves it can grate.…
STONE COLD PEAS Oh, Mama Please! Don't make me eat these Stone cold peas! They've grown eyes And they're lookin' at me! I love to eat Strawberries, oranges, Broccoli with cheese, Apples, pears that hang…
DON'T CUT THE POWER He is quite a sight, my neighbor. An elderly, frail man, he spends hours mowing his lawn with his small hand mower. It is impossible for him cover the acre of…
FORGIVE YOURSELF I watched the tail end of a sitcom the other night called the Hogan Family. I haven't watched it too many times before but in this particular episode, the oldest boy, played by…
CONFIDENCE SLIPPING How much confidence do you have in the following... (percent saying "great deal" or "quite a lot")? 1991-1990-1981 The Military 88%-68%-50%. Churches 58%-56%-64%. Supreme Court 51%-47%-46%. Banks 30%-36%-46%. Television 30%-25%-25%. Congress 33%-24%-29%. From…
THE TEST OF LISTENING Many persons whose manners will stand the test of speaking break down under the trial of listening. Frederick W. Faber, quoted in Soundings, November 27, 1990, p. 11
UNKNOWN NEWS On a plaque marking Abraham Lincoln's birthplace near Hodgenville, Kentucky, is recorded this scrap of conversation: "Any news down t' the village, Ezzy?" "Well, Squire McLains's gone t' Washington t' see Madison swore…
GOLF SCORE After years of golfing, I have finally gotten my score down to the low 70's. At this rate I am ready to try 18 holes instead of my usual 9 hole game.
COMMUNION SHOTS A worship committee was recently planning for the changes that would occur when they went to two services on Sunday morning. One of the changes was the need for two communion services. Some…
Kindness/Eschatology/Future/Attitude/Second Coming: ROYAL TREATMENT Marsha became a hostess at the Mariott hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She'd been on the job for just about a week when the word came: Mr. Mariott is coming here to…
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME Soon after a woman gave birth to identical twins, she gave them up for adoption. One was adopted by a couple from Spain, and they named him Juan. The other went…
A GOOD REASON TO WAIT Okay, if you insist, here's another one: "What were you doing when the police arrived?" the judge asked the defendant. "Waiting, sir." "For what?" "For money." "Who was supposed to…
UH-OH Uh-Oh... is a frame of mind. A philosophy. It says to expect the unexpected, and also to be able to deal with it as it happens most of the time. Uh-Oh embraces "Here we…
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING In my younger years it was practically a hobby of mine to try to determine how advertisers, using "sweepstakes-give-aways" could offer nothing of much (or any) value and still make it sound…
