YOUR PROFESSION Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. By…
FROM THOUGHT TO CHARACTER The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care,…
CHURCH INTER-ESTS Miriam Dunson writes, "With so less interdependence in communities, the church needs to come to the forefront and focus on three major emphases as we go into the next century: first, intergenerational activities;…
SPREADING PEACE If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in…
CONNECTING WITH OUR SOCIETY In his book, The Future of Success, former U.S. Labor Secretary, Robert B. Reich enumerates the seven wants of our current society: 1) Health: wanting to feel better and live longer;…
I WON'T GIVE UP ON HIM I recently heard about a father who was working outside his home when he noticed his five-year-old daughter sprawled on the driveway, completely focused on the cement in front…
TRADITION OR TRADITIONALISM Jaroslov Pelikan wrote, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living."
STANDING AT THE EDGE OF DAWN I sometimes visit a beautiful park where there is a statue of a soldier holding a broken sword above his head, as if he is charging into battle. The…
YESTERDAY & TOMORROW Dr. Daniel McCall writes: "It isn't the burdens of the day that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves…
THOUGHTFUL REVOLUTIONS Leo Tolstoy wrote: "All great revolutions in men's lives are made in thought. When a change takes place in someone's thought, action follows the direction of the thought as a ship follows the…
IMPOSSIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. -- Doug Lawson
LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT Seventy-five percent of under-achievement points directly at poor attitude and lack of perseverance. From Raising Achievers, by Nita Weis
BEEN GONE A SPELL In his early days Calvin Coolidge practiced law in Northhampton, Massachusetts. He used to walk daily from his home to his law office. Every day he passed his neighbor Hiram, a…
GOVERNED BY TYRANTS William Penn wrote: "If men will not be governed by God, they must be governed by tyrants."
NEW LEADERSHIP FOCUS I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle but today it means getting along with people. -- Indira Ghandi
MISTAKES & PROGRESS The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress. -- M. W. Larmour
YOUTHFUL ATTEMPTS The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation. -- Pearl S. Buck
COMMUNICATION IS A MEANS Keep in mind also that communication is a means, not an end. The end of marriage is not communication. The end of marriage is love--love for God and love for one…
FOR DEMOCRACY TO WORK Stephen Carter of Harvard writes: "The most important ingredient for a democracy to work is civility, good manners, treating one another with respect."
VALUE OF DECISIONS In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.…
