THE TRADITION OF DIVISION A young rabbi was dismayed to find a serious quarrel among members of his new congregation. During Friday services, half the participants stood up during one part of the proceedings while…
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NEW LEASE ON LIFE Everyone has to learn to make adjustments in life. For example, the doctor who gave his patient just six months to live. When the patient didn't pay his bill, the doctor…
WHO IS IMPORTANT? When Harry Truman returned to Independence, Missouri, to vote in the 1948 elections, a group of newspapermen were assigned to stay close to him at all times. They landed at the Kansas…
Faith/Patience/Second Coming A FATHER'S PROMISE A young boy had just a day before lost his mother in a car accident and today his father, in an effort to deal with his own pain, told his…
MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER Jessie Field tells a good story of a real boy who had the right idea. No wonder he was a real success in his line. She says: "There is…
SECRET SERVICE CHRISTIAN The minister glared down at Mr Foster and roared, "And are you, my son, a soldier in the army of the Lord?" Surprised at being singled out, Mr. Foster replied anxiously, "Yes…
COIN- TOSS DECISIONS One Danish scientist says you can tell if you really want to do something by tossing a coin. It doesn't really settle the question for you, but as Piet Hein says, while…
AN OUTDOOR MAN When a 90-year-old Ozarker was asked how he kept in such good condition, he gave this answer: "When my wife and I married 60 years ago, she and I agreed that if…
WAITING FOR A CHRISTIAN Billy Graham was in India several years ago for a crusade. While he was there he witnessed to a man about Christ and then asked him if he would become a…
WHERE IS HIS MOMMY? One of those high-powered, take- charge corporation executives was checking into the hospital. Barking orders lift and right, he had his own way until he reached the desk of a small,…
NO MORE SALUTES Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of Desert Storm, commented on his life in retirement: "Seven months ago I could give a single command and 541,000 people would immediately obey it. Today I can't get…
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CUOMO'S PLASTIC SURGERY Mario Cuomo, New York Governor, responded to the baseless claim that he has had plastic surgery: "If there's a plastic surgeon who claims to be responsible for this face, then New York…
LOOKING UP Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up. Guidepost Magazine
THE MERCIFUL Blessed are the merciful, for they shall not be condemned. Blessed are the seekers of good; Their clear sight overlooks evil. Blessed are these tender souls who can share the pain of others…
CREATION VIA COMMITTEE If God were process- oriented, the Book of Genesis would read something like this: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void; so…
LEGALISM V S. LIBERTY Legalists often make the Christian life like a box of matches -- all alike and burning for a brief time -- rather than like candles, some tall, some short, some narrow…
THE PEN PAL How can we know God? When I was twelve, I found some ads for pen pals in the back of a Boy's Life Magazine. I thought it would be a great idea…
GETTING IT RIGHT Last summer, while on vacation, my family and I visited a state park in Minnesota that had once been a river bed. Among the interesting geographical features of the park were some…
HAZARDS OF PASTORAL POSITIONS From a survey of pastors conducted by the Fuller Institute of Church Growth, as reported by Fuller Seminary's Arch Gart at the Care Givers Forum last fall in Colorado Springs. -…
PARABLE OF THE CEO AND THE VP'S Matthew 25:14-30 (The Parable of the Talents) The kingdom of God is like the demanding, self-made CEO who was about to go to Hong Kong to build a…
