WAKE UP BRAIN In a recent Hagar the Horrible by Chris Browne, Hagar is sitting on the edge of the bed trying to wake up. He says, "Wake up fingers! Wake up toes! Wake up…
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MUGGERIDGE ON SILENCE We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass grow in silence see the…
THE FALKLANDS FALLACY Fearing another world war, a Canadian pacifist decided to sell his home and move to a quiet part of the planet where peace was guaranteed. After months of deliberation he chose the…
WAR IS A COWARDLY ESCAPE "War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace." By Thomas Mann
PEACE IN OBEDIENCE When the heart's wrong, there can't be peace. Selfishness is a gangrene, eating at the very vitals. Sin is a cancer poisoning the blood. Peace is the rhythm of our wills with…
HURRICANE EMILY'S WAVES On September 1, 1993, the tourists and residents of North Carolina were spared from the devastation of Hurricane Emily. The hurricane touched the tip of the United States at Cape Hatteras and…
THE PRESSURES ON PASTORS The findings of a recent survey of pastors conducted by the Fuller Institute of Church Growth indicated that: 90% worked more than 46 hours a week. 80% believed that pastoral ministry…
HE HAD THE THORNS, I HAVE THE PEACE A friend visited an elderly woman badly crippled by arthritis. When asked, "Do you suffer much?" she responded, "Yes, but there is no nail here," and she…
PEACE BRINGS CONTENTMENT Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. Doris Mortman, Circles
JUST CHECKING A man who had regularly prayed for many years began to wonder if God heard his prayers at all. During one of his routine times of prayer, he started this doubting pattern once…
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT ON PEACE, ET C. I don't know what life is, but there's one thing I'm sure it isn't: It isn't easy. I want to take hold of reality - but somebody keeps moving…
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PEACE Dominic Sarabia of Downey, California collects autographs. While that's not particularly remarkable, his method of getting them is. Sarabia has written to folks as disparate as Mother Theresa and Charles Manson, requesting…
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE & POSSIBLE PEACE Israeli leaders ironically had to choose to break their own law in order to negotiate peace with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Jewish law disallows such negotiations with PLO leadership. Yet…
MARK TWAIN ON SPIDERS IN PAPERS Peace is not always a good thing. Mark Twain, while editing a newspaper in Missouri, received a letter from a subscriber who wrote that he found a spider in…
HAVE A NICE TEN MINUTES Sarge from Beetle Bailey purchased some items at a store and as he's leaving the checkout lady says, "Thank you, have a nice day." Sarge turns and asks, "Just a…
PUT THE RIGHT FINGER FORWARD Ralph Waldo Emerson and his son once spent a half hour trying to force a calf into the barn so they could close it for the night. They pushed and…
FAITH OF THE HAPPY HEART If Christianity does not make a person happy, it will not make him anything at all... Christianity is the faith of the happy heart and the shining face." William Barclay
PEACE FOR A YOUNG PREACHER The first time I preached in the church in which I grew up was a trying experience for me. I was driving from my parents' home to the church, and…
KILL THE SPIDER A man went forward to kneel and pray every Sunday after the sermon. And every Sunday he loudly prayed the same prayer, "Lord, take the cobwebs of sin out of my life."…
GONE TO THE UPPER ROOM Bishop Emerson Colaw tells the story of Roy Short, later a bishop himself, who complained to the president of his alma mater, "What do I have to do to get…
