A CONFIDENT LOOK Show me a man with his head held high, and I'll show you a man who can't get used to his bifocals.
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UNAFRAID TO BE ME Tom Shultz of Group Magazine tells of his high school friend Ron: Ron was different than the other students. He knew it and he accepted it. Ron received a lot of…
ONE LEG CLIMB Don Bennett is the first leg amputee ever to climb Mount Rainier. This Seattle businessman climbed to the 14,410 foot summit on one leg and two crutches. He was asked what the…
CHRISTAHOLICS Many Christians are only "Christaholics" and not disciples at all. Disciples are cross-bearers; they seek Christ. Christaholics seek happiness. Disciples dare to discipline themselves, and the demands they place on themselves leave them enjoying…
THREE WAYS TO DESTROY LIFE Leroy Eims recalls the words of Billy Graham at the funeral of Dawson Trotman. Graham enumerated three ways to destroy one's life. One way is to give in to the…
A LITTLE FELLOW FOLLOWS A careful man I want to be, A little fellow follows me; I do not dare to go astray, For fear he'll go the self-same way. Anonymous
NEWTON'S SEVENTH LAW A bird in the hand is safer than a bird overhead.
JUST A LIGHTER LOAD In his book of sermons, The Living Faith, Lloyd C. Douglas tells the story of Thomas Hearne, who, "in his journey to the mouth of the Coppermine River, wrote that a…
IN THE FACE OF FAILURE A missionary wrote me: "Sometimes adversity tempts me to discouragement in the face of seeming failure. But I take courage and press on anew, as I remember that God does…
NOSTALGIC MOMENTUMS The past is a dead issue and we can't gain any momentum moving toward tomorrow if we're dragging the past behind us. Jack Hayford in Taking Hold of Tomorrow
BUSH ON VIRTUE President Bush speaking at a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan: In recent times, often with noble intentions, we as a nation have discouraged good works. Nowadays, many respond to misfortune…
BUILD THE DREAM J.G. Roscoe multiplied millions of dollars at the height of the stock market crash in the Great Depression. In 1929 just before the depression began, J. G. Roscoe had a dream of…
CONVICTION IS BETTER On Friday, July 14, 1978, the last day of the trial, the defendant gave his final speech before the court pronounced its sentence: "Five years ago, I requested permission to leave for…
COURAGE AND THE GIANT There came a giant to my door, A giant big and strong. His arms were thirty inches thick, His legs were twelve yards long. He scowled, he frowned, He shook the…
PERSEVERANCE INSUFFICIENT Somebody said it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied, "Maybe it couldn't, but I will be one, Who'll never say 'No!' 'til I've tried." So he buckled right in, With…
POWER OF A TEACHER'S WASTED DAY We never know what kind of influence we are going to have on someone. During World War II, a woman received a letter from a soldier she didn't know.…
WHERE COURAGE IS NOT ...where courage is not, no other virtue can survive except by accident. From Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis, pg. 238
SO LONG HEROES Hagar the Horrible is in the pub with all his buddies. He gives a toast, "Here's to all the brave Viking warriors who march into battle tomorrow against overwhelming odds!" Hagar's not…
SELF-HEALING CONFIDENCE Author Howard Friedman believes there is such a thing as "self-healing" personality. Studies of patients with illnesses raging from arthritis to heart disease and cancer show that such psychological characteristics as mood, behavior…
There was a young woman who gave Leo Buscaglia this poem about putting off and not doing, especially for caring about people we really love: "THINGS YOU DIDN'T DO" Remember the day I borrowed your…
